This Sunday’s readings: You may be a failure, but that shouldn’t stop you from achieving greatness…
The readings for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, are perfect for the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. They point directly at our Lenten goal of Easter renewal and the obstacles that stand in our way: our own pride, vanity and sensuality. And of course, our Lenten goal is just a proxy for our […]
Human life is a great drama, and the power of little boys points to that drama…
The other day while cutting firewood I had occasion to reflect on one of the great wonders of the world: the human boy-child. My two and a half year old grandson is, how else to say this?, one hundred percent boy. Boyness manifests in young males with amazing variety and striking consistency. Dealing with boys […]
Putin has alienated Ukraine’s powerful Orthodox community. The importance of this development should not be underestimated…..
Ukraine is a mostly Orthodox nation (albeit with a heavy Byzantine Catholic presence, particularly in the west). But the Orthodox Church there has been split since the country gained its independence, with a newly autocephalous (that is, self-governing) Ukrainian Orthodox Church (OCU) to rival the larger faction affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)…
7 things to know about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson…
The 51-year-old judge clerked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer — whose seat she would fill at the Supreme Court — in 1999 and 2000. Biden elevated Jackson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, one of the most powerful courts in the country, in 2021. But Jackson first became a federal judge […]
A stunning image of Christian faith in the public square of Kharkiv, Ukraine…
This small group of people gathered in the main square of Kharkiv, Ukraine, to kneel and pray…
Pope Opens Rare Special Process to Canonize 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne, Guillotined During French Revolution…
Their voices sang out from the scaffold as they went to their death on July 17, 1794, during the Reign of Terror, the frightening period of the French Revolution which oversaw the execution of at least 17,000 people. At the request of the bishops of France and the Order of Carmelites Discalced (OCD), Pope Francis […]
Cooking show is this New Orleans priest’s recipe for sharing the faith
Father Robert Cooper on the set of his online cooking show. / Screenshot of YouTube video. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 26, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA). Last Holy Thursday, a New Orleans-area priest decided to go live on Facebook for his local parish community and make Resurrection Rolls. Little did he know, that would be […]
Watch a Special ‘Life on the Rock’ Highlighting Walk for Life West Coast 2022
EWTN covered Walk for Life West Coast 2022 in January. TV Picks 02.27.22 include ‘Discovering Tolkien’ on EWTN, too.
Church in Americas unites in prayers for peace in Ukraine
Church leaders from across the Americas unite in prayer for an end to the violence in Ukraine and peace throughout the region, also affirming their participation in the March 2nd “Day of Fasting for Peace” on Ash Wednesday called for by Pope Francis. Read all
Sant’Egidio calls for negotiations to achieve peace in Ukraine
The community of Sant’ Egidio sends an urgent appeal to Presidents Putin and Zelensky, asking that they resume negotiations to achieve peace in Ukraine. Read all