On Saturday afternoon, March 29, the Archdiocesan Cathedral and three other Catholic churches in Vienna were vandalized. Statues of saints were knocked over, in many cases destroying them, and other sacred objects including a baptismal […]
Those first century Christians of Corinth must certainly have been a boisterous, troublesome lot. But maybe we should be glad that they were. After all, their acting up and acting out were the occasion for […]
The press called him a caretaker pope. Elected on October 28, 1958, at the age of 77, he was expected to warm the Chair of Peter for a few years without making any great waves. […]
Vatican City, 2 April 2014 (VIS) – Pope Francis concluded his series of catecheses dedicated to the Sacraments by speaking about marriage. “A sacrament that leads us to the heart of God’s plan, which is […]
During the Lenten season Catholics devote special time for prayer, penance, and acts of charity in preparation for Easter. However, a sometimes overlooked—yet integral—part of this liturgical season is that it’s also a special and […]
I often encounter, among both Catholics and non-Catholics, a struggle to read or hear something and to then critically think about it on a natural level, and as a good that might be integrated, to […]
Darren Aronofsky’s cinematic re-telling of the story of Noah has certainly stirred people up. While quite a few reviewers, both religious and non-religious, have given the film high marks, many Christians, both Evangelical and Catholic, […]
From LifeSiteNews.com: … Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said that Church teaching on the matter “has been very clear and consistent from literally the very beginning.” The Church’s teaching goes “all the way back to St. Paul […]
Den’ [The Day], a newspaper in Kyiv, Ukraine, published on March 28 a 4,250-word interview by Yuri Chornomorets’ with the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk. Selected questions and answers […]
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