US bishops praise pledge by world powers to avoid nuclear war
United States Catholic bishops welcome a recent joint statement by five nuclear superpowers on preventing nuclear war and express their hope that the UN Conference to review the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will be soon advanced. The Conference has been once again postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read all
Did the Mother of God Remain a Virgin After Childbirth?
Some people have wanted to see in the “brethren of Christ” mentioned in St. John, other children of Mary. Modernist propaganda has taken up this argument. But other Gospel texts equally suggest this: as in St. Matthew, our Lord is called the first-born of Mary (Mt. 1:25). It must be said that Holy Scripture often […]
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 Central Asian country. Schneider, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana, issued the message on […]
Baptized in the Sistine Chapel
16 babies are to receive the Sacrament of Baptism in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, in line with a 40-year tradition established by Pope Saint John Paul II. Read all
Viganò on the “Responsa ad Dubia” of Traditionis Custodes
In reading the Responsa ad Dubia recently published by the Congregation for Divine Worship, one wonders to what abysmal levels the Roman Curia could have descended to have to support Bergoglio with such servility, in a cruel and ruthless war against the most docile and faithful part of the Church. READ MORE >> (Source: The Remnant)
LAWLER: “And then came Francis.”
At Catholic Culture, the perspicacious Phil Lawler makes a good point about the premises of the severely cruel Plessy v. Ferguson legacy document of the Era of Francis. The backward logic of Traditionis Custodes Insofar as Traditionis Custodes provides any … Read More →
The Beauty of Austerity
Carmelite tradition records the final words of St. Teresa of Avila: “My daughters and my ladies, for the love of God, I beg that you will take great care with the keeping of the Rule and Constitutions, for if you keep them as faithfully as you ought to, no other miracle will be needed for […]
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 black tracksuit, spectacles, and a face […]
The Challenges Before Us
COVID-related concerns are not the only Catholic issues prominently in play as 2022 begins. A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Whatever twists and turns might occur in our lives in 2022, followers of Christ know how the story ends.
Vatican to probe Cologne finances once cardinal returns from sabbatical
ROME – Earlier this week the troubled German Archdiocese of Cologne announced that the Vatican has agreed to conduct an external audit into its contracts once the archbishop of the diocese returns from a papal-mandated sabbatical. The audit will investigate canonical legality in the awarding of contracts over the past ten years, a diocesan statement […]