2015-02-20T21:07:58-05:00

Last updated on: February 20, 2015 at 9:07 pm   By

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, archbishop of San Francisco, has issued a measured, respectful, yet strong response to an open letter from eight California legislators.  The legislators had demanded that the archbishop revoke an archdiocesan policy which requires teachers in Catholic schools to be respectful of Church teachings. Archbishop Cordileone is known as a lover of the Church, and a staunch defender of Catholic teaching.  In his role as chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops‘ Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of... Read more

2015-02-20T15:05:44-05:00

Last updated on: February 20, 2015 at 3:05 pm   By

The Obama Administration just will not take “No” for an answer. On Monday evening, February 16, a Texas judge stopped the President’s plan to issue work permits and legal protections to undocumented immigrants.  The plan, which has been decried by conservatives as an overreach of executive authority, would have granted protections and benefits to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.  But Texas Judge Andrew S. Hanen, in a 123-page ruling, argued that Obama had broken the law by failing to seek public... Read more

2015-02-17T14:02:31-05:00

Last updated on: February 17, 2015 at 2:02 pm   By

A Guest Post by Monsignor Richard Soseman Hilaire Belloc was French born of an English mother, and he maintained dual citizenship throughout his life.  Although he lived at a time in England when there was still a very anti Catholic atmosphere throughout society, he remained a fervent Catholic as he lived his many faceted career as a serious writer and scholar, satirist, Member of Parliament, and mentor and friend to many of the other writers of that period, people like... Read more

2015-02-16T20:52:50-05:00

Last updated on: February 16, 2015 at 8:52 pm   By

Have you ever heard of Saint Homobonus? Omobono  Tucenghi (also called “Homobonus”) was a 12th century tailor from the town of Cremona, on the bank of the Po River in northern Italy.  He inherited a large estate from his father, a successful tailor and merchant; but he was humble and generous.  He believed that God had permitted him to be successful in business, in order that he might donate a large proportion of his income to help the poor. Homobonus... Read more

2015-02-24T17:13:34-05:00

Last updated on: February 24, 2015 at 5:13 pm   By

Are you ready for Lent? If you, like me, have been stalling about “getting ready for Lent,” with the expectation that all the prayers and sacrifices and stuff will just fall into place come Ash Wednesday, you might like to take a look at Marcellino D’Ambrosio’s new book, 40 Days, 40 Ways:  A New Look at Lent. It works like this:  On each day of Lent, Marcellino suggests one way that you can observe the season.  Here’s an example, the... Read more

2015-02-14T17:59:46-05:00

Last updated on: February 14, 2015 at 5:59 pm   By

They came from France, from Italy and from Palestine.  They founded new religious orders; and their orders worked with the elderly and small children, operated a monastery, established missions in many lands, and operated 50 Catholic colleges, providing an education to 35,000 new students per year. On Saturday, February 14, at the close of the Consistory, Pope Francis announced that he will elevate four holy women to sainthood in May.  The new soon-to-be-saints are: Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843-1927) was a native... Read more

2015-02-14T15:35:27-05:00

Last updated on: February 14, 2015 at 3:35 pm   By

Bishop Pascal Roland, bishop of the Diocese of Bellay-Ars in France, has ordered that the Blessed Sacrament be removed from all tabernacles in his diocese, and the tabernacle doors kept open to show that it is empty.  After thieves desecrated ten churches in the diocese since October, stealing consecrated hosts from five of them, the bishop ordered that consecrated hosts be kept in a more secure location. The Diocese of Bellay-Ars described the most recent thefts on its website: Friday,... Read more

2015-02-14T10:00:09-05:00

Last updated on: February 14, 2015 at 10:00 am   By

“First I’m going to pay my tithes, because I wouldn’t have none of it if it wasn’t for God.”  Marie Holmes, a 26-year-old single mother who is one of the winners of this week’s $188 million Powerball jackpot, told WECT-TV that she plans to put first things first when deciding how to spend her winnings. The 26-year-old single mother of four recently quit her jobs at Walmart and McDonald’s in order to care for her children, one of whom has... Read more

2015-02-13T12:51:40-05:00

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 12:51 pm   By

The snow, it’s still falling….  and the Eastern Seaboard seems particularly affected by this latest blast of winter weather. In Providence, Rhode Island, freezing temperatures and wind gusts will result in wind chills of 0 to -10 today.  Snow will break out again Saturday afternoon, with an expected 1″ to 3″ of new snow falling on Saturdy, and another 3″ to 5″ on Sunday.  Sunday’s wind gusts may reach 35-55 miles per hour, with potentially widespread power outages and mild... Read more

2015-02-13T12:05:54-05:00

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 12:05 pm   By

People really want to see clean movies, right?  Ted Baehr, chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission, says so.  His pro-family advocacy group Movieguide® has just released the 2015 Annual Report to the Entertainment Industry, and the results are seemingly indisputable:  Americans want clean movies! And the difference in profit, when comparing clean, family-friendly films to R-rated and immoral films, is staggering.  According to Movieguide®, family-friendly movies brought in an average in excess of $56.69 million per movie in 2014 in the... Read more

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