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March 25, 2019
Why praying to Santa Muerte is ‘really wrong’
March 25, 2019
The Archbishop of Santa Fe said recently that people praying to “Saint Death” won’t find the answers they’re looking for. Archbishop John Wester told the Associated Press recently that Catholics praying to the skeletal figure, popular in Central America, may be fooled into thinking that “Santa Muerte” is an approved devotional practice in the Church.
Pope Francis on the Annunciation: Marriage and family have ‘an essential mission’
March 25, 2019
On the Solemnity of the Annunciation, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of family and marriage for society. He also called the Virgin Mary a model for every vocation. “It is necessary to rediscover the plan drawn by God for the family, to reaffirm its greatness and irreplaceability in the service of life and society,” the
A Christian guide for pregnant women
March 25, 2019
Today is the Feast of the Annunciation – Lady Day – reminding us of the nine months that Jesus spent in the womb of his mother, Mary. It thus seems timely to draw attention to a small book, Nine Months with God and Your Baby: Spiritual Preparation for Birth, by Eline Landon (Sophia Institute Press).
Catholic beliefs on abortion and gay marriage ‘could become hate crimes’
March 25, 2019
Expressing Catholic beliefs on sexuality could become a hate crime, a Catholic spokesman in Scotland has warned. “In a climate of heightened sensitivity there is a very real danger that expressing or even holding individual or collective opinions or beliefs will become a hate crime,” said Catholic Parliamentary Office Director Anthony Horan last week. “We
Canadian priest stabbed at Mass ‘eager’ to return
March 25, 2019
Father Claude Grou is out of hospital and grateful for the groundswell of support he received after he was stabbed by an assailant while celebrating a televised Mass at St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal Friday morning. The 77-year-old priest said in a statement that the words of support he had received “warm my heart and
Do not abuse God’s mercy, Pope Francis warns
March 25, 2019
The mercy of God is not an invitation to “spiritual laziness,” but requires a sincere and prompt response from those who want to grow in holiness, Pope Francis said Sunday. “Despite the barrenness which sometimes marks our existence, God has patience and offers us the possibility of changing and making progress on the path of
Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/03/19
March 25, 2019
Pope Francis urged Catholics to avoid spiritual laziness in his Angelus address yesterday (full text, full video). A priest stabbed at Mass in Montreal on Friday is reportedly “eager to go back to work”. Cardinal Willem Eijk has rejected plans to sell his cathedral in Utrecht. A German cathedral has agreed to return a painting
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