A Significant Day
TRANSCRIPT Today is June 15, 2022, and that’s a pretty significant day here at Church Militant. First, it’s the day we officially became ChurchMilitant.com, the online presence of St. Michael’s Media, which is the actual name of the apostolate. Church Militant long-timers will recall that for the first few years, we were known as RealCatholic.tv. But that was before Allen Vigneron, […]
Franciscans in Germany Elect Openly Gay Priest as New Superior
Courtesy photo Priest collar In an interview with MK-Online, the official news website of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Father Fuhrmann explained why he went public with his homosexuality.
Pixar’s Lightyear is an anti–space opera for an anti-heroic age
An opening title positions Pixar’s Lightyear as a movie, not within a movie, but within a movie world: the world of the Toy Story movies. The conceit is that we’re watching young Andy’s “favorite movie” […]
Day 166: Responding in Faith (2022)
Today, we are introduced to the prophet Elijah, who again and again responds to God’s invitations with faith. The readings are 1 Kings 17-18, 2 Chronicles 18-19, and Song of Solomon 5. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children – parental […]
Corpus Christi Sunday 2022: Inspiring words from the saints about the Eucharist
St. Pio of Pietrelcina. / null Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 14, 2022 / 20:15 pm (CNA). Corpus Christi Sunday, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, falls this year on Sunday, June 19. Originally proposed as a feast day by St. Thomas Aquinas, this liturgical solemnity honors the […]
Nearly Naked Activist Shouting Pro-Abortion Chants Disrupts Mass in Michigan
Screenshot from TikTok video A pro-abortion activist is shown disrupting a Mass at St. Veronica parish in Eastpointe, Michigan. A video said the incident happened on June 12. Two other women visible in the video joined her in the chants and held green-cloth bandanna-like banners that often are used by activists with the pro-abortion group […]
Biden Administration Sued After Fertility Awareness Methods Cut From Health Coverage
Omar Lopez The case centers on the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits insurance plans from imposing cost-sharing requirements for women seeking “preventative care and screenings,” ADF’s press release said. Stark criticized the Biden administration for limiting women’s choices not only for family planning but also for identifying reproductive health issues.
Daredevil pro-life activist arrested after scaling 845-foot tower to protest abortion
Maison Des Champs made his latest climb to rally support for a woman planning to abort her 10-week-old baby.
Franciscans in Germany elect openly gay priest as new superior
Franciscan friars line the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem. / Shutterstock Denver Newsroom, Jun 14, 2022 / 19:15 pm (CNA). The 300-member Franciscan province of Saint Elisabeth in Germany has elected as its new superior Father Markus Fuhrmann, who a few weeks ago publicly came out as homosexual. In an interview with […]
Biden administration sued after fertility awareness methods cut from health coverage
null / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 14, 2022 / 19:41 pm (CNA). A Catholic nurse practitioner is challenging the Biden administration after it removed health insurance coverage for fertility awareness-based methods (FABM), a form of family planning. These methods enable women to track their fertile cycles by charting one or more biomarkers, such as basal body […]