It is cheering news that John Henry Newman’s canonization now appears to be at hand since a second miracle attributed to his intercession has been accepted. Whenever I am asked how I became Catholic (Newman […]
“Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted” has long been one of my favorite hymns. Its tune, taken from the 16th century Genevan Psalter, is eminently singable. The hymn text — when not corrupted by […]
“Why isn’t Pilecki better known? There is a simple answer: his story was intentionally suppressed by the postwar communist regime in Poland […]” — Michael Shudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland With The Auschwitz Volunteer having […]
By JD Flynn Washington D.C., Nov 26, 2018 / 06:15 pm (CNA).- Bishop Frank Rodimer and Fr. Peter Osinski were friends. Osinski was a priest in the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey. Rodimer was Bishop […]
We all know that the mainstream press is biased. Such bias, however, is usually a bit more subtle than that displayed by CNN last Wednesday. As seen in the screen shot above, CNN had five […]
A sickness which long afflicted the Ukrainian church had become chronic. That is probably the best way to describe the background to the historic decision by the Ecumenical Patriarch to take responsibility for spiritual affairs […]
The Vatican finally announced the members of the organizing committee responsible for preparing the meeting of the heads of the world’s bishops’ conferences this coming February 21-24. Most of the early reaction and attention has […]
MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: A -II Reel Rating: 3 out of 5 reels When Warner Brothers first announced its intention to make a big screen movie based on the fictional textbook Fantastic Beasts and […]
The Apostle Paul exhorts us to give thanks in all circumstances (cf. 1 Thess. 5:18). I confess some difficulty in meeting this exhortation, however, when it comes to the circumstances of our first and final […]
I have three reasons why Milo Yiannopoulos is so toxic that no one—and certainly no Catholic—ought to have given him a platform to promote his ideas free of any but the most gentle and sparse […]
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