Day: November 22, 2024

Russia Escalates Ukraine War With Hypersonic Missile Strike (Zoltán Kottász/The European Conservative) — Russia has fired a new mid-range ballistic missile into Ukraine in what European leaders have called an escalation of the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, November … Continue reading → The post Frightening Escalation in Russia-Ukraine War as US and UK…

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Born on January 13, 1891 in Guadalupe, Mexico, Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez was the eldest son of Miguel Pro and Josefa Juarez. Miguelito, as his doting family called him, was, from an early age, intensely spiritual and equally intense in hi mischievousness, frequently exasperating his family with his humor and practical jokes. As a child,…

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Culture and education must go hand-in-hand to form students into agents of social change driven by hope, Pope Francis said. “There is no need for educational models that are mere ‘achievement factories’ without a cultural plan that enables the formation of people capable of helping the world turn over a new…

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Excerpt…  (Phil Lawler/CWN) — More than a month ago I wrote about a stunning new Vatican scandal, in which the Pope’s chief of staff overturned a disciplinary sentence imposed on a priest by an ecclesiastical tribunal—and then was himself overruled … Continue reading → The post Phil Lawler on why the ‘zero tolerance’ policy is…

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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr Reading 1 RV 10:8-11 I, John, heard a voice from heaven speak to me.Then the voice spoke to me and said:“Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angelwho is standing on the sea and on the land.”So I went up…

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Today, we celebrate the truth that, even now, Christ reigns as King over all the earth.  But what kind of kingdom is it? Gospel (Read Jn 18:33b-37) On this final Sunday of our liturgical year, the Church gives us St. John’s account of Jesus before Pilate to help us understand the kingdom He came to…

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She has become a haunt for demons…a cage for every unclean spirit… Of all the horror movies ever devised, perhaps the most frightening are those that depict scenes of the demonic. Why? Because of the eternal nature of the realm from which they come. St. Francis de Sales tells us that what tempers our fears…

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The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… In a thumb-in-the-eye to the Catholic Church and all pro-life Americans, lame duck President Joe Biden — an alleged Catholic — has conferred the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal … Continue reading → The post Catholic Condemnation of Biden’s Award to Former CEO of…

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Three days ago, we posted news of the beatification — this coming Saturday — of the Catalan Carlist, Antonio Tort Reixach. The Carlist publication we linked to, La Esperanza, has published part two of the brief but very uplifting account … Continue reading → The post Catalan Carlist, Antonio Tort Reixach, to be Beatified on…

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