Cardinal Burke celebrates first Latin Mass in Rome since recovering from COVID
The American prelate presided over a solemn Tridentine High Mass on Feb. 27 in Rome to begin 40 Hours Devotion.Read More
Take prayer seriously, because without God we are nothing
In today’s episode, Mother Miriam continues her reading of This Is the Faith and speaks about the centrality of prayer in the Christian life.Read More
Polish Catholic Archbishop Greets Ukrainian Refugees Arriving by Train as Humanitarian Crisis Grows
Courtesy Photo Refugees from Ukraine arrive at Przemyśl Główny train station in eastern Poland. The bishops urged Polish Catholics to open ‘homes, hostels, diocesan and parish retreat houses, and all places where help can be provided to people in need.’
Russian Invasion in Ukraine: Testimonies From Catholics on the Ground
Courtesy photos (Clockwise from Left) Taken at the end of January during a prayer for the consecration of the village of Shirokine near Mariupol, where fierce fighting took place in 2014-2015, and now completely destroyed and uninhabited. Participants are CRS founder Andriy Olenchyk, General of the Order of the Knights of St. John Paul II Krzysztof […]
John Paul II: ‘Most Holy Virgin, Protectress of Ukraine, watch over your children’…
Russian armed forces are pushing hard to capture the city of Kyiv. Ukrainian military forces and armed citizens of Kyiv are courageously defending their city. Many will die. Who knows what Kyiv will be tomorrow? Kyiv is a city of historic Christian importance. It is the place where St. Volodymyr (Vladimir) was baptized and soon […]
Putin goes Soviet: Shades of the 1956 Hungarian uprising…
I’m being asked for a sense of historical perspective to capture the gravity of what Vladimir Putin and his Russian troops are doing right now in the Ukraine. Is this unprecedented? Is there a parallel in recent Russian history? In recent Russian history, no. Modern Russia is post-Cold War Russia, the once-hopeful product of the […]
Are Christians supposed to correct the sins of others?
Back in your school days, did you ever have a teacher whom you really liked teaching you a subject you would not have otherwise cared about? The winsome way your teacher presented the material, and your personal respect and affection for her or him, motivated you to learn. Even back then, you recognized that your […]
UFOs, ETs and other Earths: The birth of a popular (but not scientific) idea…
When Giordano Bruno promoted the idea that the universe was full of other suns, orbited by other earths, the brilliant early-17th-century astronomer Johannes Kepler showed that science proved Bruno wrong, and that there was only one single sun: ours (see Part I in this series). But the idea of stars being suns had appeal, despite […]
Canadian legal group sues Trudeau gov’t for using Emergencies Act against peaceful Freedom Convoy
‘Two of the applicants represented by the Justice Centre had their bank accounts frozen and seized, without judicial authorization or a review process.’
For progressive politicians, the conscience rights of doctors ‘perpetuate the stigma’ of abortion
Lawmakers who believe in the right to kill babies in the womb also believe that it is essential to kill the consciences of those who highlight their barbarism.