Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Backlash over White House Claiming All Children ‘Are Our Kids’

WASHINGTON (Churchmilitant.com) – Conservatives are slamming Joe Biden after he equated government “rights” over American children to parental rights during a press conference on LGBT laws held last week. Biden made this statement in response to a query about Republican-led states enacting legislation protecting children from permanent genital-mutilation procedures and surgeries. After Laura Barrón-López, White House correspondent […]

Why Christ Remains Present in the Eucharist

I was driving pass a prominent Catholic Church in Manila during the Covid pandemic lockdown when I noticed many of the faithful standing outside the gated Church premises. Some were on their knees, praying with their eyes fixed in the very direction of the tabernacle in the locked Church. Though they could not enter the […]

Pope stresses bond between elderly, young people (Vatican Press Office)

In a statement for the 3rd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Francis says: God wants young people to bring joy to the hearts of the elderly, as Mary did to Elizabeth, and gain wisdom from their experiences. Yet, above all, the Lord wants us not to abandon the elderly or to push […]

5 Beautiful Prayers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Every Catholic Should Know

Caroline Perkins, ChurchPOP General Prayer Sacred Heart of Jesus Prayer: O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore you, I love you and with a lively sorrow for my sins. I offer you this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obedient to your will. Grant, good […]

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 […]

Vatican: Gänswein to return to home diocese from July

Archbishop Georg Gänswein / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Rome Newsroom, Jun 15, 2023 / 04:31 am (CNA). The Vatican confirmed Thursday that Pope Francis has asked Archbishop Georg Gänswein to return to Germany from July 1.The longtime private secretary of… […]

Breaking: Rupnik dismissed from Jesuits

Father Marko Rupnik, SJ, in an interview with EWTN in 2020. / EWTN Vatican City, Jun 15, 2023 / 05:22 am (CNA). The priest and artist Father Marko Rupnik, accused of the physical and psychological abuse of numerous religious sisters, was dismis… […]