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July 2022

July 21, 2022

Human life is science, not faith

Human life is science, not faith. With the recent overturning of the Supreme Court Decision...

July 19, 2022

Bishop Parkes and the Latin Mass in Savannah

Last week, Bishop Stephen Parkes of Savannah issued a letter outlining upcoming changes in the...

June 2022

June 03, 2022

Mexican Guadalajara Archdiocese to ordain 70 priests

In a historic event, the Cardinal Archbishop Jose Francisco Robles Ortega of Guadalajara, Mexico will...

May 2022

May 26, 2022

Uvalde children massacre: Will nothing change?

Soon after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, I read an excellent article in the...

May 13, 2022

Bishop Jacques Fabre of Charleston Homily by Cardinal Wilton Gregory

Cardinal Wilton Gregory delivered a beautiful and personal homily for the Ordination of Bishop Jacques...

May 12, 2022

Eucharistic Revival Coming to USA

In August 2019, a Pew Research Center study showed that only one-third of U.S. Catholics...

May 06, 2022

Message from Committee on Pro-Life Activities

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, Chairman of the US Bishop's Committee on Pro-Life Activities...

May 02, 2022

USA Vocation Directors Gather to Discuss Priestly Formation

About ninety Vocation Directors from throughout the United States have gathered at Immaculate Conception Seminary...

April 2022

April 07, 2022

Pope Francis to travel to Ukraine?

Pope Francis has been invited to visit the nation of Ukraine by President Volodymyr Zelensky,...

March 2022

March 30, 2022

Monsignor Tom Powers named Rector of U.S. Seminary in Rome

Father Tom Powers worked in Rome at one of the Congregations while I attended the...

March 24, 2022

Death and Religion in the War in Ukraine

The Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, recently addressed...

March 22, 2022

Rome Releases Consecration Prayer for Ukraine and Russia

Pope Francis has formally invited every Bishop in the world to join him in an...

March 18, 2022

Our Lady of Fatima arrives to Ukraine

On Thursday, March 17th, a statue of Our Lady of Fatima arrived from Portugal to...

March 02, 2022

Day of Prayer and Fasting for Ukraine

As the invasion of Ukraine continues, Pope Francis has asked that today be a special...

February 2022

February 26, 2022

Catholic University students take shelter in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) was the first Catholic institution of higher learning to open...

February 25, 2022

Instructions to Priests from Ukrainian Bishop

Yesterday, a Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Yaroslav Pririz, issued instructions to the Priests...

February 23, 2022

War in Ukraine, Pope Francis Prays for Peace

It appears that war is inevitable in Ukraine. When I spent time in that beautiful...

February 22, 2022

Fabre New Bishop of Charleston South Carolina

Today at noon time in Rome, the Holy Father named Father Jacques Fabre, CS the...

September 2021

September 17, 2021

Response to Viganò Tape on COVID

Life Site News has published the first of a series of videos where Archbishop Viganò,...

July 2021

July 22, 2021

Pope Francis, Traditionis Custodes, and the Latin Mass

I finally had a chance to read carefully the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes issued by...

May 2021

May 25, 2021

Diocese of La Crosse Statement on Father James Altman

Yesterday, the Diocese of La Crosse, led by Bishop William Callahan, released a statement on...

May 23, 2021

Father James Altman resigns as Pastor in La Crosse

Father James Altman of the Diocese of La Crosse, who was raised to the national...

May 06, 2021

Immigration delays lead to forced departure of priests

I recently read an article stating that the Diocese of Burlington in Vermont will soon...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Franciscan University of Steubenville Friar Arraigned for Abuse

U.S. Catholic circles have been speaking and writing recently about the Franciscan University friar David...

April 12, 2021

Social Media Comments from the USCCB

I follow several Catholic organizations on social media. Many times I have come very close...

April 10, 2021

Priest Apologizes for closing churches; denying Eucharist

Father Sergio Muñoz Fita, a priest currently serving at Saint Anne Parish in Gilbert, Arizona...

March 2021

March 07, 2021

Pope Francis in Mosul Iraq, strengthen your brothers

This morning as I got ready for Mass, I watched the Pope meet with people...

March 06, 2021

Pope Francis condemns religious extremism in visit to Plain of Ur

After a meeting with the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani who is the highest leader of...

March 05, 2021

Pope Francis in Iraq

After fifteen months of no travel, Pope Francis made history by flying four and a...

March 03, 2021

How I started to write

Nine years ago, a diocesan meeting was held at Sacred Heart Parish in Warner Robins...