North Carolina Right to Life celebrates 50 years, looks back and forward
Natalie Sonnen is Outreach Director of North Carolina Right to Life, a state affiliate that is marking its fiftieth anniversary this year. NCRTL will mark its jubilee with a gala banquet in Greensboro on Saturday, […]
The Rupnik business will stain and possibly define Pope Francis’s legacy
How bad is this Rupnik business? It is very, very bad. The Rupnik business is worse—by orders of magnitude—than l’Affaire Barros, l’Affaire Inzoli, worse even than l’Affaire Zanchetta. The disgraceful rehabilitation of Danneels is mere […]
The Heroic Obedience of St. Alphonsus Liguori
St. Alphonsus Liguori was a bishop and founder of the Redemptorists, but as we explain at greater length in our new book Persecuted From Within, one of his final purifications in this life was a test of the virtue of obedience. In 1778, King Ferdinand of Naples asked the Redemptorists to help raise money for […]
Catholics Were Here First
TRANSCRIPT I’m coming to you from our Fall Retreat at Sea, where our theme is “Catholics were here first” — meaning the New World — specifically, the lands that eventually became the United States. However, despite the arrival of both Spanish and French Catholic explorers at roughly the same time, it was the British Protestants […]
U.S. bishops caution against government shutdown
The federal government appears to be heading toward a shutdown at the end of September, as congressional lawmakers are running out of time to pass legislation funding the government after Sept. 30. Advocacy groups, including the U.S. bishops conference, have cautioned against allowing that to happen, urging lawmakers to come to an agreement and keep […]
Boston College exhibit showcases Catholic faith in rural China
At the opening reception for the Ricci Center’s “On The Road” exhibit in the School of Theology and Ministry Library was held in June 2023. / Credit: Lee Pellegrini Boston, Mass., Sep 24, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA). An exhibition of powerful images documenting the lives of Catholics in rural China is now on view […]
Prayer request for an amazing priest blogger
I warmly ask the readership to pray for Fr. John Hunwicke of the superb blog Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment. I’ve been told that he is ailing and it might not be trivial. Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment is an obligatory daily … Read More →
‘What is Christianity?’: Pope Benedict XVI’s last gift
‘What is Christianity? The Last Writings’Pope Benedict XVI, Elio Guerriero (Editor), Georg Gänswein (Editor)Ignatius Press (2023)216 pages, $24.95 When Pope Benedict XVI passed into eternity at the end of 2022, many praised his professorial theological contributions to our understanding of the Catholic faith, and mourned his passing as one of the great thinkers of our […]
Daily Rome Shot 803
Welcome new registrant: twe Welcome back! StCorbiniansBear Meanwhile, white to move. Mate in two. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Your use of my Amazon affiliate link is a … Read More →
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 17th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 25th) 2023
Share the good stuff. It’s the 17th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 25th Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Elsewhere I guess its the 4ht Sunday in the Season of Creation. HERE Did you get any of … Read More →