Pope Francis: Pray for peace in the family

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Dec. 26, 2021. / Vatican News Vatican City, Dec 26, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis said Church and society need to defend and support the family, and he asked families to pray together every day fo… […]

Pope Francis sends condolences for death of Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2011 / wesselspj via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Vatican City, Dec 26, 2021 / 06:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Sunday sent his condolences for the death of retired Anglican Archbishop and anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu.T… […]

5 things to know about the new ministry of catechist

null / Wuttichai jantarak/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Dec 26, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA). Earlier this year, Pope Francis created the instituted ministry of catechist in the Catholic Church with the publication of the papal letter, Antiquum minister… […]

27 Dec – St. John the Evangelist – Today we bless WINE!

The liturgical year guided and nourished and shaped Catholics for centuries.  It does so far less now, since it is much diminished after the “reforms” that hacked away at the calendar. However, once upon a time people not only followed … Read More →

CQ CQ CQ: Ham Radio – #ZedNet reminder – 26 December ’21

Fellow hams, here’s a reminder about ZedNet for Sunday 26 December ’21 – evening at 2000h EST. (0100h ZULU Monday). We now have the site running:  http://zednet.xyz Zednet exists on the… Yaesu System Fusion (Wires-X) “room” 28598, and 83466 which … Read More →