COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS ETC.
ROME (CNS) — Smiles, laughter, prayer and strategizing abound at the Bishops’ Office for U.S. Visitors to the Vatican. Just a few blocks from Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain, the visitors’ office is where hundreds of Americans — and not only — go on Tuesday afternoons to pick up their tickets for the pope’s weekly general…
Read More “Warm welcome, hot tickets: Sisters help U.S. visitors see the pope” »
This is an interesting interview. Sadly, it is obvious that the good bishop is enamored of the program of ecumenism, which has not actually helped the Church to grow, but, rather, to contract. (Aid to the Church in Need) — … Continue reading → The post The rebirth of the Catholic Church in Estonia appeared…
(Daniel Payne/CNA) — Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly is urging Catholic voters in Washington state to oppose a proposed law that would order priests to violate the seal of confession in cases where child abuse is revealed during the sacrament. The … Continue reading → The post Spokane bishop urges voters to oppose bill that forces…
MIchael Heinlein penned an opinion piece — “On the strange and politicized Jubilee for the World of Communications” — that critiques an event the Holy See hosted for journalists and other “communicators.” The rhetorical question at the top serves as … Continue reading → The post Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Communications Event: A Critical Analysis appeared…
Read More “Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Communications Event: A Critical Analysis” »
An interesting phenomenon that has been occurring in our churches for decades is a lack of silence. The noise volume went up when we removed the Real Presence of Jesus from the center of the sanctuary in our churches. With Him relegated to the side, a back corner, or even a storage closet (yes this…
The Ancient Serpent had oft-times crawled into the sacred precincts of Holy Church since his first entry. However, this time his havoc would strike a thousand blows to the Mystical Body of Christ. St. Pope Pius X named the serpent: Modernism. – Fr. John Perricone Another apt picture of modernism is a peaceful lake inlet…
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Paul Miki, Priest and Martyr, and his Companions, Martyrs Reading 1 Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24 Brothers and sisters: You have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words such that those who heard…
Read More “Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs” »
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news analysis… Lamentably, President Donald J. Trump, who has enjoyed two weeks of unparalleled success at the beginning of his second term, has now been inveigled into embracing a criminal proposal … Continue reading → The post The United States Must Never Be Complicit In Ethnic…
Read More “The United States Must Never Be Complicit In Ethnic Cleansing” »
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — It is unacceptable that a child’s right to life and a dignified childhood should be sacrificed to “the idols” of power, profit, ideology and nationalistic self-interest, Pope Francis told a group of world experts and leaders. “A childhood denied is a silent scream condemning the wrongness of the economic system, the…
Read More “Nothing is worth sacrificing the life of a child, pope tells world leaders” »
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A nerdy love of science fiction, a yearning for adventure, a passion for science and a foundation of Jesuit education all helped in some way to lead a man from Detroit, Michigan, to become a master of meteorites and the head of the Vatican Observatory. Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, who has…
Read More “Faith and the final frontier: Jesuit astronomer releases guide to the cosmos” »