The Good Friday homily given by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Pontifical Household, touches on a key point of ecumenical importance, namely, is the Eucharistic sacrifice a supposed repetition of the death of Christ […]
The Scottish composer James MacMillan is popular, prolific (over 200 pieces composed in the past twenty-five years), occasionally controversial, and unapologetically Catholic. He composed the settings for the Mass celebrated in 2010 by Pope Benedict […]
From the California Catholic Daily: In 1975, an informal group of 50 Catholics from San Francisco’s South Bay decided, in the words of one, “to offer prayer and penance in union with the Passion of […]
From “The Moynihan Report”, by the editor of Inside the Vatican magazine: A Day of Joy Today, April 1, was joyful in Rome, with the sun breaking through a grey sky at mid-morning, just […]
Last week I wrote a lengthy post, “The Emptiness and Deceit of Cave-in ‘Catholicism’”, which took Notre Dame professor of philosophy, Gary Gutting, to task for his New York Times essay, “Birth Control, Bishops and […]
The Brown Alumni Magazine (Brown University, Rhode Island) profiles Nina Jacobson, the producer of hit movie, The Hunger Games. Rebounding from her 2006 firing as boss of the Walt Disney Motion Picture Group, Jacobson ’87 […]
That is not a recent soundbite, nor is it a remark made in response to the HHS mandate. It is from the 1995 book, The Church and the Culture War (Ignatius Press), written by the […]
If possible, read the full texts of Pope Benedict XVI’s various addresses and homilies given in Cuba. In the meantime, here are some passages that caught my attention (I use the term “highights” rather subjectively, […]
Charlie Spiering reports for Crisis magazine about the Rally for Reason, which featured a bunch of people without ultimate purpose who randomly gathered to and emote and to talk, by complete chance, about their accidentally […]
From the Pope’s address given after arriving yesterday at Guanajuato International Airport, Silao: I come as a pilgrim of faith, of hope, and of love. I wish to confirm those who believe in Christ in […]
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