The ‘Bergoglio Is Not the Pope’ Crowd’s Really Bad Advice
TRANSCRIPT Is Jorge Bergoglio actually the pope? No, of course not, we’re told. He’s a “heretic.” He’s a “false prophet.” He’s even the “anti-Christ.” Take your pick — but whatever of those he is, he is absolutely “not the pope.” Those are the mad ramblings of various Catholics, laity and clergy alike, who have succumbed to the temporary applause of […]
Legal attacks mount against Massachusetts crisis pregnancy centers
Crisis pregnancy centers are institutions, often local and highly volunteer-dependent, that work to make women in crisis pregnancies aware of options and support other than abortion available to them. Individual centers offer services ranging the […]
Podcast: Preaching lessons from Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman
Manuel Williams, C.R., reflects on his unique preaching journey, highlighting the impactful guidance he received from two remarkable women in his life: Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., and Sister Joan Delaplane, O.P.
Catholic leaders press for tax credit expansions to combat spike in child poverty
With new data from the U.S. Census Bureau showing that poverty rates, especially child poverty, experienced marked increases from 2021 to 2022, Catholic organizations are calling on Congress to take action, first by reintroducing pandemic-era tax credit expansions. In 2021, when the tax credit expansions were in place, the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rate was […]
Three pro-lifers guilty on FACE Act charges, face up to 11 years in prison
Three pro-life activists who took part in an October 2022 “rescue” in a Washington, D.C., abortion facility were each found guilty of felonies that could land them up to 11 years in prison and fines as much as $350,000. The verdict follows a separate trial in which five other pro-life activists were also found guilty. […]
Adventures in Sunday Worship: St. Anne’s and the Season of Creation
My heart goes out to people who are constrained either to attend Sunday Masses at parishes where weird stuff goes on or have to drive great distances. My heart is broken for people whose shepherds deny them their Christian dignity by … Read More →
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 16th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 24th) 2023 – 3rd Sunday in the “Season of Creation”
Share the good stuff. It’s the 16th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 24th Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Elsewhere today I wrote about my discovery that today is the 3rd Sunday in the Season of Creation. … Read More →
Pope Francis: Forgiveness is the cure that heals ‘the poisons of resentment’
Pope Francis speaks during his Angelus address on Sept. 17, 2023. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 17, 2023 / 07:41 am (CNA). Think of someone who has hurt you and ask God for the strength to forgive that person, Pope Francis told the crowd ga… […]
Synod 2023: What has Pope Francis said about synodality?
Pope Francis addressed pilgrims and tourists at his first outdoor general audience after the summer on Sept. 6, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Sep 17, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA). The Synod on Synodality is set to launch the first of … […]
We are repaganizing. Christianity is like a bright clearing in a dark forest, but the forest is closing in again…..
Christians have always been unusually vehement in their disapproval of the killing of infants, whether born or unborn, and their legal regime prevailed until the mid-twentieth century when we experienced a religious shift that will probably be understood by future historians as a Second Reformation. Christians are no longer in charge, and their prohibition of […]