Two More Anti-Catholic Attacks: Church in El Paso and School in Denver…
Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in northeast El Paso, Texas, was vandalized on July 17. The parish did not release information about the vandalism, citing an ongoing investigation by the El Paso Police Department. “The Most Holy Trinity Catholic Community and Diocese of El Paso [wish] to thank our local law enforcement for their attention […]
5 Convert Saints from the Month of July (Print and Share!)…
The Church’s calendar has some great convert saints on it for the month of July! Many are familiar with the dramatic stories of St. Mary Magdalene and St. Ignatius of Loyola, but did you know about the mercenary soldier and compulsive gambler who had a major conversion while doing a construction project on a monastery, […]
European Countries’ Restrictions on Gender Treatment for Minors Contrasts Sharply With US Push…
At both the federal and the state level, and in the American culture more broadly, there is a concerted effort to remove obstacles to minors’ access to controversial “gender affirming care.” California, Minnesota and New York have passed legislation establishing their state as a “trans youth refuge,” while the federal government is challenging…
How old is the water we drink? Probably far older than you think…..
Back in 2016, geologists from the University of Toronto announced they had discovered water at the bottom of an old mine in Canada that was 2 billion years old. The claim was based on the presence of dissolved salts and noble gases, which suggests how long the water had been isolated.
The 50 Best Pizzerias in America, Ranked…
Anthony Mangieri is still the king of the U.S. pizza scene.The chef’s New York City restaurant, Una Pizza Napoletana, was named the best pizzeria in the entire country by the 50 Top Pizza organization. Mangieri’s restaurant received the same honor last year, and its Neapolitan-style pies continue to impress the judges.
Boots on, and do better, Hierarchs!…
“A lie can travel around the globe in the time it takes the truth to get its boots on.” The line, or variations of it, has been attributed to Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift, Terry Pratchett, Confucius and various Victorian-era preachers, but its authorship cannot be rightly pinned down. That’s not surprising; a sentiment so true […]
80 years ago, Pope Pius XII defied American bombs to become ‘Defender of the City’…
Rome is a city that prides itself on having seen it all over the course of its millennia-long history, so much so that “Been there, done that” might well be the unofficial civic motto. Here’s how journalist Fabrizio Roncone summed up Roman reaction to the record heat this week, which reached an official peak of […]
This summer, kibosh the gadgets and encourage real play. Your children’s response might surprise you. And one day, they might thank you…..
They – whoever ‘they’ were – clearly did this child a good turn. They brought him to a good place, and they gave him a good ‘toy’–if we call it a toy.The best ‘play’ is a kind of first exercise in the deeper things of life: such as playing house, playing workman, or playing army. […]
‘I Feel I Have Arrived Home’: Former Anglican Bishop Discusses His Journey to the Catholic Church…
PENTIN: “I honestly feel I have arrived home,” says Richard Pain, who, on July 2, became the 11th former Anglican bishop — and the first Anglican bishop of Wales — to be received into the Catholic Church through the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham since its creation in 2011.
Priest to Pope Francis: I accuse you of heresy and humbly plead that you correct your ways
As for the people I accuse, I do not know them, I have never seen them, I have no grudge or hatred against them. And the action I am taking here is merely a public means of hastening the explosion of truth and justice.Read More