When preparing to preach, treat your homily like music
Ed Foley, O.F.M. Cap., discusses how, when preparing one of his homilies, he meticulously annotates his manuscript, like a conductor’s score. “Where’s the crescendo? Where’s the pause? When do the trumpets come in?”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski again threatens to leave the Republican Party because of Trump
Sen. Lisa Murkowski switching parties is a no-brainer, and Sens. Susan Collins and Todd Young are two more possibilities. The predictability of the issue is actually quite simple: almost all senators kneel at the altar of money, nothing else.Read More
‘I went to the WORST Place in All of Existence’ | Ed Jozsa
Ed Jozsa died in a terrible car crash — and has lived to see the afterlife. A head-on collision, an uncertain hospital stay, and a vision of the afterlife have all given Jozsa a second chance. Jozsa explains what he saw as he lay in his hospital bed — struggling to stay alive. Jozsa is […]
Vatican again turns off lights for ‘Earth Hour’ to promote ‘respect for Our Mother Earth’
Father Enzo Fortunato, the communicators director of St. Peter’s Basilica, linked the initiative to Pope Francis’ encyclical on ‘climate change,’ Laudato Si’.Read More
New documentary exposes Big Pharma’s role in keeping Americans sick
In a new documentary titled ‘SICK: Unmasking Big Medicine,’ Tucker Carlson and his news outlet the Daily Caller examine the devastating effects Big Pharma has had on the health of Americans via antidepressants, opioids and COVID.Read More
U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference urges Holy Week prayers for end to Israel-Hamas war
A Palestinian family walks past buildings destroyed in previous Israeli strikes in Gaza City on March 25, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. / Credit: AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 25, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is asking the American faithful […]
PHOTOS: Palm Sunday procession in Holy Land celebrates ‘joy in being Christians’
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, gives the final blessing with the relic of the holy cross at the end of the Palm Sunday procession from Bethphage to Jerusalem on March 24, 2024. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Mar 25, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). On Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, Christians participated in […]
English bishop-elect whose installation was canceled returns to ministry
Plymouth Bishop-elect Christopher Whitehead’s planned installation was cancelled in February. / Credit: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk|Flickr|CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED CNA Staff, Mar 25, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). A diocese in England has announced that it will undertake “no canonical action” against a priest whose installation as bishop of Plymouth was canceled without explanation earlier this year. […]
Cardinal Pizzaballa’s Meteoric Rise to ‘Papabile’
AHMAD GHARABLI Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, waves from a road, overlooking the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the al-Aqsa Mosque complex, during the traditional Palm Sunday procession at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on March 24. ANALYSIS: As the Holy Land again descends into violent conflict, the peacemaking Latin patriarch of […]
English Bishop-Elect Whose Installation was Canceled Returns to Ministry
Credit: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk|Flickr|CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED Plymouth Bishop-elect Christopher Whitehead’s planned installation was cancelled in February. “The diocese communicates that Canon Whitehead has resumed his duties as parish priest of St. John the Evangelist in Bath,” the statement said.