Destruction of Catholic retreat center’s cross a possible hate crime, Orange County authorities say
Cross installed after Father’s Day 2023 at Santiago Retreat Center, Orange County, California. / Photo courtesy of Santiago Retreat Center Denver, Colo., Jul 5, 2023 / 07:30 am (CNA). An unknown vandal or vandals sawed down a 14-foot cross at a Catholic-run retreat center in Orange County, California, and investigators are considering whether the act […]
Watch: People of God: A groundbreaking documentary on Catholic parish life
Introducing America’s new, groundbreaking feature documentary, “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States.”
‘The Vortex’ on Membership Monday
Michael Voris hosts Membership Monday and answers supporters’ questions.
Catholic Church in US trying to keep Latinos in the fold
As Latino Catholics continue to leave the Church in the United States, a Colombian-born bishop in North Carolina is working to help them (who are 50% of his diocese) stay
As costs soar, thousands of California hotel workers go on strike ahead of July 4 holiday
In a move strategically timed to coincide with Fourth of July holiday tourism, hotel workers in Southern California walked off the job July 2, asking for higher wages, affordable family health care, a retirement pension, and manageable workloads. Contracts between 61 Los Angeles and Orange County hotels and members of Unite Here — a labor […]
New parish named for Knights of Columbus founder in town he first served
(OSV News) — A priest on the road to sainthood, who has united millions of Catholic men across the world, is drawing faithful together in the town where he first served. The Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, announced it will merge seven parishes in New Haven into the newly created Blessed Michael McGivney Parish, named for […]
Two Rites and Two Shares in the One Priesthood of Christ…
he most recent documents governing priestly formation in the United States, the Ratio Fundamentalis and the sixth edition of the Program of Priestly Formation, place a renewed emphasis on the foundational importance of the royal priesthood of the baptized in the formation of the ministerial priest. Both documents point to what is now called the […]
July 9 Rally in Illinois Aims to Reignite the Rescheduling of Venerable’s Beatification Mass…
The Fulton Sheen Movement has announced plans for a “Fulton Sheen Rally” — an all-day event on Sunday, July 9, at Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church in Homer Glen, Illinois. The family-friendly event will focus on rediscovering Venerable Fulton Sheen’s messages for our times, signing a petition to have his beatification Mass rescheduled soon, and several […]
Has Pope Francis finally found his Ratzinger in Archbishop Fernández?
On July 1, the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández of La Plata, Argentina, the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), the Vatican department once known as “La Suprema.” Archbishop Fernández now occupies the office once held by Pope St. Pius V and most famously in recent times […]
Who’s next? Here are the other cardinals Francis will soon have to replace…
Pope Francis on Saturday named a new prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, replacing Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer with the Argentine theologian Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández.While the pope’s decision to name Archbishop Fernández took many by surprise, the appointment itself was long overdue. Cardinal Ladaria turned 79 in April, and was […]