Pope seeks to refocus world attention on migrants during trip to Cyprus and Greece
Francis, who begins a five-day papal visit to the Mediterranean nations on Thursday, plans to return home with 50 asylum seekers
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Francis, who begins a five-day papal visit to the Mediterranean nations on Thursday, plans to return home with 50 asylum seekers
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Pray for the Supreme Court today, that they be open to reason, grace and the Holy Spirit. As mentioned in our post on racing to death, six of the nine Justices are Catholic, and may they listen to the voice of their conscience, to protect the unborn, and ensure once again their God-given right to[…]
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Death Race 2000 – a 1975 dystopian thriller, with a tinge of what might pass for humour – takes place in a totalitarian America (!) in the millennial year, with marital law imposed, and the greatest ‘sport’ – well, I will let the Wikipedia description stand for itself: After the “World Crash of ’79”, massive[…]
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Read MoreThe series [The Chosen] is “supercharging the crowdfunding model to sustain production through multiple seasons,” according to the report. “Though ‘The Chosen’ is free to watch, viewers have poured $40 million and counting…
Read MoreIn his December 1 general audience—the third in a series of Wednesday audiences on St. Joseph—Pope Francis reflected on St. Joseph as a just man and the husband of Mary.
Read MoreMonica Doumit, the Director of Public Affairs and Engagement for the Archdiocese of Sydney, is one of the clearest pro-life voices on Earth. Here’s what happens when we ask her to admit some of the things pro-choice people are right about.
Cy Ke…
Read MoreThe Vatican had voiced astonishment at a draft document that discouraged use of “Christmas” references out of respect for other religious traditions
Read MoreBishop Xavier Novell of Solsona, Spain, who resigned his office on August 23 at the age of 52, has contracted a civil marriage with Sivia Caballol, 38, a divorced mother of two. BBC reported that Caballol is “a woman who writes Satanic-tinged er…
Read MorePope Francis has named Bishop Arjan Dodaj, FDC, a 44-year-old auxiliary bishop, as the Archbishop of Tirana-Durrës. Tirana is Albania’s capital, and Durrës is the nation’s second-largest city.
Read MoreOver two years after fire ravaged Notre-Dame de Paris, the archdiocese will present its plans for the restoration of interior on December 9. The Telegraph reported that “confessional boxes, altars, and classical sculptures will be replaced with …
Read MoreAs Pope Francis’s apostolic journey to Cyprus and Greece approaches, the Vatican press office has released statistics on the Church in the largely Eastern Orthodox nations.
The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff als…
Read More“Defending the conscience rights of health care providers should be of great interest to all Americans and is of grave importance to me as a physician, especially in light of recent failures to do so by the Biden administration,” said the b…
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British polemicist Thomas Macaulay said, in criticism of the Puritans, that they “hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.” The Puritans were practically a comedy club next to any contemporary “Progressive.” As we enter the season of “winter holidays” (can’t say “Thanksgiving” and especially […]
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Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., pictured at the Vatican on Oct. 10, 2018. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Brussels, Belgium, Dec 1, 2021 / 03:05 am (CNA).
Europe’s Catholic bishops said on Tuesday that a withdrawn document discouraging European Comm…
Taking time away from the “Catholic Worker” only made Dorothy Day — who died on Nov. 29, 1980 — realize how “love calls us to the things of this world”
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Editor’s Note: This is an exclusive excerpt from Joseph Pearce’s forthcoming book, Benedict XVI: Defender of the Faith. In May 2011, Georg Ratzinger, the pope’s brother, was asked during an interview what he considered to be the “focal points” of Benedict’s pontificate. Without hesitation, he singled out the pope’s efforts to restore the traditional liturgy: […]
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This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Jeffrey Essmann. Before Mass we sit therekneel therehearts thrown openachingpleading(maybe joyful)happynumbconfusedwithin the orb of prayer,its warming graceenfolding usand pointingdeep withinto …
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Two bishop chairmen on behalf of their committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have cosigned a coalition letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rank…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection will be held in most U.S. Catholic parishes December 11-12. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), this fund-ra…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, on the Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks. The question before the Court is whether all pre-viability bans o…
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