Our Lady of Akita’s 1973 message to Japanese nun resonates today, say experts
A wooden statue of Our Lady of Akita is seen in this undated photo. On July 6, 1973, Sister Agnes Sasagawa of the Handmaids of the Eucharist in Akita, Japan, reported receiving messages from a wooden statue of Mary and witnessed the statue weeping many times. (OSV News photo/SICDAMNOME, via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0) (OSV […]
EU and Iraqi bishops join condemnation of the burning of the Quran in Sweden
COMECE and Church leaders in Iraq decry last week’s desecration in Stockholm and express solidarity with the Muslim community. Read all
6 July: St. Maria Goretti, Virgin Martyr – VIDEO – Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Today is the Feast of St. Maria Goretti, who died defending her virginity and also in the attempt to prevent her killer from committing a terrible sin. The story of her appearance to him, Alessandro Serenelli, in prison, and his … Read More →
What Does Vatican II Mean by the ‘People of God’?
Wikimedia Commons Grand procession of the Second Vatican Council Fathers at St. Peter’s Basilica. COMMENTARY: And how does it relate to the Synod on Synodality’s working document, which frequently uses the term?
Catholic teaching order admits to sexual abuse in Senegal
The Order of the Pious Schools, commonly known as the “Piarists”, admit that one of its Spanish priests abused “a significant number” of Senegalese youths between 1980-2005
Archbishop Fernández, new DDF prefect, defends Heal Me with Your Mouth; publisher removes book from website (CWN)
Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, defended his 1995 work, Sáname con tu boca: El arte de besar (Heal Me with Your Mouth: The Art of Kissing), as a “catechesis for [the young] based on what the kiss signifies.”
Programme, logo and motto of Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to Mongolia
The Holy See Press Office releases details of Pope Francis’ end of summer visit to the Republic of Mongolia, which bears the motto “Hoping Together.” Read all
Catholics embrace the divine authority of the papacy as an act of unity with Christ’s Church
St. Peter, in his own person and in that of his successors, especially in him who in these our own days bears the weight of the whole world and our burdens also, ought to be the constant object of our filial reverence and homage.
Summer as an Image of Eternity in a Workaday World
Mothers whose children were young decades ago fondly recall summer days when they locked their children outside. Not everyone resorted to these measures; but for many mothers, they remember sending their children down to the neighborhood pool where they might see them around midday when the mothers got together for a picnic lunch. Other than […]
The Left and the Right Are Both Wrong About Racism in America
The recent Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action is yet one more act in the long drama that is American race relations. Our country ranks high among nations with long-lasting and tense race relations. That should not be a surprise when we remember that at our country’s founding, when our leaders were declaring our […]