Pregnant women and their babies can find help among Rhode Island’s Catholics

null / Unsplash Denver Newsroom, Jun 4, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Expectant mothers, babies, and their families can find comfort and encouragement alongside material help like cribs, diapers, and baby formula through the Saint Gabriel’s Call ministry in Rhode Island. “The Church is always there to help people in need, but this particular ministry […]

Vatican Observatory astronomer awarded for Galileo article

Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury’s Galileo before the Holy Office (1847) / null Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2022 / 11:00 am (CNA). Chris Ganey, an astronomer and historian of science at the Vatican Observatory, was recently given the 2021 Nelson H. Minnich Prize for his work investigating the nuances of the Galileo affair. The Minnich Prize is […]

Everything you need to know about Pentecost

Depiction of the Holy Spirit in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Paolo Gallo / Shutterstock. Denver, Colo., Jun 4, 2022 / 07:30 am (CNA). This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the … […]

When the Marriage is Over and All is Lost

Read the last chapter before this one Table of Contents Start reading from chapter 1 Epilogue Attn: Blockleiter Tribunal for the Discipline of Delinquent Devils 6662 Undying Worm The Pit   At the request of the Administration in the ongoing case of the devil called Malthus, I will present in the following report all the […]

Forgotten Customs of the Octave of Pentecost

The Forgotten, Yet Ancient Vigil of Pentecost The Feast of Pentecost (i.e., White Sunday) is one of the principal feasts in the life of the Church. After Pentecost Sunday and its Octave, we will conclude Pascaltide and begin the Season after Pentecost. Consequently, the Vigil of Pentecost has been a day of required fasting and […]