Forever stuck at feeling 22: A review of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
MPAA Rating, PG-13 USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 2.5 out of 5 reels I consider never having attended a music concert to be one of my finer accomplishments. […]
On the evidence of an evidence-free mentality in the Middle East
Evidence continues to accumulate that the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City was not bombed on October 17th by Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF), but was hit by a misfired, faulty Palestinian rocket, most likely coming […]
Leftists Pour Millions Into Ohio
Leftists Pour Millions Into Ohio From Planned Parenthood, others before abortion vote. FULL STORY Experts Urge Action on Persecution Say effect on Christians overseas affects national security. FULL STORY Court Allowing Baby to Die Eight-month-old girl loses in human rights review. FULL STORY Government Faulted for Notre-Dame Fire French art historian says govt failed to protect cathedral. FULL STORY Friars Back […]
Censoring Catholics
TRANSCRIPT Despite various court rulings in cases touching on government censoring free speech, the reality remains that private companies do it left, right and center. And private includes social media as well as Big Tech companies. What many people don’t stop and think about is that the First Amendment only protects against the government stifling […]
Preachers: The elders also need homilies that speak to them
Preachers face a delicate balancing act: while crafting homilies to draw young people to the pews, they must also engage the elders, who make up the majority of the congregation. The also deserve homilies that resonate with the particular joys and challenges of their lives.
A New Work on Pascal and Christianity
“Four centuries after his birth, Pascal remains for us the traveling companion who accompanies our search for true happiness and, according to the gift of faith, our humble and joyful recognition of the dead and resurrected Lord,” explains the Pope in his apostolic letter, Sublimitas et miseria hominis, signed on June 19, 2023, the day […]
France: The Political Aspects of the Pope’s Visit to Marseille (2)
Towards a Eurafrica? Faced with the Pope’s utopian dream, Marcello Veneziani offers in La Verità on September 20, a projection on a relatively near future: “The dream of the humanitarian, radical, and catho-progressive Left is Eurafrica. That is to say, a continent unified by migratory flows and a key word: welcome.” “There are no illegal […]
What does the Synod on Synodality document say about ‘controversial’ issues?
Delegates vote to approve a synthesis report at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The Synod on Synodality, the monthlong assembly convened by Pope Fr… […]
Synod on Synodality 2023: Final report calls for greater “co-responsibility” in Church
Pope Francis thanks the delegates at the conclusion of the 2023 Synod on Synodality. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 19:04 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s nearly monthlong Synod on Synodality assembly, convened by Pope Francis, con… […]
Minnesota bishop issues letter about steps needed for Sister Annella Zurface’s cause
Patrick Norton tells his incredible story of meeting who he believes was Sister Annella Zervas at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in the Saint Benedict Monastery cemetery in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Around 150 people gathered for an event where a lette… […]