Hallow App’s Alex Jones Calls Liam Neeson Advent Partnership a ‘Mistake’...
The prayer app Hallow’s decision last Advent to partner with Irish actor Liam Neeson, an outspoken pro-abortion activist, drew condemnation from several prominent Catholics. The decision is one that Hallow CEO Alex Jones now says he would like to have back. “There’s a bunch of stuff we’ve worked through and learned over the last couple of years about all the ways that we have to be careful in terms of how we work”
Portuguese Cardinal Defends His Decision to Take Part in Communist Party Rally...
A Portuguese cardinal who was elevated to the College of Cardinals last year caused controversy earlier this month when he attended a communist rally held by the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), the country’s oldest communist party and reputed to be one of the strongest in Western Europe. Cardinal Américo Aguiar, bishop of Setúbal diocese just outside Lisbon...
Trump Picks CatholicVote President Brian Burch for US Ambassador to the Holy See...
Jesus’ Crown of Thorns Returned to Notre Dame Cathedral...
Embassy Vatican: Some Demystifications...
A change of presidential administrations typically leads to changes in U.S. diplomatic personnel abroad, especially at the ambassadorial level. This, in turn, leads to speculations, some of them zany, about the post of U.S. ambassador to the Holy See (typically mislabeled as “U.S. ambassador to the Vatican”). Herewith, then, some clarifications and demystifications about this position...
What Should I Meditate on for the Finding in the Temple?
The story of the Finding of the Boy Jesus in the Temple brings a range of emotions to the surface. For many Catholics, the whole episode can feel baffling, if not downright traumatic. More than any of the other joyful mysteries, this one seems to encapsulate the title of William Shakespeare’s comedy, All’s Well That Ends Well!
Carrying the Dead with Us at Christmas...
It is not an accident that Christmas makes us think of times gone by, and especially of people gone by. Perhaps we experience this as a sort of cruel twist as we get older. We might wonder why it can’t be like it was before, when ‘everyone’ was there. There is much food for thought here; and more, there is surely a great gift hidden under this rather painful wrapping.
Pope Francis Declares 16 French Martyrs of Compiègne Saints via Rare ‘Equipollent’ Canonization...
Can a Catholic Attend an Invalid Marriage?
‘Die Hard’ is not a Christmas movie, unless...
What does “tradition” mean? What is “Christmas magic”? Is any of that magic supernatural or spiritual? Thus, I will ask: Has anyone seen a Hallmark-esque movie that included any kind of reference to religious faith, maybe even a pause to explain an Advent wreath, a Nativity scene or why the family is lighting Hanukkah lights? In other words, is religious faith a concept that is safe enough to be included in shopping-mall Christmas movies about...
Why do some priests steal? The reason is surprising, say scholars, and it’s not what you think...
Pope Francis Visits Corsica: ‘Popular Piety Fosters Evangelization and Community’...
Corsica, Consalvi, China ... and Francis...
From his first trip as pope to Lampedusa, the travel destinations of Pope Francis have been idiosyncratic. But none quite as much as this week when, after declining the invitation for the reopening of Notre Dame in Paris, he is visiting Corsica on Sunday. Pope Francis has decided not to visit the major European capitals, except if obliged by necessity, as when he visited Krakow and Lisbon for World Youth Day. So his European visits are off the usual papal track.
Luigi Mangione and Killing to Right a Wrong...
5 Takeways From the Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent...
This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Advent Year C and each year when we face the last stretch before Christmas, the Church’s focus shifts to Our Lady. For children, the week before Christmas is a time of unbearable anticipation. For adults it’s a time of intense preparation. Holiday travel makes life harder on both of them.
Hilaire Belloc: A Remaining Christmas...
Why I’m spending Christmas in Bethlehem this year...
This Christmas, while massive crowds of pilgrims will flock to Rome for the opening of the Jubilee year, I’ll be spending the holy season in Bethlehem. For many, Rome’s grand celebrations and newly polished piazzas are the obvious choice for the holiday. But for me, the small, struggling city where Jesus Christ was born holds a deeper urgency — and a quiet, heartbreaking beauty.
Advent is an opportunity to be governed by God's love...
In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul makes the bold claim that everything associated with God works for the good of man and his salvation.[1] The demonstrative nature of St. Paul’s proclamation assumes that a relationship with God is readily possible and tenable. God’s desire to have a loving relationship with His children reflects His intention to care for our souls even when we fall...
What the rededication of Notre Dame (should have) taught us...
The reopening of Notre Dame in Paris was a magnificent moment: a triumph of the human spirit, a moving moment for viewers all around the world, an event that drew attention to the glories of the Catholic tradition. Yet unfortunately, on a day that should have showcased the best of that tradition, the actual ceremony exposed the poverty of contemporary liturgical arts...
5 Steps to Real Catholic Community...
While still newlyweds, my wife and I moved to a different city, which necessitated joining a new parish. We struggled to make friends and find a community. Nobody intentionally welcomed us in. Nobody reached out to us. Nobody initiated a relationship with us. We tried to get our foot in the door and were pushed out. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon experience for those trying to crack into a new Catholic parish...
At year's end: Of wish lists and funeral plans...
So, at the end of 2023, I published my “Catholic Wish List” for 2024, laying out some hopes for the Church that seemed, if not “easy,” then at least reasonable and doable for the truly motivated. Readers said they shared my hopes but believed I was indulging a pipe-dream. Well, as 2024 closes, we see small signs of progress, here and there. A recent announcement that the Vatican will consider...
Aeroplanes, Advent, and ‘Power Made Perfect’...
Today’s the first day of the O Antiphons. And 121 years ago today, December 17, 1903, two Ohio brothers changed the world, at the base of a sand dune on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It wasn’t that Orville and Wilbur first flew the Wright Flyer that day. They’d had a successful takeoff a few days early, but the engine stalled quickly and the landing was hard. What they did on Dec. 17 was to both take off and land.
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Rejoice, The Lord Is Near — Have No Anxiety At All...
The Mystical Art of St. John of the Cross...
Why Do the Gospels Tell Us So Little About Jesus’ Childhood?
Pope Francis Set to Visit French Island of Corsica on Sunday — 47th Trip Abroad During Papacy...
‘Blue Bloods’: The Most Catholic Network TV Series Bids Farewell...
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