Arizona's Bishops and 2020 Election
Watch Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference Reflect on the 2020 Election Online Now! In order to provide the faithful with a better understanding of Catholic Social Teaching, the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) has just released a new video entitled “Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference Reflect on the 2020 Election.” Read more
Notre Dame threatens Ivy League stranglehold on the U.S. Supreme Court
A court dominated exclusively by Harvard and Yale graduates may soon receive a graduate of Notre Dame. The stranglehold the Ivy League has had on Constitutional law is finally challenged by a graduate and former female faculty member of a Catholic university law school. Can the nation survive if the Ivy league monopoly on the Court is cracked? Read more...
Death penalty denounced for ignoring inmates’ capability to be ‘redeemed’
People can change, “continually learning, continually becoming someone better or worse. … We come into spiritual teachers along the way who provide us with truth and force us to contemplate our lives.” Sister Barbara Battista stood across the street from where her spiritual directee died just two days before. Read more
Pope releases apostolic letter on Sacred Scripture
Study the bible because, "Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ", said St. Jerome, whose feast we celebrated Wednesday. “May the example of this great doctor and father of the church, who placed the Bible at the center of his life, awaken in us a renewed love for the Sacred Scripture and the desire to live in a personal dialogue with the word of God,” - Pope Francis Read more
Russian government attacks Catholic Church
The Russian government wants all Catholic priests educated outside of Russia to go back to school in Russia to serve the Church. "Like other confessions, we find it absurd to talk of recertifying priests who are already in service and of having to send our archbishop back to seminary for a course in Russian history and spirituality," Is anything new under the sun. Read more
Cleaning house: Pope forges ahead with reform
Ex-Cardinal Angelo Becciu is pictured during a news conference in Rome Sept. 25, 2020. The cardinal told journalists he was asked by Pope Francis Sept. 24 to resign as prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes and renounce the rights associated with being a cardinal due to an embezzlement investigation involving Vatican funds and his brother. Read more
Change is hard: The Pope and a transparent budget
The Pope has been trying to update the Curia and there has been casualties. The Vatican's financial situation must be "a glass house" that displays transparency and honesty, letting Catholics know where its revenues come from and go, said the head of the Secretariat for the Economy. Catholics "have the right to know how we use the Holy See's resources." Read more
¿El cuerpo de Carlo Acutis está incorrupto? Esto es lo que debes saber
Carlo, llamado el ciberapóstol de la Eucaristía, falleció a los 15 años en 2006 debido a una leucemia. Con la apertura de su tumba a pocos días de su beatificación en Asís (Italia), se han difundido imágenes del cuerpo del adolescente, vestido con jean y camiseta, y con un rosario en las manos. Lees mas
October 6 Online Workshop: "Praying With Icons of the Mother of God"
Within the Eastern tradition of Christianity, the icon, or religious image, long has held a place of honor. Western Christianity, too, has its own traditions of using sacred images for prayer and worship. In this workshop, learn about what an icon is and how it can be used for liturgical, devotional, and catechetical uses. We will be looking at various types of images of the Mother of God. Learn more...
October 7, 14, and 21: "The Joy of Love: A Workshop for Catholic Couples"
In 2016 Pope Francis released Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”), his post-synodal exhortation on the theme of “love in the family.” In this three-part series, Karen Brady, MRE, MEd, will lead couples through discussions on 1) The Nature and Meaning of Love, 2) Contemporary Challenges to Marriage, and 3) and the Spirituality of Marriage. Learn more...
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