What every family grieving a miscarriage or stillbirth deserves from the church
The church helped me heal after my miscarriage. That’s what every grieving mother deserves.
Erasing Christianity in France
In early March, the organizing committee for the upcoming Paris Olympics released its official promotional poster, featuring familiar Parisian landmarks—the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Dôme des Invalides—dropped into a brightly colored and surrealistic landscape of stadiums, Olympic rings, and cheering crowds. Something was conspicuously missing, though. The poster depicts the Dôme des […]
Here’s the Latest Proof of the ‘Exciting Rebirth’ of Catholic Poetry in the US
A new poetry collection has released. This collection of poems by James Matthew Wilson offers an appreciation for the gift of life in all its sorrows, wonders, mysteries and simple pleasures.
The Mighty One Has Done Great Things for Mary, and Holy Is His Name
Sandro Botticelli, “The Virgin and Child (The Madonna of the Book),” 1480-1481, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan If God has so honored Mary as the daughter of God the Father, mother of God the Son, and spouse of God the Holy Spirit, how could we do otherwise?
Kenya floods: Church grateful to Pope Francis for prayers and closeness
Kenya is reeling from devastating torrential rains that have brought floods, death, and injuries and forced tens of thousands from their homes. Read all
Rome to host international conference on Sport and Spirituality
Some 200 participants are to gather in Rome on May 16-18 for the international conference “Putting our lives on the line” organized by the Vatican and the French Embassy to the Holy See ahead of the Paris Olympic Games. Read all
‘Love of Neighbor at a Global Scale’: Dioceses Launch Faith-Driven Environmental Programs
Solar panels on the affordable housing Bishop Valero Residence in Astoria, Queens. Laudato Si’ has had a major effect on Catholic environmental awareness around the world and in the U.S.
Daily Rome Shot 1014 – My View For Awhile – The last leg
Welcome registrant: linux_geek As I prepared mentally to leave the land of the platonic form of Chinese food for climes in which Chinese is hardly even a flicker on the wall of the back of the cave, we determined to … Read More →
‘A step back in time’: America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican II are increasingly giving way to religious conservatives who believe the church has been twisted by change, with the promise of eternal salvation replaced by casual indifference to church doctrine.
The Danger of Trump to Postliberal Catholicism
A few weeks ago our friends at Catholic Family News had an interesting discussion in which Dr. Brian McCall gave a controversial but important opinion regarding the condemnation of Action franćaise by Pius XI. Listen below at 40:00: The Biography of Marcel Lefebvre says that the 1926 condemnation of Action française was the “turning point […]