National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is ‘bringing out the best in people,’ pilgrims say
Charlie McCullough, in grey hoodie, walks with the Eucharistic procession through southern Texas. / Credit: Issy Martin-Dye CNA Staff, May 31, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Marching under a brutal south Texas sun, Charlie McCullough stopped this week … […]
Season Four of “The Chosen” begins streaming on June 2
Fans of The Chosen may already have seen Season Four back in February, when the eight episodes were released in three groupings in theaters. For most of us, though, the story will unfold on television, […]
Trump Becomes a Martyr
Well, they got the conviction. After (how many years?) of the mob going after maybe the “Least Worst President” of United States history, Trump has been convicted. The BBC boldly asserts that Trump “falsely repeated claims his prosecution was politically orchestrated.” Amazing what they can spin on secular, worldwide media. So this was just a […]
Podcast: Pope Francis used a homophobic slur. How should Catholics respond?
The context of the incident, the Vatican’s response, and the implications for L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics.
To my fellow eldest daughters: It’s time to let go of our stereotypes.
It is important to let go of the to-do lists and the pressures, but it’s even more essential to let go of the resentment and blame that sneak in behind hard work and perfectionism.
With 6 in 10 priests aged 65-70 by 2030, Buffalo Diocese orders parish merger plan
In what increasingly represents a pattern in the Northeast and Midwest, the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, on May 28 announced a restructuring plan designed to merge approximately 34% of its 160 parishes. Since April, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, and the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, […]
U.S. Ambassador to Holy See Joe Donnelly will step down
The United States’ ambassador to the Holy See — former Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly from Indiana — is reportedly stepping down from his post to return to his home a few miles northeast of South Bend. Donnelly, who is Catholic, intends to leave his position on July 8 and move back to his home in […]
Experts: Trump conviction is historic, with potential ramifications for US
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was found guilty on all 34 felony counts by a Manhattan jury agreeing unanimously that he falsified business records in paying hush money to an adult film actress in the closing days of the 2016 campaign. Various Catholic legal and political experts noted the conviction is […]
Cardinal Fernandez: no ‘witch hunt’ for improper Fiducia blessings (Mundo (Spanish))
Cardinal Victor Fernandez has again insisted that the Vatican directive Fiducia Supplicans does not allow for blessings of homosexual unions, but admitted that some priests may improperly provide such blessings. Reporting on his recent meeting with Coptic Pope Tawadros II, who had strongly rejected the Vatican directive, Cardinal Fernandez said that he had assured the […]
Vatican Secretary of State fears escalation in Ukraine (Vatican News)
Cardinal Pietro Parolin voiced his fears of “uncontrollable escalation” of the war in Ukraine if NATO powers authorize the use of their weapons for strikes onto Russia’s home territory. The Vatican Secretary of State said that the increased involvement of NATO in Ukraine’s military activities “could entail an escalation that no one will be able […]