ACTION ITEM: Time Sensitive End of Year Giving Suggestions from Fr. Z
Lot’s of people give donations to charities at this time of year. These days it is hard to know where to put your hard earned dollars. I have a few worthy causes that are iron-clad dependable. First, there’s the 501(c)(3) … Read More →
St. David the King — The Spirit of the Lord Rushed Upon Him
Arent de Gelder, “Ahimelech Giving the Sword of Goliath to David,” 1680s “Then all the elders of Israel came to the King in Hebron, and at Hebron King David made a covenant with them in the presence of the LORD; and they anointed him king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he became […]
The message of the Epiphany: God kills hate with love.
St. Matthew’s story of the Magi is the opposite of “Romeo and Juliet”: Heaven finds means to kill our hate with love.
It’s Time for True Filial Submission to Francis and Vatican II!
Francis apparently does not like Traditional Catholics. And, unfortunately, rather than offering up his displeasure and showing us the same compassion he shows believers of every other religion, he… See more at http://remnantnewspaper.com
The message of Christmas is one of hope that cannot be destroyed whatever happens
Dear readers, I can truly wish you a blessed and happy Christmas, safe in Mary’s arms.
Contention over Catholic University icon grows after it’s stolen again
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A second icon of Mary holding Jesus has been stolen from outside a chapel at The Catholic University of America following complaints that the image of Christ resembled George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020. No one has been arrested for the theft, […]
Mideast Catholic patriarchs urge Christmas hope amid misery
BEIRUT — Patriarchs of the Middle East urged their faithful, overwhelmed with suffering, to hold on more tightly to hope this Christmastime. In Lebanon, collapsing since 2019 under financial and social disintegration in which nearly 80% of the population now lives below the poverty line, Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite Catholic patriarch, admonished the country’s officials […]
Archbishop Tutu had strong ties to Catholic Church
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Dec. 26, made his clerical career in the Anglican Church, but at one point, he is said to have contemplated the Catholic priesthood. Instead, he got married in a Catholic Church. Born Oct. 7, 1931, in Klerksdorp as one of four children of Zachariah, a […]
2021 Catholic Newsmakers of 2021
Courtesy photo Cardinal Robert Sarah offers Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for his 50th anniversary of priesthood in 2019. A look back at Catholic figures dominating this year’s headlines.
A look at Catholic newsmakers of 2021
Cardinal Robert Sarah offers Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for his 50th anniversary of priesthood in 2019. / Credit: Evandro Inetti/CNA. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 29, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The past year had no shortage of news in the Catholic realm, both in the Vatican and beyond. Read on for a recap of […]