There’s a running joke in Canada about our charming sense of delicate hubris. A Toronto newspaper headline wryly proclaims: “Man Lands on Moon. Boots made in Montreal!” In other words, we’re only 30 million strong […]
Edmund Campion had an illustrious career in front of him. He was a rising star at Oxford University and had captured the favorable attention of the Queen of England. Elizabeth I. All that was necessary […]
Today, the name of Greece may evoke new images of debt, bailouts, and tourism, or old images of Olympians, Corinthian columns, Socrates, and Spartan warriors. But most of us don’t associate Greece with Western Church […]
This Vatican Information Service piece provides an overview of the Holy Father’s general audience, given earlier today, which focuses on the Fatherhood of God. Noteworthy here is the reference to divine sonship—”He has blessed us […]
From Sister Mary Ann Walsh, for the USCCB: WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on January 29 filed amicus briefs in the United States Supreme Court in support of the federal Defense of Marriage Act […]
On Saturday, January 12, 2013, militant homosexual demonstrators gathered in Trieste (Italy) in front of the archbishop’s residence to protest the alleged “racism” and “homophobia” of the leader of the Catholic Archdiocese. They had picked […]
In their elusive quest for social justice, civil authorities have over the centuries learned much from the Church. As a result, a great many forms of state-sponsored welfare—especially in the growing liberality of the West—are […]
The Vatican announced this morning that Bishop Alexander Sample of Marquette, Michigan will be the new archbishop of Portland, Oregon, succeeding Archbishop John Vlazny. From the Vatican’s statement on the new appointment: Bishop Sample, previously […]
From Vatican Information Service, news of great interest to us Catholics in the Northwest: Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Alexander King Sample as archbishop of the archdiocese […]
From Vatican Information Service, a reports on Pope Benedict XVI’s recent comments on the relationship between faith and marriage: Vatican City, 26 January 2013 (VIS) – This morning in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic […]
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