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‘The Dictator Pope’: a mixture of hearsay and insight
Catholic Herald - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:50 am The easily scandalised should avoid The Dictator Pope, a new ebook by the pseudonymous “Marcantonio Colonna” which has risen to 4th place on Amazon Kindle’s Religion and...
Sister Marissa’s commitment to a life of love and service
Diocese of Westminster - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:44 am On October 29th at Nazareth House East Finchley, Bishop John Sherrington presided at the Solemn Mass of Final Vows, of Sister Marissa Barona CSN. Present for this special day were...
Bidding Farewell to Fr Francesco
Diocese of Westminster - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:36 am by Fr Antonio Ritaccio
On Monday 30th October at Westminster Cathedral Cardinal Vincent presided over a Mass of thanksgiving, for the contributions that Fr Francesco Donega has...
Thousands gather in LA to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:23 am Los Angeles, Calif., Dec 12, 2017 / 05:23 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, thousands of Catholics attended midnight Mass at the Los Angeles cathedral...
Pope Francis: leave behind bitterness, be consoled by God (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:12 am The Pope made his remarks in his 12/11 weekday Mass homily.
After 40 years, priest who used to be in KKK apologizes to couple he targeted in cross burning (Washington Post)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:12 am The couple doubts the priest is contrite, according to this article.
30 pro-life leaders sign pledge to uphold Catholic doctrine (LifeSite News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:12 am “If there is any conflict between the words and acts of any member of the hierarchy, even the Pope, and the doctrine that the Church has always taught, we will remain faithful to...
Archbishop challenges Malawi's leaders on abortion law (Crux)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:12 am The African nation of 18.6 million is 83% Christian and 13% Muslim.
G.K. Chesterton’s “A Christmas Carol” helps us see the world as a child does
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:00 am Recite this poem to your children and help them recite it too! Everyone might learn from it.A Christmas Carol The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap, His hair was like a light. (O...
Surprise! Chicago suburb is home to a major Guadalupe shrine
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 12, 2017 at 5:00 am Chicago, Ill., Dec 12, 2017 / 05:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Marian devotion is intense among the hundreds of thousands of people who
visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe each...
Paris’s new archbishop has a very unconventional background
Catholic Herald - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:41 am “Nobody in my family was practising, except my mother, who went to Mass on Sundays. I have been neither an altar server nor a scout, and I did not go to a Catholic school. My...
Vatican issues new statement on Jerusalem (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:12 am “In expressing sorrow at the clashes that have claimed victims in recent days, the Holy Father renews his appeal to the wisdom and prudence of all and raises fervent prayers that...
Pope issues message for 2018 World Day of the Sick (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:12 am The World Day of the Sick is commemorated on February 11, the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. The theme of Pope’s message “Mater Ecclesiae (Mother of the Church): ‘Behold, your...
Updated program released for Pope's trip to Chile, Peru (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:12 am Pope Francis is scheduled to depart for Chile on January 15 and return from Peru on January 22.
Advance final tax reform bill only if it meets key moral concerns, says prelate (USCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:12 am Bishop Frank Dewane, chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, praised some aspects of the House and Senate tax bills but said that they “...
Catholic Charities USA: advocate on behalf of DACA on Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic Charities USA)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:12 am DACA (Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals) is an immigration policy announced by President Obama in 2012 and ended by President Trump in September.
Vatican's Populorum Progressio Foundation turns 25, has granted $41M to 4300 projects (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:12 am The Foundation, now under the purview of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, is named after Blessed Paul VI’s 1967 encyclical on the development of peoples.
NY archdiocese pays over $40M to 189 abuse victims (Archdiocese of New York)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:12 amResignations and appointments (12/11) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:12 am Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Taiwanese bishop for reasons of age and transferred an Irish bishop to a larger diocese.
Council of Cardinals holding 22nd meeting (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 12, 2017 at 4:12 am Pope Francis established the Council in 2013 to “advise him in the government of the universal Church and to study a plan for revising the apostolic constitution on the Roman...
