8 December: Happy Birthday BLOG!
My first post on 8 December 2005. Happier days. HERE Many ups and downs. Many blessings. You, dear readers, are blessings. Thank you. Non mihi, Domine.
ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 06 – Friday 1st Week of Advent: Immaculate
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 06 – Thursday 1st Week of Advent: Immaculate Today, Fr. Troadec about Mary as Virgin of virgins. Joseph Ratzinger and St. … Read More →
Why we need an Immaculate Reconception
In an authentic example of synodality, the American bishops, gathered at the Council of Baltimore in May 1846, asked that Our Lady be declared the patroness of the United States of America under her title of the Immaculate Conception. Their petition would bind our republic with an old theological controversy that had divided some of […]
Weekly News Roundup December 7, 2023
PDF Button This week we will discuss: (1) Pope Francis v. Tucker Carlson: Who is preaching Catholic political doctrine?, (2) Preaching the Feminist False Narrative, (3) The divided nation— DeSantis v Newsom and FBI v Catholics, (4) “Conservatives” Confused in Church and State. For an audio only podcast click here. The post Weekly News Roundup […]
Religious sisters sue Smith & Wesson for ‘facilitating’ mass shootings
null / Credit: Guy J. Sagi/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 7, 2023 / 15:05 pm (CNA). Four congregations of Catholic religious sisters filed a lawsuit against the gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson on Tuesday, accusing the company o… […]
‘Social emergency’ of low fertility may be driven partly by pesticides, study shows
null / Chinnapong / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 7, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA). In addition to social and cultural trends affecting marriage and birth rates, new findings from a meta-analysis released last month found “evidence of an association” bet… […]
Wisconsin court rules that pro-life law doesn’t apply to abortion
A sonogram picture in the second trimester of a woman’s pregnancy. / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 7, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA). A Wisconsin circuit court judge has affirmed her earlier ruling that an 1840s law protecting unborn children does… […]
Congress drops amendment banning military spending on abortion and sex change surgeries
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memorandum in 2022 announcing that the department would provide paid leave and reimbursement for travel expenses for service members who seek to obtain an abortion. / Credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense|Wiki… […]
Texas judge’s ruling that woman can have abortion leaves hospitals liable to prosecution
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Texas hospitals that despite a Dec. 7, 2023, court ruling that a woman could have a legal abortion, hospitals involved may be persecuted for violating the state’s law. / Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 7, 2023 / 17:50 pm (CNA). Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned three […]
Italy’s ‘most handsome man’ leaves modeling career to become a priest
Edoardo Santini. / Credit: Instagram/Edoardo Santini ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 7, 2023 / 18:10 pm (CNA). Young Edoardo Santini, considered “the most handsome man in Italy,” has decided to leave his promising career as a model and enter a seminary t… […]