Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Father James Jackson sentenced to 6 years in prison for child pornography

null / Daniel Tadevosyan/Shutterstock Providence, R.I., Dec 13, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Traditional Latin Mass priest Father James Jackson was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison and five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge in June. Judge William Smith, sitting in U.S. District Court in Providence, Rhode […]

Climate Activists Vandalize Christmas Trees

Today, environmental activists in Germany vandalized Christmas trees on display in seven cities. It’s the latest stunt by climate activists meant to highlight their fears that fossil fuels could lead to irreparable harm to the environment in just the next few years. In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Rodney Pelletier and David […]

Spread of Christianity slowing in China? (Pew Forum)

The spread of Christianity in China— where the number of Christians doubled between 1982 and 1997, while overall population grew only 22%—appears to have levelled off, according to a Pew Forum survey. About 2% of Chinese adults now identify themselves as Christians. That number has remained steady for the past 10 years. The spread of […]

Thor, St. Boniface, and the Origin of the Christmas Tree

When the average person thinks of a Catholic saint, I’d venture to guess that it’s not a fearless, axe-wielding, hammer-breaking, oak-crushing, converter of heathens that comes to mind. And yet, that’s exactly the kind of guy Saint Boniface was. Born around 680 in England, Boniface entered a Benedictine monastery before being commissioned by the pope to evangelize […]