Retired Albany bishop, accused of covering up and committing abuse, has died
Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of Albany. / Credit: Catholic News Agency Boston, Mass., Aug 21, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Albany Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard, who confessed to covering up clergy abuse, was accused of committing sexual abuse hims… […]
California’s new abbey is inspiring young men to join the priesthood
A group of men studying to become priests at St. Michael’s Abbey in California. / EWTN News In Depth Denver, Colo., Aug 21, 2023 / 14:45 pm (CNA). Just outside the City of Angels lies an abbey whose residents are praying to the angels. St. Michael’s Abbey outside of Los Angeles in Orange County opened […]
Analysis: Massachusetts rejects Catholic couple as foster parents
In April, officials in Oregon denied Jessica Bates, a widowed mother of five, the opportunity to adopt siblings under the age of nine from foster care. The reason? She would not “accept” and “support” the […]
Ojai earthquake rattles nearby Thomas Aquinas College
Students at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula were already bracing themselves for Mother Nature when she decided to knock twice. On Sunday, Aug. 20, students, faculty, administrators and staff were preparing for the first day of school on Monday by holing up indoors on account of Hurricane Hilary (later downgraded to a tropical storm) […]
An app to reveal how the BBC has long given up on neutrality…..
John Reith, the first Director-General of the BBC, was intensely high-minded. A Scottish Presbyterian, he imbued the organisation with a sense of seriousness and moral purpose which endured long after he left the role of DG in the 1930s. The adjective “Reithian,” still in occasional use today, was coined to refer to his emphasis on […]
Why did Jesus resist the Canaanite woman and say that thing about the puppies? He did it for our good and her greater glory…..
A Canaanite woman calls out to Jesus, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.” And Jesus, surprisingly, ignores her. She persists and his annoyed disciples complain: “Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.” Jesus replies, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of […]
Netflix promotes transgenderism, homosexuality with woke animinated movie even Disney rejected
Nimona pushes homosexuality and suggests that reality about the two sexes is ‘small minded.’
Indiana’s near-total abortion ban takes effect after Supreme Court denies pro-abortion appeal
Judges voted 4-1 to reject a challenge from Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union based on the low probability of blocking the legislation.
Canadian gov’t spending after COVID ‘went on for too long,’ fueled inflation crisis: ex-finance minister
‘We put more money into the economy than we needed to,’ Bill Morneau argued.
How to help Maui wildfire victims from afar
Volunteers load water onto a boat to be transported to West Maui from the Kihei boat landing on Aug. 13, 2023 in Kihei, Hawaii. / Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images St. Louis, Mo., Aug 21, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui earlier this month continue to cause misery […]