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Amnesty after the lockdown?Phil Lawler asks why our pastors promoted physical health over spiritual health

Amnesty after the lockdown?
Phil Lawler asks why our pastors promoted physical health over spiritual health

The following is a commentary by Phil Lawler, editor of Catholic World News:

“Treating pandemic choices as a scorecard on which some people racked up more points than others is preventing us from moving forward.” That’s the

Why an All Souls altar at Star of the SeaGod conserves our essential identities

Why an All Souls altar at Star of the Sea
God conserves our essential identities

Today is All Souls Day, the Day of the Dead. Last night I offered a celestial sung High Mass for All Saints in a church full of holy people, and truly I felt as if I

New addition to California Missions Trail"There’s a bigger story" to Camino de Sonoma

New addition to California Missions Trail
"There’s a bigger story" to Camino de Sonoma

For years, people have walked the so-called California Missions Trail, which ends at Mission San Francisco Solano, the northernmost of the state’s Franciscan missions and the last one built. Now, there’s a new trail picking up where the

Peruvian icon inspires annual diocesan event“Brown Christ” will process around Christ Cathedral for two hours

Peruvian icon inspires annual diocesan event
“Brown Christ” will process around Christ Cathedral for two hours

Every year in October, hundreds of thousands fill the streets of Lima, Peru, including pilgrims from all over the world, to witness the procession of El Señor de los Milagros, a mural of Jesus Christ dating back to the 17th

The Bridge and her people"The least interesting person is vastly more fascinating than anything made by man"

The Bridge and her people
"The least interesting person is vastly more fascinating than anything made by man"

Today we celebrate St. Dominic, who went to God from this little earth in 1221, just fifty years old. It is said that he spent

Fighting the Church may lead you right out of the ChurchAustin Ruse laments former Catholics who might have "fought too much"

Fighting the Church may lead you right out of the Church
Austin Ruse laments former Catholics who might have "fought too much"

I did not know until a Rod Dreher column this week that Catholic pugilist Steve Skojec is now ex-Catholic pugilist Steve Skojec. Dreher says Skojec is now an agnostic. He didn’t even slow down and join the Orthodox,

What is the Seven Sisters Apostolate?Powerful ministry for laywomen in the Archdiocese of San Francisco

What is the Seven Sisters Apostolate?
Powerful ministry for laywomen in the Archdiocese of San Francisco

Seven lay women pray for one priest or bishop for one hour each week as part of the Seven Sisters Apostolate. At stake, they say, is the Church itself.

One day a week, Donna Mohr

Sacrileges against Eucharist spur bishop to call for reparationSpecial invitation from Archbishop Cordileone for tomorrow

Sacrileges against Eucharist spur bishop to call for reparation
Special invitation from Archbishop Cordileone for tomorrow

On June 16 at 1:30 pm Pacific Time, Archbishop Cordileone invites you to take ten minutes to pray the Litany of Reparations against abuses of the Most Blessed Sacrament (via Zoom). The Archbishop will be coming to us straight

The Cordileone wave spreadsColorado's four Catholic bishops tell lawmakers who backed abortion law to refrain from communion

The Cordileone wave spreads
Colorado's four Catholic bishops tell lawmakers who backed abortion law to refrain from communion

Catholic lawmakers in Colorado who voted for an extreme abortion bill that stripped all rights from the unborn child should refrain from receiving Holy Communion, the state’s four Catholic bishops have said in a letter.

Mark Wahlberg lauds son, others on ConfirmationsInstagram message from Europe

Mark Wahlberg lauds son, others on Confirmations
Instagram message from Europe

Actor Mark Wahlberg took to Instagram to congratulate his son and all other young Catholics for their Catholic Confirmations this month.

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