Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco led a Holy Hour of Reparation on Saturday morning at the site of the destruction of the St. Junipero Serra statue. Vandals tore down and defaced the monument on June 19. The Act of Reparation included the Holy Rosary and Latin prayers of...
June 26 is the feast of St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, a Spanish priest and the founder of the Opus Dei. Through the mission of Opus Dei, St. Josemaría Escrivá taught that holiness consists in ordinary daily life. “Opus Dei stresses people’s responsibility to seek holiness and to lead...
Please pray for peace in our world! Vandals desecrated a monument dedicated to Our Lady of Częstochowa in Breda, a city in the southern Netherlands. Catholics also consider this image the Black Madonna. Here’s a photo of the desecration below: The post reads, “The Black Madonna in Breda has...
Villanova University recently declared its support for June Pride Month via social media, contrary to its Catholic roots. Villanova describes itself as a “Catholic Augustinian community of higher education,” and “inspired by the life and teaching of Jesus Christ,” “grounded in the wisdom of the Catholic intellectual tradition and advances...
Please pray for our churches! Over the last several weeks, activists destroyed numerous statues across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd. Activists also tore down two statues of St. Junípero Serra in California over the weekend. Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King calls for the destruction...
Can Catholics support Pride Month? Chaldean Catholic Priest Fr. Simon Esshaki of San Diego, Calif. explains in an Instagram post why Catholics cannot support June LGBTQ Pride Month. He tells followers that Catholics are called to love all people, but we cannot support homosexual actions, as they are contrary to...
