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December 2015

December 19, 2015

LOOKING BACK: Eight Really Big Stories from “Seasons of Grace”

What do readers want in a good Catholic blog? As the year draws to a...

December 16, 2015

He’s Coming! The Great O Antiphons

He’s coming! And as the Church anticipates the coming of the Messiah at Christmas, we...

December 13, 2015

I LOVE THE ROSE CANDLE! The Significance of Gaudete Sunday

How often a good idea finds expression in the rich liturgy and tradition of the...

December 08, 2015

Wear the Veil Day: Catholic Young Women Veil in Devotion to the Real Presence

On December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, many young Catholic women across America...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter Just Got Its First Bishop

Just announced: Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Steven J. Lopes to be the first bishop...

November 22, 2015

A Pencil in God’s Hand: Mother Teresa’s Story Comes to the Big Screen

Anjezë (Agnes) Gonxhe Bojaxhiu was only twelve years old when she first felt the call...

November 21, 2015

HuffPo’s Latest Anti-Catholic Screed Ignores the View of Faithful Catholics

The Huffington Post has sunk to a new low in inviting the director of Dignity,...

November 17, 2015

Why Catholics (And Everyone Else) Should Stay Away From Horoscopes

“I would like to ask you," said Pope Francis in his Sunday Angelus address, "...but...

November 13, 2015

First-Ever “Confessional-on-Wheels” Takes the Sacrament to the Streets

It sounds like something from The Onion, but it's not: The Diocese of Lafayette has just...

November 06, 2015

When Your Children Leave the Church: Brandon Vogt Offers Hope for Heartbroken Parents

If you're a Catholic parent, you know the joy that comes from seeing your child...

October 2015

October 24, 2015

Synod Fathers Publish Their 94-Paragraph Report

By Andreas Tille (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ()], via Wikimedia Commons The XIV Ordinary...

October 24, 2015

Hope for the Suffering: Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle Inspires in Candid Memoir

I remember the first time I saw Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle on EWTN. She seemed so...

October 13, 2015

What Did the Cardinals Really Say? Some Insights In Their Own Words

Well, it's been an interesting week for Synod-watchers! In what John Allen has wryly called...

October 10, 2015

Cultural Madness, Catholic Sanity: If You’re Anywhere Near Michigan, You’ll Want to Hear This

America is adrift on some rough seas. "Catholic Truth remains a lighthouse," says Al Kresta,...

October 03, 2015

Vatican, Polish Bishop Respond Quickly After Priest “Comes Out” as Gay

You probably saw the news today: A Polish priest serving as a member of the Congregation...

October 02, 2015

ACLU Sues Trinity Health Corp., Demanding–You Guessed It!–Abortion

The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a...

October 01, 2015

Catholic Women Send a Letter to the Synod Fathers

Just days before the opening of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, a...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

Pope Francis’ Message to Victims of Clergy Sexual Abuse

This morning Pope Francis met with five victims of clerical sexual abuse--three women and two...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

Why Won’t the Catholic Church “Get With the Times” and Ordain Women Priests?

In Des Moines, Iowa, the Catholic Worker House is no longer permitted to hold liturgies...

August 21, 2015

Courage International Helps Catholic Leaders to Welcome Persons With Same-Sex Attractions

It was quiet around here last week--and that was due, in part, to the fact...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Prayer Need: Satan’s Minions Invade the City of Detroit

Tomorrow's the day: On Saturday, July 25, a statue of the demon Baphomet will be...

July 23, 2015

A CORRECTION to Michael Voris’ Slanderous Post re. Sacred Heart Seminary

Michael Voris is a controversial blogger who runs St. Michael's Media and produces his popular video series...

July 15, 2015

Tweeting with GOD: Bold New Evangelization for a New Generation

I review books all the time--and I enjoy reading them, enjoy shiny new ideas well...

June 2015

June 21, 2015

Fr. Thomas Belczak, Popular Detroit-Area Priest, Is Cleared of Charges

Father Thomas Belczak, the popular pastor of St. Kenneth's Catholic Church in Plymouth, has been reinstated...

June 19, 2015

An Unexpected Privilege: The Day I Attended Mass with Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger

Talk about being in the right place at the right time! It was September 2003,...

June 15, 2015

So Sad! Fire Destroys Historic French Basilica in Nantes

Workmen upgrading the waterproofing in the roof of a French basilica may have been responsible for...

June 15, 2015

BREAKING: Archbishop Nienstedt Resigns, But Maintains Innocence Amidst Charges of Cover-up

Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, the beleaguered archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, has resigned, it...

June 12, 2015

Is It Really “Shameful” to Follow Your Faith? The Free Press’ Contemptuous Sneer at Faith-Based Adoption

"Another shameful moment for Michigan." That's what the Detroit Free Press Editorial Board said yesterday...

June 04, 2015

The Body and Blood of Christ. Really. Just Think of That!

Sunday, June 7 is the Solemnity of the Most Most Holy Body and Blood of...

June 04, 2015

Catholic Priests Lean Right; Episcopalians–Well, What Did You Expect?

Joe Carter, writing over at the Acton Institute Power Blog, has just pointed out a...