Claims the pope ‘doesn’t understand’ America have a long history
When Leo XIII condemned a cocktail of modernist propositions he called “Americanism” in 1899, for example, the very same thing was said – the pope doesn’t understand us and is getting terrible advice, leading him astray.
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Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God? (Lk 17:18) Around the world, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini is fondly remembered as a devoted servant to her countrymen. She founded her congregation to serve Italian immigrants seeking a better life for themselves and their families. This was not simply window dressing: around the […]
New Orleans: Day One A pilgrimage is one of the best ways for anyone to increase and solidify faith and hope. Every Catholic ought to make time for a pilgrimage at least once every few years. Even if we don’t have the ability to take a “bucket-list” pilgrimage to Rome or the Holy Land (whether […]
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton came out of her quarantine and brought the people of God into His presence. Every American Catholic should prepare to quit their quarantine, both physically and spiritually, and re-enter society with the indomitable, soldiering spirit of Elizabeth Ann Seton.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going, or so goes the saying. In these turbulent times of ecclesial crisis, a flashback to the early days of the Catholic Church in America—days in which plenty of tough folks faced plenty of tough goings—would serve well to remind us that, even in the most dire […]
Some months ago, I received an email from a friend requesting prayers. “Please pray for my sister-in-law,” the email said. “She is in an induced coma with liver failure.” It was a sudden illness, and it didn’t look like she would survive. But her family still had hope. “We are praying for the intercession of […]
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