New Traditional Catholic College!
Since Pope Benedict XVI released Summorum Pontificum in 2007, the Traditional Latin Mass has experienced steady growth, including in more recent years (see data here). One need only read many of the accounts offered of these Masses around the blogosphere to see that a great many attendees of these Masses are young, and with large […]
A year in review: The biggest stories from the Church in the US in 2021
Bishop Carl Kemme of Wichita performs the absolution over the coffin of Father Emil Kapaun after his funeral Mass at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan., Sept. 29, 2021. / Chris Riggs/Catholic Advance Denver Newsroom, Dec 28, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). It can be hard to believe any year could top 2020 in terms […]
Pope asks pontifical council to begin planning Holy Year 2025
Preparations for the Holy Year 2025 have already begun, and Pope Francis has asked the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization to take charge of the efforts.
Vatican laicizes Ohio priest convicted of sexually exploiting children
Pope Francis has dismissed from the priesthood a Cleveland man who is serving a life sentence in prison for sexually exploiting children.
Sunday Scripture reading, Jan. 23, 2022: Unity, not division
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) Neh 8:2-6, 8-10 Psalm 19:8-10, 15 2) 1 Cor 12:12-30 or 12:12-14, 27 Gospel: Lk 1:1-4, 4:14-21 The biblical story of the Tower of Babel begins with the surprising detail that at one time the whole world shared the same language with the same words! This is unimaginable since […]
Meet the Holy Innocents: The ‘infant martyrs’ who died for Baby Jesus
“Massacre of the Innocents,” by Mariano Rossi (1731-1807), in the church Chiesa id san Giuseppe alla Lungara, Rome. / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 28, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA). The Holy Innocents did not know Jesus, but th… […]
Abortion Queen Dead
Your browser does not support the video tag. CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT The woman responsible for ushering in 50 years of child slaughter in this country has passed into eternity. Church Militant’s Nadia Hazimeh puts the final nail in the Texas lawyer’s coffin. Sarah Weddington, plaintiff’s attorney, Roe v. Wade: “Insofar as ‘liberty’ is meaningful, that […]
Immediate, long-term relief: Catholic agencies’ response to 2021 disasters
Right up through December, extreme weather events and natural disasters of 2021 continued to upend local communities and set agendas for domestic and overseas emergency response efforts at major Catholic aid organizations. “We had about 85 disasters,” in the United States this past year, said Kim Burgo, vice president for disaster operations for Catholic Charities […]
The Holy Family makes Christmas last all year…
This Sunday, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Gospel shows how Christmas provides every family member a model for how to live the joy of Christmas year round. Every family role can turn negative and harmful if one ingredient is missing; with that ingredient, family life is a joy. […]
Myanmar Cardinal Pleads for Peace After 38 Killed in ‘Christmas Massacre’…
After nearly 40 people were killed in a brutal attack in eastern Myanmar right before Christmas, Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon made an appeal to both government and opposition forces to stop the violence and begin pursuing peaceful dialogue. The killing of at least 38 civilians in Mo So village, in Myanmar’s Hpruso, Kayah (Karenni) […]