Spanish lawyer, mom of 4, challenges country’s rosary ban — By: Catholic News Agency

Polonia Castellanos, founder of the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dec 8, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Growing numbers of Catholics continue to defy Spain’s socialist government by publicly praying the rosary for the country as it faces spiritual, political, and economic turbulence that a pro-life lawyer says…

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Notre Dame Cathedral expected to reopen one year from today — By: Catholic News Agency

French President Emmanuel Macron, flanked by president of the public establishment “Rebuilding Notre-Dame de Paris” Philippe Jost (right) and and Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich (left), visits the nave of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral during its reconstruction on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: SARAH MEYSSONNIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2023 /…

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Pope Francis appoints three new auxiliary bishops for Philadelphia Archdiocese — By: Catholic News Agency

Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishops-elect Keith Chylinski (left), Efren Esmilla, and Christopher Cooke. / Credit: Sarah Webb/Archdiocese of Philadelphia CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2023 / 13:59 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Friday appointed three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, joining Archbishop Nelson Perez and current Auxiliary Bishop John McIntyre there. The Vatican announced Dec….

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Comprehensive New Report on American Family Released — By: Church Militant

PROVO, Utah (ChurchMilitant.com) – A comprehensive study on family life in the United States is revealing a high degree of partisanship among the study’s participants and only some commonalities.   The survey found that the public still largely supports the family The ninth annual American Family Survey, released on Tuesday, examines the state of marriage and the…

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Black Bart Signals the Coming of the Cosmic Thief — By: Church Militant

He came silently, swiftly and suddenly. No one ever saw him coming. No one ever knew when he would strike. He came when people least expected him. At night, when people were drinking, partying, quarreling or making love. Or in broad daylight when people were shopping, trading or traveling. Black Bart was a thief who terrorized the Wells Fargo…

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