International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders over ‘war crimes’
The International Criminal Court has filed arrest warrant applications against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and senior Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes in Gaza.Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1025: Symmetry and thanks
This image, friends, warms my beady black heart. These are the vestments which some of YOU readers commissioned for Ss. Trinità in Rome. All set up and ready for the priests in the mornings of the Octave of Pentecost. Thank … Read More →
CHARTRES PILGRIMAGE: Video stream of closing Mass on Pentecost Monday 2024
The Great Roman™ sent a shot… I tuned into the live stream of the Mass and saw that one of the priests of the FSSP parish (my adoptive parish) in Rome is the deacon of the Mass. Here is the … Read More →
Never start a homily with these 4 words
A surefire way to lose your congregation is to start a homily with “In today’s Gospel reading,” says Thomas Groome. “The purpose of good preaching,” he says, “is to bring our lives to God and God to our lives.” A homilist’s job, then, is to facilitate a meaningful conversation between the two.
‘The Fall Guy’ tries pulling a stunt, but trips over its ambitions
Behind every great artist is the person who does all the actual work. For instance, no pop star born outside Liverpool has ever written their own songs. Dostoyevsky used to compose his novels by pacing the floor and dictating to his wife, who would transcribe and shape his rants into a narrative that would pay […]
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage journeys begin on Pentecost, inviting torrents of grace on US
LAKE ITASCA, Minn. (OSV News) — An unassuming stream — just 18 feet across — pours forth from Lake Itasca, forming the start of the Mississippi River’s winding flow down 2,552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. At this very point among the Northern Minnesota pines, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens held high a golden monstrance […]
Even in the city and suburbs, we can learn the liturgy of the land…..
We shook on it. After too many moves, my wife and I committed to move once more into a small cabin on the land. After years of false starts, it finally happened, as I wrote back in January. More than any of the practical things we hope to do, it was a move for our […]
Dale Ahlquist: Coming Home to the Catholic Social Teaching…
“G.K. Chesterton wrote about everything. He defended God against a godless society, defended Christianity specifically against other religions and then ended up defending the Catholic faith against, well, everything else,” said Dale Ahlquist, author of six books, editor of 16 more, public speaker, Evangelical convert to Catholicism and Catholic apologist…
Pope Francis Interview with Norah O’Donnell Airs on CBS News’ ‘60 Minutes’…
In a rare interview, Pope Francis answers questions on global conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, migrants in the U.S., sexual abuse in the church, and more during a conversation with Norah O’Donnell…
Catholic reactions to the reactionary reactions against Harrison Butker
Reactions to Harrison Butker’s commencement speech abound. Today there are couple of note. First, at Crisis is a piece by Paul Kengor: “Hell’s Fury for Harrison Butker” subtitled: “If you’re sick of the bullying thugs of cancel culture, then stand with Harrison … Read More →