Mom says son’s impromptu encounter with Pope Francis led to ‘miracle’
Pope Francis with Paolo Bonavita and Elsa Morra at his general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Oct. 20, 2021 / Vatican Media. Rome, Italy, Jan 8, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA). It was one of the viral Vatican moments of 2021: a boy in a bl… […]
Bishop Schneider: Catholics in Kazakhstan are safe amid unrest
Bishop Athanasius Schneider. / Monegasque2 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Astana, Kazakhstan, Jan 8, 2022 / 04:45 am (CNA). Bishop Athanasius Schneider said on Saturday that Catholics in Kazakhstan are safe amid unprecedented unrest in the Centr… […]
Hyping Jan. 6
Your browser does not support the video tag. CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Church Militant (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary. Yesterday’s Jan. 6 anniversary was marked with a solemn, day-long string of remembrance ceremonies worthy of a statesman’s funeral. Church Militant’s Nadia Hazimeh has more on the political hype from the day’s events. Politicians on […]
Throwing Sailors Overboard
Your browser does not support the video tag. CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Church Militant (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary. Members of the U.S. Navy are the latest to feel the pinch from Joe Biden’s jab mandates, but service members are fighting back. Church Militant’s Joe Gallagher brings us […]
Nigeria: dozens die in bandit attacks on villages
Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara State is one of the worst-hit by kidnappings and attacks. It has seen a sharp rise in mass abductions and other violent crimes since late 2020 as the government struggles to maintain law and order amid a flagging economy. Read all
Kazakhstan protests ‘could spark anti-Western flareup’
As Kazakh police arrest the former intelligence chief and anti-government protests continue, a former missionary priest warns that the crisis is political and could turn into a nationalist and anti-Western campaign. Read all
Pope Francis: Let’s ‘begin again with more humanity’ amid pandemic
Pope Francis meets members of the Sts. Peter and Paul Association at the Vatican, Jan. 8, 2021. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, Jan 8, 2022 / 06:38 am (CNA). Pope Francis urged members of a Vatican-based lay association on Saturday to “begin again with more humanity” amid the coronavirus pandemic. The pope made the appeal […]
Our Wounds as Abused Children, the Filioque, and Eastern Orthodoxy
Dear OnePeterFive donors, supporters and readers, Recently on the OnePeterFive Podcast, I tried to unpack the inner spiritual realities at work in the question of Eastern Orthodoxy, to which Catholics are especially susceptible. I made mention of this in my first article introducing the series “Against the Greek Schisms.” Eric Sammons over at our sister […]
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