Switzerland: A Petition to Keep the Night Bells
Since then, supporters of keeping the bells ringing at night have also started a petition. The parish board is reviewing the situation. Barbara Camenzind, a professional musician at Rorschach, has started a petition to keep this tradition alive. Her approach opposes a request made to the parish council by 34 newcomers disturbed by the nocturnal […]
Nigeria: A Valentine’s Day gift for everyone.
The origins of St. Valentine’s Day holiday celebrations are found in selfless love, says Nigerian Bishop Badejo. Read all
Upcoming on TV: ‘EWTN on Location’ and ‘Bernadette: Saint of Lourdes’
Our Lady of Lourdes appeared to St. Bernadette in France. Learn more by watching an EWTN special on Feb. 18. TV Picks 02.13.22
Catholic athlete Sarah Escobar makes history at Winter Olympics
Sarah Escobar represents Ecuador in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics / YouTube screenshot taken from ecuadorolimpicotv Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 12, 2022 / 11:48 am (CNA). When Sarah Escobar packed her bags for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olym… […]
Relying on the mysterious gift of the Holy Spirit will change everything…
Jesus makes a startling statement at the Last Supper: “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you” (Jn 16:7). What could be better than Jesus’s presence alongside us? Only his […]
Men who defend Vatican II with a clenched fist could undercut one of Vatican II’s greatest accomplishments…..
Archbishop Arthur Roach, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship, recently sent the world’s bishops instructions regulating local usage of the Traditional Latin Mass. Those instructions were intended to implement Pope Francis’s 2021 motu proprio, Traditionis Custodes (Guardians of the Tradition), which strictly limited the celebration of Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal…
You don’t want to be an antinomian, and you don’t want to be a legalist … you want to be just right, like Goldilocks…
Two terms that often appear in Protestant discussions of faith and works are legalism and antinomianism. The first is giving law too much emphasis, and the second is giving law too little emphasis. The law in question is God’s law, and in the Bible, the most famous expression of God’s law, was given through Moses. […]
Here are my Top 10 Films of 2021, with 10 runners-up and 10 honorable mentions…
One year ago, for the first time in 17 years, I didn’t do a year-end write-up or a top films list for the previous year. Partly this was because of the impact of the Covid pandemic in 2020 both on the film industry and also on my viewing and writing habits; partly, too, in 2020 […]
‘Cooking With Father Cooper’ and Becky Delatte — Plus a Recipe for Cookies
Lucy (l) and Becky Delatte A cooking show originating from a parish in the Archdiocese of New Orleans is a hit on the internet.
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Sermon on the Plain
Cosimo Rosselli, “The Sermon on the Mount,” 1481 SCRIPTURES & ART: A fresco by the 15th-century artist Cosimo Rosselli depicts the scene from this Sunday’s Gospel.