Day 125: Covenant with David (2022)
Fr. Mike highlights the moment God makes a covenant with David, promising him an everlasting dynasty, but reserving the building of the Temple to David’s son Solomon. He also teaches us how 2 Samuel 7 foreshadows the fact that the Blessed Mother is the new Ark of the Covenant. Today’s readings are 2 Samuel 6-7, […]
St. Angelus
Angelus, also known as Angelo of Jerusalem, was born to Jewish parents who had converted to Catholicism in the twelfth century. When he was a teenager, he and his twin brother joined a group of hermits and founded the first Carmelite house with the rule drawn up by Blessed Albert. He was sent to evangelize […]
Professors push for ‘conflict of interest’ probe into university president’s COVID vaccine advocacy
A group of professors allege that the university’s vaccine requirement may have been significantly influenced by the president’s membership in the federal COVID-19 Immunity Task Force,
Professors push for ‘conflict of interest’ probe into university president’s COVID vaccine advocacy
A group of professors allege that the university’s vaccine requirement may have been significantly influenced by the president’s membership in the federal COVID-19 Immunity Task Force,
US bishops urge prayer, fasting after leak of abortion draft ruling
The March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2022. / CNA Washington D.C., May 4, 2022 / 15:12 pm (CNA). The chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee on Wednesday urged continued and intensified prayer and fasting that the Supreme Court… […]
How overturning Roe v Wade would affect Latin America
null / Prostock-studio/Shutterstock Lima, Peru, May 4, 2022 / 16:20 pm (CNA). Pro-life leaders in Latin America have reacted to the possibility that the Roe v. Wade decision which legalized abortion throughout the United States may be overturne… […]
Colorado parish defaced with pro-abortion graffiti for second time in seven months
Pro-abortion graffiti on the doors of Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Boulder, Colorado, on May 4, 2022. / Archdiocese of Denver Denver, Colo., May 4, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA). A Catholic parish church in Boulder, Colorado was defaced with… […]
Pro-life activists offer $25k for information about DC abortion doctor
PAAU activists hold a rally outside Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2022. / Katie Yoder/CNA Washington D.C., May 4, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Pro-life activists offered a $25,000 reward Wednesday to anyone who comes forward wit… […]
Trying to reach the sublime: Robert Eggers, cinematic poet of the past
C.S. Lewis, in his preface to St. Athanasius’ On The Incarnation, wrote a brisk apologia for reading premodern authors, later published under the title “On the Reading of Old Books.” Lewis’s simple thesis is that […]
Pope Francis’s makes puzzling remarks to Italian daily about Ukraine
There’s been a bit of chatter about Pope Francis’s most recent interview in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera newspaper, but not as much as he or the folks at the Corriere probably wish there […]