(Photo courtesy of WikiCommons, Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 2.0)Cecile Richards, who headed Planned Parenthood for 12 years, has been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer which has a survival rate of just 15 months.
The Women of Grace® Benedicta Institute for Women® is offering an innovative new certification program designed to train Catholic women to be leaders and mentors in contemporary culture through in-person and online learning opportunities.
Princess Diana in 1995The home of Princess Diana’s former butler is reportedly haunted by the ghost of the Princess whose voice from the grave was recently captured on the recorder of famed paranormal expert, Ian Lawman.
Davos Congress Center in Davos, Switzerland (WEF - CC BY SA 4.0 DEED)Last week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos created quite a controversy around the world when an Amazonian Chieftess was permitted to lead participants in a shamanic ritual, which prompted some to ask, “What spirit governs Davos?”
From attacks on churches and pregnancy centers to the threat of extreme laws aimed at forcing Christians to perform abortions and gender transition procedures on minors, the U.S. bishops have compiled a comprehensive report on the present state of religious liberty in the United States, the five greatest threats to our freedoms, and why the very lives of religious Americans may be at stake in 2024.
During a popular video podcast in Peru, self-proclaimed visionary Erica Serrano told listeners in this predominantly Catholic country to use a consecrated host in a purification ritual and to ward off “toxic people.”
During his annual address to the world’s ambassadors to the Vatican yesterday, Pope Francis called for an international ban on the “deplorable” practice of surrogacy, saying that it “represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child.”
Catholics are still dying for the Faith. In 2023, 20 men and women from nearly every continent laid down their lives for Christ, including a mother and daughter who were killed in Gaza as they walked into a Catholic church, two young students who were killed when a bomb was detonated at a Mass in the Philippines, and a Nigerian priest who was burned alive in his rectory.
To begin a new series of catechesis on the virtues and vices, Pope Francis spoke about the necessity of understanding the dynamics of evil and temptation and why it is so important to guard the heart against the wiles of Satan.
The issuing of the declaration entitled, Fiducia supplicans, by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith (DDF) on December 18 was meant to open the door to allow same-sex couples to receive a form of blessing in the Church, but many experts say it is opening the door to a great deal of confusion and controversy as well.
