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Cardinal Dolan: I wouldn’t deny communion to Biden
November 01, 2019
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York has responded to questions about the denial of Holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden last Sunday. On an October 31 interview with Fox News, Dolan said that he thought the incident was a good teaching moment about the Eucharist and the seriousness of denying
Relics of Canadian saints stolen from Quebec Cathedral
October 25, 2019
The Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame de Quebec in Quebec City is working to replace relics of Canadian saints that were stolen after a break-in last month. Monsignor Denis Bélanger told CNA that on the night of September 11, someone broke into the cathedral by breaking a window. The money had already been collected for
Canonization cause opens for Australian woman who was a ‘champion’ of human dignity
October 24, 2019
On Wednesday, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP of Sydney announced the opening of the cause of canonization for Eileen O’Connor, a young Australian woman who founded the order Our Lady’s Nurses of the Poor, also known as Brown Nurses. As someone who cared for the poor and the sick, and who suffered greatly because of her
Can robots really be Catholic priests? No
September 20, 2019
Once a man is ordained a priest for the Catholic Church, he acts, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “in persona Christi capitis”: in the person of Christ the Head. During the ordination ceremony, the priest’s hands are anointed with oil, he lies prostrate on the ground to symbolize the laying down of
9/11: When John Paul II grieved with America
September 11, 2019
As three airliners smashed into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, and Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field on September 11, 2001, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, at the time the director of the Vatican press office, delivered the news to Pope John Paul II. “I remember that terrible afternoon as if it were yesterday.
‘Remember Me’ – Should Catholics talk to their dead loved ones?
August 19, 2019
In the 2017 Disney-Pixar movie “Coco,” the main character, Miguel, accidentally passes over into the land of the dead on Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) while trying to reconcile his love of music with his family’s ban on it. There, he learns that the dead can only visit their loved ones on
Catholics should be worried about the ‘fact-checking’ of a satirical site
August 14, 2019
Did you know that Veggie Tales, the beloved Christian cartoon for kids, recently introduced a new character named Cannabis Carl in celebration of recreational marijuana? They didn’t, actually. That was just a funny article from satirical Christian website The Babylon Bee. Nevertheless, the story got fact-checked by the website Snopes, which assured parents: “For the
What the Church does – and does not – teach about gun control
August 09, 2019
Jordan Anchondo and her husband, Andre were shopping for school supplies for their five-year-old last Saturday morning at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. They were shot and killed by a gunman who opened fire on the hundreds of people in the store. The parents used their bodies to shield their two-month-old son, Paul, from
London Oratory Schola’s US tour brings music from Old Spain to the New World
July 17, 2019
Franciscan mission priest St. Junipero Serra would perhaps recognize some of the music that will be sung in an upcoming tour of the London Oratory Schola Cantorum Boys Choir in Utah and California, which will include three of the Spanish missions. The schola, perhaps best known for its work featured in the soundtracks for the
Seminarian ‘sacrificed himself’ to save kids in bus crash
July 01, 2019
After a bus crashed on its way back to New Mexico from a Catholic youth conference in Denver, reports have emerged that the seminarian on board, Jason Marshall, may have given his life to save the kids on board the bus. According to witnesses and the family of Marshall, the 53 year-old tried to regain
Should Catholics attend ‘pride’ events?
June 15, 2019
On June 1, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence tweeted that Catholics should not attend Pride events during the month of June, which is commemorated as “Pride Month” throughout the United States. “A reminder that Catholics should not support or attend LGBTQ ‘Pride Month’ events held in June,” Tobin tweeted. “They promote a culture and encourage
Feminists and Catholics join forces to oppose NY surrogacy bill
June 14, 2019
In a seemingly unlikely alliance, Catholics and secular feminists in New York are opposing a bill that would legalize commercial surrogacy in the state. The bill passed the state Senate and has the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, who proposed the measure. But it is stalled in Assembly due to strong opposition, notably from female
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