Jacqueline Burkepile is the editor for the English edition of ChurchPOP. She is a journalist, a former director of campus ministry, and a wife and mother.
How miraculous! Christians all over the world mourned in 2015 when the Islamic State beheaded 21 Coptic Christians in Libya. ISIS told these 21 men that if they denied Jesus, they would spare their lives. However, the men chose to instead repeat the words, “Lord Jesus Christ.” Miracles Attributed to...
This is such great advice for all Catholics! Fr. Goyo Hidalgo, an associate pastor at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Simi Valley, Cali., posted some excellent advice for Catholics experiencing such terrible guilt that they feel it necessary to repeatedly confess the same sins. Here’s his post...
Now this is incredible! A video of Nigerians adoring the Eucharist on the battlefield surfaced on Twitter. Nigerians are battling Boko Haram, the Islamic militant group based in northeast Nigeria. There’s nothing like the power of the Eucharist to combat the world’s evils! See the post below: Nigerian...
Wow! What an awesome story! Brandon Coulter, a twitter user from Colorado Springs, recently explained in a viral tweet his journey to the Catholic Church. He said he was “as anti-Catholic as they come,” but changed his mind after reading Catholic Church history and the Church Fathers. Read his incredible...
Let us pray for our priests! Today, the Vatican began its four-day abuse summit with 114 presidents of bishops’ conferences. According to the National Catholic Register’s Edward Pentin, the gathering focuses on three primary areas: “responsibility, accountability, transparency — and will feature keynote presentations, working group discussions, meetings with abuse...
What a statement! Fr. Thomas Petri, OP, of the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph posted a Twitter thread responding to the New York Times article, “‘It Is Not a Closet. It Is a Cage.’ Gay Catholic Priests Speak Out.” The New York Times report discusses interviews conducted...
