Pope accepts resignation of bishop accused, and acquitted, of rape
MUMBAI – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Catholic bishop in India who was accused of rape by a nun in 2018, and who was acquitted by a local court in 2022. An appeal of that acquittal is still underway. While the criminal case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal remains on appeal, a statement […]
Bishops in Chad demand transitional regime end violence, shortages
YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – In a rare instance of public criticism, Catholic bishops in the majority Muslim African nation of Chad have called out the transitional government of General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno over violence and the high cost of living in the landlocked state. In a strongly worded memo sent to the on May 30, […]
Pentecost Saturday: We Are Our Rites.
Pentecost Saturday Today the Season of Easter comes to an end. The cycle that started with pre-Lent Sunday’s is over. Being an Ember Saturday, there would be a vigil in the night in preparation for ordinations to the priesthood at … Read More →
“I’ll see your ‘Wakanda!’ and raise you a ‘KATONDA!’” The Feast of St Charles Lwanga, Martyr – A saint we can all take pride in!
“Katonda!” This year today is in the Vetus Ordo calendar Ember Friday in the Octave of Penance. However, it is also the Feast of St. Charles Lwanga. That said, because of the decree Cum sanctissima we can now celebrate St. … Read More →
These last sixty years
John XXIII died on June 3, 1963. What has happened to the Church he left behind?
Here are 10 excellent books to help introduce you to Catholic fiction…
What’s the point of reading fiction? Wouldn’t it just be better to read works of theology and the spiritual life? Well, I wouldn’t replace spiritual reading with fiction. Novels and shorts stories, however, do make a contribution to Catholic life and culture by engaging our imagination in a vicarious engagement with human action, exploring the […]
Test Everything; Hold Fast to What Is Good – A Meditation on the Need to Soberly Assess This World…
How do you and I regard this world? How do we perceive its offerings, philosophies, and standards? I pray that we soberly assess the things of this world. Sadly, many Christians pass through their days in this world in a very unreflective manner, accepting, without critique, many ungodly and harmful notions. Almost anything can be […]
Fox Corp sponsors group partnering with Dodgers to honor anti-Catholic drag ‘nuns’ on ‘Pride Night’
LA Pride is co-hosting the event awarding blasphemous drag ‘nuns.’ The move is part of Fox’s larger pattern of pro-LGBT support.
Trial for priest charged with possession of child pornography to begin this month
Father James Jackson apparently violated terms of his pretrial release by continuing to access child pornography.
Trial for priest charged with possession of child pornography to begin this month
Father James Jackson apparently violated terms of his pretrial release by continuing to access child pornography.