Florida diocese forces schoolkids to wear masks while hosting ball for wealthy maskless donors
Pictures from the event show attendees, including Bishop Frank J. Dewane, freely mingling, dancing, and dining together without wearing face coverings.Read More
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signs bill banning schools from forcing kids to wear masks
The legislation marks a crucial win for Gov. Youngkin, who won his 2021 gubernatorial campaign partly by prioritizing school issues like masking which had become a major flashpoint for parents.Read More
District backs down as California high school students walk out to protest mask mandate
‘Moving forward students will not be physically removed from the classroom or receive a discipline consequence to prevent further exclusionary learning loss.’Read More
Chicago-area Catholic principal who defied mask mandate won’t return to school, pastor says
M. Jacob “Doc” Mathius, the former principal of Queen of Martyrs School in Evergreen Park, Illinois. / Screenshot of Facebook post Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 17, 2022 / 11:13 am (CNA). A principal at a Catholic school who was placed on leave after he defied the Archdiocese of Chicago’s mask mandate will not return to […]
Study challenges claim that legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide could ‘save lives’
null / HQuality/Shutterstock. Oxford, England, Feb 17, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA). A new study has challenged the claim by euthanasia and assisted suicide advocates that legalizing the practices can “save lives.” The peer-reviewed article “Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Suicide Rates in Europe,” published on Feb. 7 in the international, web-based Journal of Ethics in […]
Pope Francis: ‘The World Needs Beauty More Than Ever’
Courtesy photo Pope Francis meets with Diakonia of Beauty, a group dedicated to celebrating sacred art, on Feb. 17, 2022. The Pope met with a French Catholic group, Diaconie de la beauté (Diakonia of Beauty), which is dedicated to supporting artists and celebrating sacred art, architecture, poetry, and music.
What to Read to Know Dorothy Day Better
Dorothy Day speaks about the Catholic Worker Movement in 1952 to Father Michael Lensing of Subiaco Abbey. COMMENTARY: From Day’s autobiography, ‘The Long Loneliness,’ to her letters, this list ‘is a beginning for all of us’
Coffee for the Pro-Life Cause: How Companies Are Making a Difference for Unborn Babies and Moms
Courtesy photo Poster inside Lifeboat Coffee, owned by John Lillis, featuring his daughter. The mission with each cup is to ‘protect every beating heart.’
Podcast: How Pope Francis’ reform of the doctrine office could spur new theological thinking
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle explain the changes to the C.D.F. and how they fit into Pope Francis’ larger goal of evangelization.
Vax Agenda Exposed
There is now more evidence the Biden administration is rushing so-called China virus vaccines to the public with a financial incentive and with little knowledge of long-term side effects. Church Militant’s Paul Murano reports on a new exposé that uncovers what Biden’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning for its future COVID policy. Project Veritas reporter: “Everything I […]