October 16, 2023
Cardinal Offers to Help Peace Talks Vatican prelate concerned for civilians in Holy Land. FULL STORY Abortion Giant’s Facility Destroyed Planned Parenthood location in Gaza now in ruins. FULL STORY Gaza Priest Discusses Siege Only Catholic parish in Gaza is housing 150 people. FULL STORY Pakistan Priest Pleads for Justice Discusses recent mob violence against Christians. FULL STORY HHS […]
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
The visions of Christ granted to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (virgin and religious) led to the Church’s formal veneration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Margaret Mary was born in 1647; her childhood in eastern France was unhappy because of family problems and illness. After briefly considering marriage, she entered the Order of Visitation Sisters […]
“For Everything There is a Season:” Reflections on the Changing Seasons
Reflecting on the Biblical words in Ecclesiastes 3:1-13, especially the beginning sentence, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” people certainly ponder how their life changes from one time of year to the next and one year to the next. As Dr. Jeff Mirus wrote in 2004 for […]
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD – 2023: #7
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What St. John Paul II means to me: On the 45th anniversary of his election
October 16, 2023 marks the 45th anniversary of the election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope (now Saint) John Paul II. And, like 45 years ago, the anniversary falls on a Monday. One could reminisce about […]
Happy Islamic Global Jihad Day!
TRANSCRIPT Just a brief reminder, Church Militant is on the ground in Rome bringing you every bit of what you need to know about the synod every weekday. Our Rome correspondent Jules Gomes reviews the day’s happenings on Church Militant’s rome dispatch, hosted here in Detroit by our own Brad Eli. There’s a link here in the […]
Aferrado a su fe, médico colombiano conoce el significado de volver a comenzar
OSV News) Determinación, fe y disciplina son palabras que definen a un médico colombiano a quien le tomó 13 años para volver a ejercer su profesión en este país después de su llegada hace 21 años. Hoy ejerce como especialista en endocrinología. Dos motivos llevaron al Dr. Luis Chávez Capera — oriundo de Cali, Colombia […]
Catholic Ministry Aims to ‘Walk Alongside’ Those Experiencing Miscarriage, Child Loss
The Behold Your Child ministry is a Catholic-based bereavement ministry that supports couples who are faced with miscarriage, still-birth, infant/child loss, and fatal perinatal diagnosis. One of the first events the couple launched as part of the ministry is an annual Memorial Mass, held for parents grieving the loss of their child, followed by a […]
‘Miracles of the Eucharist’ is the Theme For This Year’s International Week of Prayer and Fasting
Loves the other way around Catholics during Eucharistic Adoration. The Eucharist will be the emphasis of the virtual talks beginning on Friday the opening day, and continuing on Saturday and Monday, as well as the closing day’s events at the Basilica.
For these homesteading Catholic women, work is a prayer
By Anna Wilgenbusch (OSV News) — On Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 6:30 a.m., frost hung on the grass field surrounding Johanna Jalbert’s home near Isanti, Minnesota. Her baby cooed and the sun leaked light over the rural horizon as she pulled on her farm boots. It was time to milk the cows. “Here, heifers! Here, […]