Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Rejoice, love the mothers, and hate the meatballs…

Pope Francis gave a TV interview this week in which he discussed his wishes for his funeral and burial. While noting that he wanted to see a scaled-down funeral rite compared to previous popes (though probably not Benedict XVI, which was as pared-back as it gets), Francis also said he wanted to be buried in […]

Sen. Marco Rubio asks Pope Francis to call for release of bishop imprisoned in Nicaragua

Pope Francis and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida. / Credit: Vatican Media; Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2023 / 12:33 pm (CNA). Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, is urging Pope Francis to call for Nicaraguan authorities to release Bishop Rolando José Álvarez, who was sentenced to 26 years in prison for criticizing President Daniel Ortega’s dictatorship.  The […]

There’s a Hippie on the Advent Highway to Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner. I’m thinking of stuffed turkey, cranberry sauce, roast potatoes and Christmas pudding. Suddenly, without warning, I have a plateful of locusts and wild honey shoved under my nose. “Saint John the Baptist” by Alvise Vivarini, 1475 Christmas is just around the corner. Sleigh bells ring — are you listening? In the […]

Bishops Condemn LGBT Agenda in Films

Church Militant’s Rome correspondent, Dr. Jules Gomes, reports on bishops resisting the pro-LGBT agenda in “artworks, movies, dramas and television serials.”     Please make a donation below!    

Buenos Aires archbishop rebukes new Argentine president (Crux)

Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva of Buenos Aires issued what was widely regarded as a challenge to Argentina’s President Javier Milei at an interfaith meeting during the new leader’s inauguration. “The wounds and the urgent needs of our people demand that everyone—especially the ruling class—commit to social fraternity,” the archbishop said. His words were seen as […]

Myanmar bishop seeks safety in forest after army attacks cathedral (AsiaNews)

Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of Lolkaw, Myanmar, has fled to the forest after a brutal army assault on the town. In late November Bishop Shwe that the army had attacked and seized the diocesan pastoral center. AsiaNews reports that the bishop has now sought shelter in the forest, along with most of the people of […]

Vatican closing religious community Rupnik founded (CNA)

On orders from the Vatican, a religious community co-founded by Father Marko Rupnik will be disbanded. The Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia has disclosed that the Dicastery for Religious has ordered the dissolution of the Loyola Community, which the disgraced former Jesuit established along with Sister Ivanka Hosta, because of “serious problems concerning the exercise of […]