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9-11 and Catholics
St. Francis prayer for infidels
Twenty-five years ago, most Americans did not perceive radical Islam as an existential threat. That changed suddenly on September 11. Suddenly we began to take Islam seriously. Or did we? In the wake of the terrorist bombing, responsible US leaders, [...]
Megan Basham makes Clancy-abortion link
A quarter of all women have participated in the murder of their children
"....We have seen false teachers coming into woman's lives, convincing them of foolish wrong things excusing the greatest moral evil we have seen before our eyes – a woman strangling her children in cold blood. And I think a key [...]
Archbishop leads Eucharistic procession into Hollywood
'You can see how people are moved'
In observance of the National Day of Prayer for Peace in Our Communities, nearly 1,000 Catholics joined a Eucharistic procession through Hollywood Sept. 9. Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez led the hourlong procession, which began and ended with Eucharistic Adoration [...]
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Inquiring Minds
Inquiring Minds is a weekly article written by Mary Rose, who boldly ventures to college campuses throughout California to ask hard-hitting questions to some of the world’s most malleable minds.
Nigerian archbishop Nwachukwu says look to the missionaries
“They sacrificed everything, including their lives”
In Rome, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, secretary of the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelization, lamented that Catholics from former mission lands are labeled as “conservative” for remaining faithful to the teachings received from [...]
Neocatechumenal Way comes to Catalina
Part of St. Francis Jubilee
The only Catholic priest on Catalina Island, Father Dario Miranda, is used to seeing new faces. His parish, St. Catherine of Alexandria Church in Avalon, is a few blocks away from the harbor that welcomes vacation-goers via ferry from [...]
Fr. Illo: No, I don’t have anything better to do
Answer to the lady at Bush and Van Ness Planned Parenthood
Father Joseph Illo, pastor of Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco, gave a 16-minute homily on Sunday, September 6. Work, as you know from Genesis, is a curse. But work has been redeemed by Jesus Christ, so it [...]
Billboards move hearts of abortion-bound parents
Brainstorm of woman from one of the last Minnesota orphanages
For nearly four decades, a Minnesota-based pro-life organization has sought to change minds about abortion not through politics but through public education. Mary Ann Kuharski, founder of Pro-Life Across America, said the organization began out of frustration with the growing [...]
McElroy goes all in for Season of Creation
Washington D.C. schedule
There are many opportunities for Catholics across the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to observe this year’s Season of Creation, that began on Sept. 1 (the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation) and end on Oct. 4 [...]
Christian missionaries ejected from Burning Man
Claim that 600 attendees had “given their lives to Jesus”
The Burning Man event welcomes all attendees from all walks of life to the Black Rock Desert for 10 days of festivities with a philosphy of radical inclusion; however, one group is alleging that it was unfairly excluded from the [...]
Bishop Pham to lead Season of Creation Mass in Vista
Bring produce from your parish/school garden
Join the Diocese of San Diego for our annual Season of Creation Mass and Laudato Si’ Awards Reception! Our celebrant this year is San Diego's Bishop Michael Pham! Bring your parish/school/household Laudato Si’ Action Plans as an offering in response [...]
Can Olvera Street cross survive First Amendment lawsuit?
Mexican-American merchants in L.A. hire Becket Fund
A group of Los Angeles merchants is seeking to join a legal fight to preserve a historic cross and annual Nativity in the El Pueblo district after a resident challenged the religious displays under the First Amendment. Becket filed a [...]
Archbishop Gomez: ‘Our friendship with God our primary obligation’
Cites St. John Vianney
It is essential to make time to pray daily, despite the modern culture’s demands and distractions, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, California, emphasized in a recent reflection. Prayer, though perhaps not considered “efficient” by a fast-paced world, is a [...]