Scott's Catholicism Blog June 2007 Archive

Let me admit it up front: At 6 P.M. today, I hope to walk through the door of my local AT&T store and walk out a few minutes later with ... Read More

The Press Office of the Holy See announced on Thursday, June 28, 2007, that Pope Benedict XVI will issue, within a few days, a motu proprio restoring the Traditional Latin ... Read More

While Pope Benedict XVI was elected only a little over two years ago, his thoughts have turned to his successor--or, at least, to how his successor will be elected. ... Read More

On Saturday, June 23, outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair met privately with Pope Benedict XVI. According to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), the meeting was a routine one ... Read More

Is your automobile an occasion of sin? The Catholic Church's Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People thinks it could be. On June 19, ... Read More

On Sunday, during his Angelus message, Pope Benedict XVI invoked the memory of St. Francis of Assisi, a great man of peace. As fighting continued between Palestinian Muslim factions ... Read More

Each month of the Church calendar is dedicated to an important truth of the Faith, and June is the month that celebrates the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Feast ... Read More

As summer begins and our thoughts turn to vacation, it's easy to lose sight of the importance of the sacraments in our lives. We might still make it to ... Read More

St. Anthony of Padua, whose feast day is June 13, is sometimes referred to as a thaumaturgus, a medieval Latin word which comes from the Greek. In modern English, ... Read More

As Catholics, we believe that, at the Mass, the bread and wine offered by the priest becomes the Body and Body of Jesus Christ, which we receive in Holy Communion. ... Read More

In the United States, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi is observed on Sunday, June 10, 2007, but throughout much of the world (particularly in Europe), the celebration took place on ... Read More

On Saturday, June 9, U.S. President George W. Bush made his first visit to the Vatican since Pope Benedict XVI was elected pope. High on the agenda for the ... Read More

June 9 is the feast day of Saint Ephrem the Syrian. Born around 306, Saint Ephrem lived through some of the most tumultuous times in the early Church. ... Read More

Adnam Mokrani, a professor of Islamic Studies in the Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture, Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, knew Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni, the Iraqi priest slain ... Read More

Just three days after the martyrdom of Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni and his three subdeacons, another Chaldean Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Baghdad, according to AsiaNews. Fr. ... Read More

An exciting new scientific breakthrough could allow researchers to create stem-cell lines that function like embryonic stem cells--and to do it all from adult cells. As the L.A. Times ... Read More

On Chiesa Online, Sandro Magister, the top reporter in Italy on the Catholic Church, discussed "The Last Mass of Father Ragheed, a Martyr of the Chaldean Church." Father Ragheed, ... Read More

On Sunday, June 3, Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni and three sub-deacons were brutally murdered outside the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul, Iraq, after celebrating Mass. As AsiaNews ... Read More

The Sunday after Pentecost Sunday celebrates the Holy Trinity, three Persons--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--in one God. With Christ's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension into Heaven, our salvation was accomplished. ... Read More

The British Liberal Democrat Party has called for an end to centuries-old laws barring those who are Catholic, or who are married to a Catholic, from ascending to the throne ... Read More