Why we hunger for beauty…
Back in my Jesuit high school days, when dinosaurs walked the earth—this was the 1960s—Bob R. was one of my best friends. I haven’t seen Bob in many years, but I still think of him with affection. We were both weird. We were book buddies and debate partners, we took Latin and Greek together, and […]
Cardinal Pell Highlights ‘Somewhat Incomplete’ Account Given by Cardinal Becciu at Vatican Finance Trial…
Cardinal George Pell said Friday that the recent testimony of Cardinal Angelo Becciu at the Vatican finance trial “was somewhat incomplete.” He drew particular attention to a lack of evidence regarding payments of more than $1.6 million made to Neustar Australia, an information services firm, in 2017 and 2018.
Should Catholics worry about abortion protests disrupting Mother’s Day Mass?
Mulitple reports and social media posts are warning that abortion activists will disrupt Mass on Sunday — Mother’s Day. Should Catholics take these threats seriously? Some Catholic churches and dioceses certainly are. And some Catholic and secular organizations are passionately responding.
Pope Turns Up the Heat on Simmering TLM Debate, Calls Critics ‘Closed-Minded People’ Discussing ‘Outdated Issues’…
Pope Francis said Saturday that the liturgy should not be “a battleground” for “outdated issues.” “I emphasize again that the liturgical life, and the study of it, should lead to greater Church unity, not division. When the liturgical life is a bit like a banner of division, there is the stench of the devil in […]
‘Pro-life Spiderman’ climbs tallest building in San Francisco to raise awareness about late-term abortions
Maison Des Champs climbed the 60-story Salesforce Tower in downtown San Francisco without ropes or nets.
Virginia Attorney General vows to protect Catholics against pro-abortion ‘mobs’
‘In Virginia, the law reigns supreme and Catholic Virginians’ right to worship in peace will be protected,’ Jason Miyares, Virginia’s attorney general, said on social media on Friday.
‘Pro-life Spiderman’ climbs tallest building in San Francisco to raise awareness about late-term abortions
Maison Des Champs climbed the 60-story Salesforce Tower in downtown San Francisco without ropes or nets.
Virginia Attorney General vows to protect Catholics against pro-abortion ‘mobs’
‘In Virginia, the law reigns supreme and Catholic Virginians’ right to worship in peace will be protected,’ Jason Miyares, Virginia’s attorney general, said on social media on Friday.
Documentarian witnesses healing, forgiveness in execution’s aftermath
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri — Jeff Ferguson was ready. Although still holding out hope for a commutation of his death sentence, he had long accepted that his time was coming, probably sooner than later. “So every day, he would try to be more prepared than he was the day before,” said Lisa Boyd, who had visited […]
Footnote leads to rediscovering future pope’s ’62 retreat for artists
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A footnote led to the rediscovery of a retreat for artists led by then-Bishop Karol Wojtyla, the future pope and saint, and to the Theology of the Body Institute’s first book produced by its new publishing arm. “God Is Beauty: A Retreat on the Gospel and Art” is comprised of the retreat, […]