Pope Francis: The Eucharist Can Fill ‘The Wounds and Voids Produced by Sin’
Vatican Media/CNA Eucharistic adoration following the pope’s Corpus Christi Mass June 14, 2020. Today, the Sister Disciples of Jesus in the Eucharist have about 400 professed sisters, as well as postulants in houses of formation in Brazil, the Philippines, Rwanda, and Italy.
Trad Godmother: Why We Fought for the Latin Mass
Above: Bishop Fernandes at ICSKP Columbus. Photo by Allison Girone. Now that I’ve been given the honorable title as one of the three “Venerable Trad Godmothers” by T. S. Flanders of onepeterfive.com in his recent article “The FBI is Coming after Trads”, due to my interview in the “Mass of the Ages: Episode II – […]
Details emerge on Father Alex Crow; questions raised in Mobile (Pillar)
“Father Alex Crow was warned by officials in the Archdiocese of Mobile about his conduct toward a teenager, The Pillar has confirmed, and was permitted to attend a trip for teens organized by an archdiocesan official — before he absconded to Europe last month with an 18-year-old who recently graduated from a Mobile high school,” […]
Melbourne archdiocese can be sued by family of Cardinal Pell’s accuser, Australian court rules (The Guardian)
An Australian court has ruled that the family of an alleged victim of Cardinal George Pell may sue the Archdiocese of Melbourne in civil court. In 2020, the High Court of Australia unanimously overturned the prelate’s conviction for sexual abuse. Cardinal Pell and the alleged victim are both deceased.
Hundreds of Pakistani Catholics attend Mass outside burned church days after mob attacks (CNA)
Mobs of Muslim zealots recently burned down 30 churches and 800 homes in Pakistan. More than 700 Catholics attended Mass outside a burned church in Jaranwala on August 20.
Texas Carmelites insist they respect Bishop Olson’s authority as local bishop (Our Sunday Visitor)
Five days after Discalced Carmelites in Arlington, TX, stated that “we no longer recognize the authority of, and can have no further relations with, the current Bishop of Fort Worth or his officials,” the nuns’ attorney clarified that the nuns “are not separating from the Catholic Church.” “The Arlington Carmelite Nuns recognize the bishop as […]
Russian occupiers seize Roman Catholic church in eastern Ukraine (Our Sunday Visitor)
“A group of armed special forces, cloaked in masks and wielding weapons, encircled the Roman Catholic chapel” in Skadovsk, said Latin-rite Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, OFM, of Odessa-Simferopol. The special forces “broke down the door and broke into the chapel and began a search,” the prelate continued. “Fortunately, there were no people in the chapel at […]
4 priests removed from Syro-Malabar seminary over liturgy protest (Pillar)
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam–Angamaly has begun to discipline priests who have defied the Syro-Malabar hierarchy’s decision to return to the tradition of celebrating the sacred liturgy facing the east, rather than facing the people. The liturgical dispute, which at times has been violent, revolves around the Syro-Malabar hierarchy’s decision to have a […]
Save the Children: Over half a million Rohingya children lack food assistance
The humanitarian organization calls on the international community to adequately fund aid programs in the refugee camps after drastic cuts caused illnesses and systematic violence toward youngsters. Read all
Young Europeans gather to reaffirm global friendship for a future of peace
European youths of the Italian-based Sant’Egidio Community meet in Padua and Venice this week-end to reaffirm their aspiration to peace as the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in the world rage on. Read all