“Fan into flame the gift of God” and courageously live out the gifts of the Holy Spirit to a world currently crying out for hope, Archbishop Richard Moth exhorted the faithful on Feb. 14 at his installation Mass at Westminster Cathedral. In his first homily as the 12th Archbishop of Westminster, and to a packed…
With Lent beginning on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, Father Manuel Corral, canon of the metropolitan cathedral of Mexico City, called on those involved in criminal violence to live this liturgical season as a genuine opportunity for interior conversion. During a Feb. 6 press conference, the priest explained that Lent is a 40-day liturgical season of…
Bonnie Engstrom, the mother of the child who was healed through Archbishop J. Fulton Sheen’s intercession, said she “laughed out loud with joy” when she heard his beatification was going to move forward. On Feb. 9, the Holy See officially informed Bishop Louis Tylka of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, that the cause for the…
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops President Archbishop Paul Coakley is urging the University of Notre Dame to drop the leadership appointment of an outspoken pro-abortion professor, joining nearly a dozen bishops in calling on the historic Catholic university to back away from the controversial decision. The controversy at Notre Dame exploded this week after Fort…
VILNIUS, Lithuania — As Catholic youth movements across Europe continue to shrink or retreat from public engagement, Lithuania’s Ateitis Federation stands out as a rare exception: an intergenerational Catholic movement that still forms leaders, sustains disciplined membership, and translates faith into civic presence. Once a lay Catholic resistance movement behind the Iron Curtain, Ateitis at…
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About two dozen couples in the Archdiocese of Boston will have their marriages “brought into the Church” this year, part of a now-yearly tradition there in which husbands and wives can take part in “convalidation” ceremonies. Convalidation offers civilly married husbands and wives the opportunity for a valid Catholic sacramental marriage. The Boston Archdiocese describes…
A new movie titled “The Apocalypse of St. John” brings to life the Book of Revelation. Not only does the film tackle the challenging messages found in Revelation, but it also makes them accessible to a wider audience. Written, created, and directed by Simón Delacre, the docudrama will air in theaters across the United States…
When I attended college in the early 1990’s, the state school I attended required every student to take two semesters of “Western Civilization.” This had been a requirement for generations of students, founded on the belief that a comprehensive education must include an understanding—and appreciation—of the enormous contributions of European culture to the world. However,…
There are two spirits at work in every generation of the ages of man. There is the Holy Spirit and there is the Spirit of the Age—the Heiliger Geist and the Zeitgeist. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of all ages; He is the unchanging Spirit which enlightens every time with the timelessness of truth….
