Canonization cause for ‘Song of Scaffold’ Carmelite martyrs (CNA)
Pope Francis has approved a special cause for the canonization of the 16 Carmelite martyrs who died at Compiegne during the French Revolution, inspiring works such as The Song of the Scaffold and the Dialogue of the Carmelites. The 16 Carmelites, who sang hymns as they were led to the guillotine, were beatified in 1903. […]
Vatican ready to mediate in Ukraine, Cardinal Parolin says (Vatican News)
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, told Italian reporters on February 28 that the Holy See is “ready to facilitate negotiations between Russian and Ukraine.” “Above all the military attack must stop immediately,” the cardinal said. “To widen the conflict would be a gigantic catastrophe.”
Positive change comes from fixing one’s own failings first, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Positive change must begin with oneself and with acknowledging one’s own mistakes, Pope Francis said. Such change also includes being attentive to how one communicates, because words carry weight and they can be used to “feed prejudices, raise barriers, harm and even destroy,” the pope told people gathered in St. Peter’s […]
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has alienated the country’s Orthodox community
Now even the Ukrainian Orthodox Community aligned with the Moscow Patriarchate has denounced Russian belligerence.Read More
Australia’s new $200M quarantine camp could be used to jail people like me
Whatever the government says, including about quarantine camps, should never be trusted
Canadians to hold rosary rally in Ottawa to end COVID mandates, pray for freedom
Canadians are encouraged to assemble on Parliament Hill, Saturday March 19, where rosaries will be prayed to ‘ask God to save our country from these dark times.’
Daily Rome Shot 430, etc.
Forty Hours at Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini. Photo by The Great Roman™ Fervorino from today’s Requiem Mass. HERE WORDLE I lost in Latin today. Grrr. For your edification…
Australia’s new $200M quarantine camp could be used to jail people like me
Whatever the government says, including about quarantine camps, should never be trusted
Canadians to hold rosary rally in Ottawa to end COVID mandates, pray for freedom
Canadians are encouraged to assemble on Parliament Hill, Saturday March 19, where rosaries will be prayed to ‘ask God to save our country from these dark times.’
The Man Who Painted the Reformation
In July 1519, Erasmus of Rotterdam wrote a letter describing his friend and fellow humanist Thomas More. “His expression,” Erasmus wrote, “shows the sort of man he is, always friendly and cheerful, with something of the air of one who smiles easily, and (to speak frankly) disposed to be merry rather than serious or solemn.” […]