MUST SEE VIDEO: Dcn. Keith Fournier (of Tyler) interviewed about Bp. Strickland the man, the bishop, the situation of Tyler
If you don’t know who (permanent) Deacon Keith Fournier is, you ought to. He had a distinguished lay career and then clerical ministry (of some 30 years). About five years ago, he and his wife uprooted and moved from the … Read More →
“Well done, good and faithful servant”
Gospel reflection for the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 25, 14-30)
Days of Remembrance
Those who defend war have invented a pleasant-sounding vocabulary of abstractions in which to describe the process of mass murder. (Aldous Huxley, “Eyeless in Gaza”)
Catholics urge British government to tackle international hunger crisis
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Ahead of a Global Food Security Summit taking place in London on Nov. 20, Scottish Catholics have called on citizens to push the British government to battle the world’s hunger crisis. Members of SCIAF – the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund – delivered the appeal to the door of the British […]
Ghana Catholics face rising tide of defections to Pentecostal groups
YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Despite Africa’s general profile as the zone of greatest growth in global Catholicism, the West African nation of Ghana instead is reporting significant declines, with many of the losses coming to Christian Pentecostalism. In a Nov. 13 keynote address to open the 2023 Plenary Assembly of the Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi of […]
Redemptorists demand return of historic monastery in Vietnam
MUMBAI – A religious order in Vietnam is calling for global support in resisting what it described as the illegitimate seizure of an historic monastery by the country’s government, under the pretext of renovating it for use as a hospital. Father Joseph Nguyễn Văn Hội, rector of the Redemptorist community in Hanoi, made the appeal […]
Spain’s conservative leader issues stark warning about radical gov’t in Tucker Carlson interview
‘I think it’s important for the rest of the world to understand that for many years Spain has been the testing ground for extreme wokeness, extreme climate agendas, and incredibly radical gender laws since 2004,’ right-wing Vox party leader Santiago Abascal told Carlson.
Indi Gregory dies: What went wrong, and what happens next?
null / Credit: Aditya Romansa/Unsplash CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 16:20 pm (CNA). Following the death of 8-month-old Indi Gregory last week, Catholics in the U.K. say the country’s medical and legal authorities need to place a greater emphasis o… […]
Annual collection for retired clergy to fill a dire need
null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Religious communities in the U.S. lack the funds necessary to care for their elderly, the U.S. bishops said ahead of the annual collection for the religious retirement fund.The U.S. … […]
Target doesn’t shy away from controversy with sale of ‘Pride Nutcracker’
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 17:40 pm (CNA). The retail giant Target is once again at the center of controversy for another LGBTQ+ product: a “Pride Christmas Nutcracker Figure.”Target has been the subject of a national… […]