Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSEven though some of the passages in the Pope’s new exhortation, Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), are somewhat unclear and area already being distorted by the mainstream media, Catholics should read the document for themselves with the understanding that no Church teaching has been changed.
Decapitated Statue at St. Margaret's Parish in Burlington, MAOver the past week, several acts of vandalism have occurred in Catholic parishes in Massachusetts, prompting calls to the state’s Attorney General to investigate these actions as hate crimes.
On the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis asked for dioceses around the world to establish memorials that will serve as “a living memory” of the Year of Mercy.
Picture from Archdiocese of BostonPolice are investigating an incident of vandalism that occurred in a parish in Norwood, Massachusetts where what appears to be the symbol for “Allah” and black paint was sprayed across a statue of the Blessed Mother.
While blessing a portrait of Mother Angelica during a general audience yesterday, Pope Francis said he believes Mother Angelica is already in heaven.
Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, P.C.P.A., known to millions around the world as Foundress of the EWTN Global Catholic Network, died peacefully at 5 p.m. CDT, Easter Sunday, March 27, surrounded by the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama.
The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb is a relatively new contemplative order that welcomes women with Down syndrome who feel a call to the religious life but who may have been turned away because of their condition.
Photo from Bridgeport Police DepartmentPolice in Bridgeport, Connecticut are looking for the person responsible for spray painting Satanic symbols on outdoor statuary and the walls of St. Andrew Academy late last week.
Pope Francis announced the canonization of five new saints today, a list that includes Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, whose canonization ceremony will take place on September 4. Other notable canonizations announced for this year include Blessed Jose Sanchez Del Rio and Blessed Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, the Polish-born founder of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception.
The Holy See used this week’s commemoration of International Women’s Day to call for an authentic “gender equality” that is based on eliminating stereotyping and all forms of violence against women, and by demanding that their inherent dignity be respected throughout the world.
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