Elon Musk praises ‘promising candidate’ Vivek Ramaswamy on X
Elon Musk’s praise of Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy came after the latter declared that ‘God is real,’ ‘There are two genders’ and that ‘Parents determine the education of their children.’Read More
‘Sound of Freedom’ Rings True
Jim Caviezel (l) and Javier Godino star in ‘Sound of Freedom.’ Hollywood Double Standard Reveals Critics’ Hypocrisy
Cluny Media is rescuing lost and neglected Catholic books of the not-so-distant past
John Emmet Clarke, editor-in-chief of Cluny Media, and Scott W. Thompson, chief operating and financial officer of the Catholic publishing house. / Courtesy of Cluny Media Washington D.C., Aug 19, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). John Emmet Clarke, the 3… […]
Pope calls grieving mother of son who died at WYD: “He comforted me as if he were my dad”
null / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, Aug 19, 2023 / 09:41 am (CNA). Pope Francis called the mother of a young man, Luca Re Sartù, 24, who has passed away after apparently contracting a bacterial staph infection during his trip to Portugal fo… […]
‘Young men are puttin’ themselves six feet in the ground’ and other suicide news…
Here’s a sad question for the day: How many opioid overdoses could be classified as suicides? There’s no way to know, is there? If people are trying to bury their pain, depression and anxiety in pills or needles, how would public officials know — without a suicide note — that an overdose was intentional? What […]
Ethiopia’s Food Crisis Deepens as Catholic Leaders Plead for Relief in Tigray…
Widespread starvation is being reported in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, an area that was embattled in a brutal conflict from 2020–2022 that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions. The BBC reported Friday that at least 1,400 people have starved to death in Tigray since food assistance from the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP), […]
Laypeople in the Diocese of Tyler to the Nuncio in defense of Bp. Strickland
At The Remnant there is an open Letter from “The Catholic Faithful of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas”. How many of the faithful, I don’t know. However, even if it is tens rather than hundreds or thousands, they deserve to be heard. … Read More →
WDTPRS – 20th Ordinary Sunday: Live in love now to have Love Himself later
The Collect for the 20th Ordinary Sunday, found also in the 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary, is in the 1962 Missale Romanum for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Deus, qui diligentibus te bona invisibilia praeparasti, infunde cordibus nostris tui amoris affectum, … Read More →
Pope calls grieving mother of son who died at WYD: “He comforted me as if he were my dad”
null / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, Aug 19, 2023 / 09:41 am (CNA). Pope Francis called the mother of a young man, Luca Re Sartù, 24, who has passed away after apparently contracting a bacterial staph infection during his trip to Portugal for World Youth Day. The infection likely turned into septicemia leading to organ […]
When You See Weeds Amid the Wheat, Remember Christ’s Words and Take Heart
John Theodor ‘Wheat and Tares’ In the end, just as mercy confounds might, so the capacity of wheat to eclipse the weeds is written into the very economy of salvation.