Lord, have mercy. You may have already heard: a group of feminists in Argentina marked International Women’s Day earlier this month in a most vile way: they acted out an abortion on a woman dressed up as a pregnant Blessed Virgin Mary, who was happily celebrating the deed, in...
Catholics are not supposed to eat meat on Fridays during Lent. Everyone knows that. (Catholics are also supposed to do penance on Fridays all year round; read more here.) But sometimes there are exceptions! This Friday, March 17th 2017, might be one of those exceptions for you, depending on where...
I’m part of a relatively small parish in Arkansas, and there is only one other Catholic church in our county. We are share a priest with that congregation. And this year during Lent, like countless other parishes across the country, my parish will hold a penance service. If we...
So much for the “war” between science and faith! Jaime Maldonado-Aviles was studying the neurological causes of addiction and depression as a post-doctoral fellow at Yale, when it hit him: was this really what God wanted him to be doing? It wasn’t that neuroscience wasn’t valuable, of course....
“Heresy,” “apostasy,” “schism.” Do these words seem foreign to you? They may seem antiquated and medieval; like they represent something the Church used to be, but has long since abandoned. If that’s what you think, you may be surprised to learn that all three are officially recognized and defined...
The pro-life movement is young and growing around the world! The big March for Life in Washington D.C. every January might be the original, but other pro-life marches have been popping up around the world as the pro-life movement spreads. And one of the biggest – maybe even bigger than...
