A Glorious Sight in the Apostolic See
Sunday June 29, 2008
Rome is known not only as the See of Peter but as the Apostolic See, because on June 29, 67, not one but two Apostles were martyred there. Saint ... Read More
"That They May Be One"
Saturday June 28, 2008
Five centuries after the shattering of Christendom, and ten after the Great Schism of 1054 that divided the Eastern and Western Churches, many Christians--even many Catholics--have become complacent about the ... Read More
Reader Question: What Are the Types of Ordination?
Friday June 27, 2008
A reader writes:
Have you ever heard of a type of priestly ordination called "Promised"? The pastor of our local parish recently resigned, and I've heard that he only had ... Read More
Pope Benedict Sets the Norm for Receiving Communion
Thursday June 26, 2008
On the Feast of Corpus Christi, a number of Catholic commentators took note that those who approached Pope Benedict XVI to receive Holy Communion knelt and received the Host on ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Saint Paul
Wednesday June 25, 2008
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A Voice Crying Out in the Wilderness
Tuesday June 24, 2008
June 24 is the Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist, the cousin of Christ who leapt in his mother Elizabeth's womb when the Virgin Mary came to visit ... Read More
Will the SSPX Return to Full Union With Rome?
Monday June 23, 2008
Twenty years ago, on June 30, 1988, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre ordained four men as bishops. His action, taken in defiance of the will of Pope John Paul II, ended ... Read More
A New Communion for Catholics and Orthodox?
Sunday June 22, 2008
Eastern Rite Catholicism--churches that retain the liturgy, practices, and even theology of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, but are united to Rome--has, for many centuries, been a sticking point in Catholic-Orthodox dialogue. ... Read More
A Model for Young Men
Saturday June 21, 2008
June 21 is the Feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga. We tend to think of most male saints as priests or bishops, but Saint Aloysius never made it beyond the ... Read More
Reader Question: How Do We Know Who the Popes Were?
Friday June 20, 2008
A reader writes:
I'm trying to better understand Catholicism, particularly the list of popes since Peter. Can you tell me how the Catholic Church came up with the list you have ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Wednesday June 18, 2008
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Traditional Latin Mass in "All the Parishes"
Tuesday June 17, 2008
Damian Thompson, a writer for the Telegraph of London, has dropped a bombshell on his indispensable blog, "Holy Smoke." During a visit to London on Saturday, June 14, 2008, ... Read More
Will President Bush Convert to Catholicism?
Monday June 16, 2008
On Friday, June 13, 2008, as George W. Bush met with Pope Benedict XVI, the London Telegraph reported rumors that the President is considering conversion to Catholicism. On one ... Read More
Lost Something? It's Your Lucky Day!
Friday June 13, 2008
June 13 is the feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua, a priest and doctor of the Church. Chosen by St. Francis of Assisi himself to teach theology to ... Read More
More on First Confession and First Communion
Thursday June 12, 2008
After last Friday's Reader Question ("The Order of the Sacraments"), I received a note from the reader who had asked the question:
I actually called the Archdiocese here in Louisville. ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Saint Anthony of Padua
Wednesday June 11, 2008
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St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church
Monday June 9, 2008
June 9 is the feast of St. Ephrem the Syrian, a saint who is well known among Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox but much less so in the West. ... Read More
Give Your Father the Gift of Laughter
Sunday June 8, 2008
Father's Day 2008 is just a week away, which means that many of us are just getting around to thinking about an appropriate gift. There are always the old ... Read More
Confession Is Just the Beginning
Saturday June 7, 2008
Around the world, access to the Sacrament of Confession differs from country to country, and even from parish to parish. Here in the United States, most parishes schedule the ... Read More
Reader Question: The Order of the Sacraments
Friday June 6, 2008
A reader writes:
I am confused about the reader question from Friday May 16, 2008. Regarding the part about going to Confession before First Holy Communion: We never had a first ... Read More
Legal Scholar Denied Communion for Endorsing Obama
Thursday June 5, 2008
Washington Post syndicated columnist E.J. Dionne has some interesting news: Douglas Kmiec, a law professor at Pepperdine University and a Catholic, has been denied Communion by a Catholic priest for ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Memento Mori
Wednesday June 4, 2008
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June: The Month of the Sacred Heart
Tuesday June 3, 2008
On June 1, 2008, at his weekly Angelus address, Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics "to renew, in this month of June, their devotion to the Heart of Jesus." June ... Read More
Returning to Ordinary Time
Monday June 2, 2008
The Easter season ends with Pentecost Sunday, 50 days after Easter, but it sends out ripples even further. Trinity Sunday and the Feast of Corpus Christi, which both fall ... Read More
Pope Benedict's Prayer Intentions for June 2008
Sunday June 1, 2008
Every month, Pope Benedict XVI announces his prayer intentions for the month--particular things that he wishes all Catholics to pray for. (When, for instance, we pray the rosary and ... Read More