Last night I had the good fortune of attending our archdiocesan Pallium Lecture. It “is an annual event designed to foster conversation and engage the broader culture through the Catholic intellectual tradition,” per the Milwaukee Archdiocese website. Over the history of the event, the speakers have included Cardinal Dolan and Bishop Barron, among many other…
Vatican News—Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has released another critique of the Synod on Synodality, arguing that the ongoing discussion and discernment process offers “two opposing visions” of the nature, organization, and role of the Church. On the one hand “On the one hand, the Church is presented as founded…
ACI Prensa—Four bishops from the Mexican state of Guerrero recently met with members of organized crime in an effort to seek peace in a region shaken by violent clashes and death. During a Feb. 14 press conference, Bishop José de Jesús González of the Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa said that the prelates of the area “began…
Rev. Calvin Robinson, a British, fairly young Anglican cleric and a new deacon, commentator, writer and broadcaster; a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and more, accepted an invitation to participate in a “debate” at the Oxford Union. His talk went viral. Combining faith, intelligence, British wit and charm, he delivered a…
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OSV News—With the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers set to square off in Super Bowl LVIII, two faith-based nonprofits each stand to win big — thanks to a friendly wager between the Catholic bishops in the teams’ respective cities. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop James V. Johnston of Kansas…
Fox Digital—Harrison Butker, Kansas City Chiefs kicker and co-founder of the fashion brand Shepherd’s, told Fox News Digital about his new menswear company, as well as his fervent faith beliefs. Butker and co-founders Chris Cottrell, Nathan Price and Austin Wright—all practicing Catholics—recently launched Shepherd’s, a men’s clothing line where faith and fashion “fit together.” While…
CNA—More than a dozen senators are demanding that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) come clean about its efforts to surveil traditionalist Catholics, with the lawmakers accusing the agency of deleting records, withholding details, and giving misleading information about those undertakings. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley and 15 other Republican senators expressed their demands in a…
Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)—The World Health Organization (WHO) has put off a decision to admit a radical pro-abortion organization into official relations and launch a three-year collaboration. The proposed partnership with the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) drew sharp criticism from a coalition of pro-life groups led by C-Fam (publisher of the…
“Friends, the Capuchin friars welcomed a broken man into their home, their routine, and their lives,” says Bishop Barron. “In showing Christ’s tender love and mercy to Shia LaBeouf, they saw a man reinvigorated and ultimately welcomed into the fullness of the Church.” “It’s a beautiful story, modeled time and again throughout the ages by…
Bismark Diocese—Many Catholics in the diocese do business with Mayo Pharmacy, owned by Kevin and Tammy Martian, because it is a pro-life pharmacy. The downtown Bismarck business does not sell contraceptive or abortifacient drugs. There was a time when being a pharmacist was not a challenge to the Catholic faith. But during the 1960s, drug…
Mark your calendar! Invite a friend! All of our events are free and open to all! SEE SPRING 2024 EVENTS BELOW: ————– Monday, March 4 – Lecture Catholicism on the Catwalk: Reflections of a Fledgling Fashionista The Rev. Timothy Valentine, Ph.D. General Theological Seminary Entrance via the gate at 429 West 20th Street New York,…
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On January 22, the Catholic Church in the United States observes a “Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children”. As a past president and former board member of Wisconsin Right to Life, this day is especially meaningful to me. And, somewhat oddly, it inspired me today to share some rather different investment…
Dr. Kevin Martian, owner of Mayo Pharmacy in Bismark, North Dakota is challenging the Biden administration’s mandate requiring pharmacies that serve patients with Medicare, Medicaid or other federally funded coverage to stock and dispense elective abortion drugs. The government mandate threatens legal action against any pharmacy or pharmacist that does not comply, even if doing…
CNA—This past week in the Holy Land, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a group of young people in their 20s actively participated in all various ecumenical prayer services. They were German-speaking theology students enrolled in the annual program of ecumenical studies (called “Studienjahr”), which has been offered for 50 years at the…
ACI Prensa, CNA—In the history of the Catholic Church various saints and blesseds have described what hell is like, based on visions and messages they received during their lives. Hell’s structure St. Teresa of Ávila, a doctor of the Church, related in her Autobiography that when the Lord showed her hell, she experienced that she…
The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education (ICLE) is pleased to invite all clergy and religious to a complimentary webinar taking place tomorrow, January 25, with their Executive Director, Elisabeth Sullivan. The webinar will discuss the growing renewal of Catholic education and the key role played by priests and religious. IMPORTANT NOTE: The Institute of Catholic…
Vatican City—According to the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, the Pope’s main concern is that the 2025 Jubilee Year be prepared in the best possible way. Speaking after an audience with Pope Francis on 3 January, Archbishop Rino Fisichella said that during the meeting the Pope approved the motto proposed…
Homily at the Mass for the Walk for Life West Coast; Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary the New Eve Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, January 20, 2024 — Readings: Rev 21:1-5a; Is 61:10a-d, f, 11; 62:2-3; Jn 2:1-11 The entrance chant for our Mass today – “All the earth will worship…
