Franciscan friars return to pastoral ministry at Walter Reed in Bethesda, Md.
Franciscan priests have returned to pastoral ministry at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, two months after the center decided to end their contract.
Vatican ambassador pushes US bishops to embrace synod: ‘Maybe we are struggling to understand’
The Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. praised the synodal process at the opening of the U.S. bishops’ spring assembly. And the bishops delayed for a day a vote to begin a process that could ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals.
UN Security Council discusses Pope Francis and imam’s human fraternity proposal
Young people from around the world held hands in St. Peter’s Square during the #NotAlone human fraternity event June 10, 2023. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 15, 2023 / 08:22 am (CNA). The U.N. Security Council convened a high-level briefing on Wednesday to discuss the role of “human fraternity” in promoting peace, inspired by […]
Catholic Distance University celebrates forty years of innovative education
Forty years ago, Marianne Evans Mount had a bright idea. Why not a Catholic correspondence course in religious education? Four decades later, that idea has grown into a fully accredited, degree-granting institution—the Catholic Distance University—with […]
The Forgotten Customs of the Sacred Heart
Above: The Carillon-Sacré-Coeur – flag of French Canadians. Look at this Heart which has loved men so much, and yet men do not want to love Me in return. Through you My divine Heart wishes to spread its love everywhere on earth (Words of our Lord Jesus Christ to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque) The […]
Forgiveness is relational
A Reflection for Thursday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time, by Kaya Oakes
A former convent gives adults with autism an independent living option in New York
Young adults with autism have few places to turn when the services they received as children end. This leads many autistic adults to live at home for years with parents who worry for their children as they age.
Pope Francis directs Benedict XVI’s longtime secretary to return to his home diocese without new assignment
In his book, “Nothing but the Truth: My Life Beside Benedict XVI,” Archbishop Georg Gänswein admitted that a “climate of trust” had never been created between him and Pope Francis.
June 15, 2023
Making Reparation for Dissent Catholics to pray outside meeting of Association of U.S. Catholic Priests. STORY COMING Archdiocese Allows Pride Mass Washington archdiocese deflects question about sacrilegious pro-LGBT liturgy. FULL STORY Bishop Calls Out ‘Hateful’ Messages Cancels pride mass, but says some calling to nix it were being uncharitable. FULL STORY Jesuits Expel Notorious Abuser Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik […]
These 20 spineless House Republicans joined Democrats in protecting Adam Schiff from censure
Who needs Democrat firepower when you can always count on Republicans to shoot themselves to save their enemies?Read More