Pope Saint John XXIII’s Daily Decalogue: A Catholic List of New Year’s Resolutions

Secular New Year’s resolutions come and go, but Pope Saint John XXIII has an incredible list of resolutions to help improve your body, mind, and spirit! We are so blessed to have such timely wisdom from the saints in our Church. During the Eucharistic concelebration commemorating Pope Saint John XXIII, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone presented a […]

Vativan Clarifies the Clarification of Blessing “Same-Sex Couples”

Tucho locutus est (again) No. Yes. Maybe? The first time Tucho “Heal Me with Your Mouth” Fernández made the Roman Pontiff contradict himself, he added his own “Roma locuta est”: Thus, beyond the guidance provided above, no further responses should be expected about possible ways to regulate details or practicalities regarding blessings of this type. […]

The Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation

The Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation is a lay sodality run by OnePeterFive in partnership with Benedictus and LatinMass.com (Mass of the Ages). This crusade was called by His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider in June of 2020 in response to the profanations of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament during the COVID crisis. Now he has […]

AI poses ‘grave risks’ Pope says in Peace Day message

Carol Glatz All forms of artificial intelligence should be used to alleviate human suffering, promote integral development and help end wars and conflicts, not increase inequality and injustice in the world, Pope Francis said in his message for World Peace Day 2024. “Artificial intelligence ought to serve our best human potential and our highest aspirations,… […]

Archbishop Martin decries ‘shocking’ modern warfare in Gaza

Archbishop Eamon Martin has decried the “shocking” example of modern warfare in Gaza in his message for World Day of Peace. Reflecting on Pope Francis’ message highlighting the “serious ethical questions related to the armaments sector”, particularly the weaponisation of artificial intelligence, the archbishop of Armagh said “we must not lose sight of the shocking… […]

You don’t really know who you are

David Mills One of the most important rules for living in the world is: You are probably not who you think you are, and many others know you better than you know yourself. This is an old-guy lesson, I’m afraid, one of those lessons one learns from long and painful, often embarrassing experiences. We charge… […]

Handel’s ‘Messiah’: Is it just the ‘Hallelujah’ chorus?

Handel’s Messiah offers soul-food this Christmas season, writes Fr Vincent Ferrer Bagan OP The “Hallelujah” chorus from George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is probably the most well-known classical piece of music written for choir. People love to hear it, and they love to sing it. If you have sung in a school, college or church choir,… […]

Priest praises bumper turnout for Christmas Masses this year

Many parishes across Ireland saw packed churches this Christmas as people turned out in droves to celebrate the birth of Christ. This followed calls from priests and prelates across the country in early December for people to use the festive period to encourage their friends and neighbours who have been away from the sacraments, to… […]

Committee told gas capsules are good for assisted suicide

For the past several months, an Oireachtas Committee looking at Assisted Suicide has been hearing from expert and other witnesses in regard to the medical, political, social and ethical issues around the frankly disturbing concept of killing another person under the guise of compassion. One of the members of the Committee, Gino Kenny, who is… […]