Month: February 2025

(Tyler Arnold/CNA/National Catholic Register) — President Donald Trump frustrated pro-life activists Tuesday afternoon with an executive order that directs the U.S. Domestic Policy Council to examine ways to lower costs for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and expand access to the … Continue reading → The post Pro-Life Advocates Decry Trump Executive Order Expanding IVF Access…

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VATICAN CITY (Michael Haynes/LifeSiteNews) — With Pope Francis’ diagnosis of double pneumonia being made public Tuesday night, Italy’s state-owned public broadcaster is reportedly preparing for an “extraordinary edition” as speculation around the Pope’s health grows. Late Tuesday night, Italian Catholic … Continue reading → The post After Pope Francis’ Double Pneumonia Condition Made Public, Italian…

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About three years ago, a Catholic high school in San Francisco invited a former college champion gymnast, a young mother of two, to come and speak about life issues. Five minutes into her talk, almost all of the 800 students walked out in protest.  Just a few dozen students remained to hear the woman speak.  …

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In a world where success is often equated with financial abundance, the Catholic approach to wealth presents a stark contrast. Rather than viewing wealth as an end in itself, Catholic teaching frames it as a tool for stewardship, service, and spiritual fulfillment. Christopher McMahon, CEO of Aquinas Wealth Advisors and author of Faithful Finances, offers…

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St. Conrad of Piacenza was born in 1290 into a noble family in northern Italy. As a young man, he lived a comfortable and privileged life, but an event changed his course forever. While hunting, he ordered his attendants to set fire to brush to drive out game, but the fire spread uncontrollably, destroying fields…

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Reading 1 Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22 At the end of forty days Noah opened the hatch he had made in the ark, and he sent out a raven, to see if the waters had lessened on the earth. It flew back and forth until the waters dried off from the earth. Then he sent out a…

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Politico has published a piece by Ben Munster on Pope Francis’ condition and the maneuvers he is supposedly making to ensure a continuity of his own policies in the next pontificate: “Pope Francis, sensing he is close to death, moves … Continue reading → The post Politico Claims to Have Some Inside Scoop on Pope…

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The Church is suffering from a lack of male participation, while Islam has an abundance of men within its ranks. Have you ever wondered why that is? If you ask the average American male to come to Church and join in prayer, he will yawn like a lion and say, “Boring! That’s what my Mom…

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When the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph brought the child Jesus to the temple for the rites of purification, almost all the people who saw baby Jesus looked at Him without knowing that He was the long-awaited Messiah. Only the aged Simeon and the prophetess Anna recognized the infant for who He was. How come…

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Reading I Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 When the LORD saw how great was man’s wickedness on earth, and how no desire that his heart conceived was ever anything but evil, he regretted that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was grieved. So the LORD said: “I will wipe out from the…

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