ASK FATHER: What if an aardvark runs by and the priest goofs up the LATIN while baptizing?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’m going to entirely recast this question in my own words because I need to address the answer to priests, rather than to the laymen who sent the original query. It seems that a priest recently … Read More →
Holiness in Unheroic Details: A Review of Alfred Xuereb’s My Days with Benedict XVI
If you want to learn about Benedict XVI’s theology, there is a wide range of books to choose from, many of which are over the head of the average reader. If you want to learn about Benedict the man, I recommend starting with Monsignor – now Archbishop – Alferd Xuereb’s diary, a refreshing glimpse into […]
Upon this Rock
In a conversation with Peter and the apostles, Jesus declares His intention to build His Church on a human being. Whatever was He thinking? Gospel (Read Mt 16:13-20) Today’s Gospel is so familiar to Catholics that the potential for missing the punch it packs is inordinately high. If ever we are challenged on our belief in the […]
Scientists discover why an incredible 20,000 octopuses are brooding off the coast of Monterey…..
Five years ago, a group of scientists stumbled upon 20,000 pearl octopuses brooding their eggs near the base of an extinct volcano, 80 miles off of the Monterey coast.They had discovered the largest known “Octopus Garden” on the planet. But for years a question eluded Jim Barry and his team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium […]
Hundreds of Pakistan Catholics celebrate Mass outside burned church days after mob attacks
Just four days after a mob of Islamist extremists burned down a Christian community in the Pakistani city of Jaranwala, more than 700 Catholics gathered to celebrate Mass outside the decimated St. Paul Catholic Church on Aug. 20, 2023. / Credit:… […]
Catholic parish challenges Michigan law that would control who it hires
Dana Nessel, attorney general of Michigan. / Michigan Department of Attorney General. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 24, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). A Catholic parish in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is taking a legal battle to an appellate court amid fea… […]
Parishioners begin to repair church riddled with bullets in Mexico
Reconstruction of the church of Santa Anita in the Tarahumara mountain range in northern Mexico. / Credit: Guachochi Cathedral ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 24, 2023 / 16:20 pm (CNA). Despite the uncertainty and fear caused by the violence in the area,… […]
Nicaragua dictatorship revokes legal status of the Jesuits, confiscates all their assets
Daniel Ortega. / Credit: Flickr de la OEA (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 24, 2023 / 16:40 pm (CNA). The government of President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua on Wednesday revoked the legal personhood of the Society of Jesus and ordered th… […]
It’s Not Like Faith and Religion Are Different
TRANSCRIPT There has been a horribly thought out — if you could even call it thinking — maxim floating around the culture for a couple of decades now. It’s the pathetic statement, “I’m spiritual, not religious.” The viewpoint is so far beyond stupid it’s hard to know where to even begin deconstructing those four words. The root of […]
BREAKING: Donald Trump booked into Fulton County jail on 13 felony charges; returns to Twitter/X
Speaking to reporters, Trump said it was ‘a very sad day for America.’