President Donald Trump during signing session of Executive Orders in the Oval Office on Feb. 10, 2025. / Credit: Official White House photo by Daniel Torok Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2025 / 17:39 pm (CNA). U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated an end to what he called “transgender insanity” during his Feb. 22 speech to the…
Our Mass formularies for pre-Lent and Lent go back to at least the time of St. Gregory the Great (+604), and certainly before. What was going on back in the day? Plague and famine had ravaged the population. The invading Lombards threatened Rome itself with sword and fire. Both for Septuagesima and this Sexagesima Sunda…
Pope Francis attends the general audience at the Vatican on Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez / EWTN News CNA Newsroom, Feb 22, 2025 / 14:11 pm (CNA). Pope Francis remains in critical condition and “is not out of danger,” the Holy See Press Office announced Saturday evening in Rome. The 88-year-old pontiff “experienced…
Above: Cristóbal de Villalpando – The Betrothal of the Virgin to Saint Joseph While most articles on fasting and abstinence focus on the requirements, customs, and traditions associated with food and drink, there are also customs in the Tradition of Christian spouses abstaining from the marital act in line with liturgical life. This is known…
[“Christ the good shepherd,” Bartolome Esteban Murillo, c. 1660] In the beginning of an exorcism process, demons present themselves as fearless and powerful. They will taunt and deride any who oppose them. They claim to be in command and will never leave. But it is a thin and weak facade. Fr. Gabriel Amorth, the well-known…
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Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, where Bernini’s gorgeous bronze monument to the Chair of Peter acts as a massive bronze reliquary for the historic wooden chair. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 22, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the…
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