When Carmen Schattner moved from Michigan to upstate Pennsylvania four years ago, she left everything behind – her job, extended family, an active parish life – and suddenly found herself lost and alone in a strange new place. Until one day she heard a voice on the radio telling her “If you want to know why God created you, what it means to be a daughter of God, here’s what you need to do!” Her life would never be the same again.
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In this year’s Message for World Communications Day, which falls on May 13, Pope Francis delivers a blistering critique of fake news, equating it to the “snake-tactics” of the devil who used it to fool Eve, and said it’s only purpose is to the “deceive and manipulate the reader.”
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Cecile Richards (YouTube)
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
On this feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, we’re reminded that God can convert even the hardest hearts. We can only hope this will be the case with Cecile Richards, CEO of Planned Parenthood, who is planning to step down after 12 years overseeing a company that has cost the life of more than seven million Americans.
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Father Pat Collins (YouTube)
Father Pat Collins, one of Ireland’s most renowned exorcists, says an increase in demonic manifestations and even possessions in that country is creating a need for Church leaders to appoint a team of exorcists to handle the demand.
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The controversial play, known as Jerry Springer: The Opera, full of obscene references to Christian beliefs, opened on Broadway yesterday, raising new questions about why public funding is being used to support this kind of divisive “art.”
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Imagine scrolling through your
Twitter feed one day and suddenly coming across a picture of your own disabled child being used in a promotion for abortion. That’s what happened to this North Carolina mother and she went to war over it, eventually bringing the social media giant to its knees.
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We all know what the passage of time can do to an attic. It gets crammed full of stuff – most of which we no longer find useful. If not discarded, this stuff begins to spill into our homes and the living space we need for daily life. This usually means it's time for a yard sale. But did you know that, according to the spiritual masters, the same thing can happen to our hearts?
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Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) is being criticized for comments she made during a caucus meeting about women’s attire in Congress and how revealing clothing could be seen as an invitation to sexual harassers.
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MH asks:
“A friend asked me about Jappa meditation and if it’s okay for Catholics to be involved in. What should I tell her?”
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MB asks:
"I have read Kevin Basconi's three books on angels, called Dancing with Angels and also the seer anointing. I would like to know what you think about them."
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