Shortage of Priests on the Isle of Saints
Raphoe is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Armagh, located in one of the counties of the province of Ulster belonging to the Republic of Ireland. It extends over approximately 4,000 km2, with the Cathedral of Saint Adomnan in Letterkenny as its center. Bishop Alan McGuckian, who presides over the destiny of Raphoe, commissioned […]
Mexico: 400-Year-Old Church Emerges From the Waters
The church in the vanished town of San Juan Quechula, dedicated to the Apostle James the Greater and built by the Dominicans who evangelized the area under the direction of Friar Bartolomé de las Casas in the 16th century, was flooded in 1966 during the construction of the Nezahualcóyotl hydroelectric dam, also known as the […]
Order of Malta: Reform Becomes More Clear
Pope Francis has just entrusted the mission of closely watching over the Order of Malta to a trusted man. Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda – a Jesuit wearing the purple but not the episcopate – became, at the age of 80, the new “patronus” of the Order of Malta. An office defined as follows in article 5 […]
Annecy: Is the Child Stabber Christian or Muslim?
The doubt concerns this individual’s claim to be Christian. He is currently in a psychiatric hospital. According to the site Present, Christians from the East think that it is not a question of him being a Christian, as he claimed when he arrived in Europe ten years ago, but of an Muslim who has been […]
Rainbow, Inc.
This past weekend my (adult) son and I went to the Cincinnati Pride Parade. Did I suddenly become an advocate for All Things Rainbow? Is Fr. James Martin now my spiritual guide? No, we were there in order to pray in reparation and witness to the love of the Sacred Heart. In Cincinnati, the Pride […]
Sharing personal COVID stories helps us never forget the enormous suffering of global lockdowns
Many of us may never know justice or reparations after these three agonizing years following COVID restrictions. But by archiving these stories, we should be able to, somehow, quantify some visible parts of the immense sufferings imposed on the world.
Pope Francis warmly greets infamous ‘artist’ who created image of crucifix in urine
The Vatican invited Serrano to a meeting of artists, and Pope Francis greeted him warmly, smiling and giving him a big ‘thumbs up.’
ICYMI: Pope Francis’ Vatican Officials Pay a Visit to Bishop Strickland
ICYMI: Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas was visited by Vatican officials at 9PM on Saturday — right on the heels of Bishop Strickland’s brave witness against the sacrilegious ‘drag nun’ display, promoted by the Dodgers and the MLB. Bishop Strickland is truly ‘America’s Bishop’ — and served as the LONE bishop who bravely witnessed […]
Remain faithful to what counts, no matter the cost, pope says
Jesus says to have no fear of ridicule, persecution or criticism for being faithful to the Gospel, but to be afraid of wasting one’s life chasing after trivial things, Pope Francis said.
Cabrini University to close, Villanova will acquire campus
Cabrini University has announced that it will close at the end of the 2023-24 school year, with Villanova University assuming ownership of the nearby land in the Philadelphia suburbs where the fellow Roman Catholic university is located.