The U.S. bishops, meeting this week in Baltimore, have elected Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky to serve as the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), replacing outgoing president Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.
Yearly Archives: 2013
Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (1850 – 1917)
“Oh Jesus, I love you very much.
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Pope: Beware of Corrupt Christians!
We’re all sinners, Pope Francis said in a recent homily, but those people who boast about being Christian while not leading a Christian life are corrupt.
Two Men Arrested After Intimidating Priest for Years
Two men have finally been arrested after engaging in a four-year campaign to intimidate a Chicago-area priest by robbing him and threatening to tell the press that he “touched” them if anyone found out.
Feast of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr (1580 – 1623)
“[St. Josaphat] felt that God had inspired him to restore w
orldwide unity to the Church. Read the rest…
World Responds to Disaster in Philippines
Countries around the world are scrambling to respond to the needs of millions of Filipinos who were left displaced by Typhoon Haiyan which is reported to be the worst hurricane ever to hit land, leaving an expected 10,000 dead and more than 610,000 displaced.
Two Sisters Claim Gardasil Left Them Infertile
Two sisters from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin say the Gardasil vaccine caused their ovaries to stop producing eggs and threw them into premature menopause, leaving them unable to get pregnant.
French Coffee Cake
When I was a little girl, I was much more interested in reading, writing, and all things religious than I was in housekeeping or the culinary arts. However much my mother tried to impart to me the benefits of proper measuring and vacuuming-after- dusting, her efforts for the most part did little to arouse my interest or curiosity. But this in no way dampened her enthusiasm to engage me in the arcane sciences of domesticity. Read the rest…
Vassula Ryden’s Books are Not Church-Approved
TC asks: “Can Catholics read Vassula Rydens books? I bought “Heaven is Real but so is Hell” at a Catholic bookstore. I asked the clerk if this book was approved by the Catholic Church and he said yes. I looked up info on the internet and became very confused if the Church warned us not to read her books. Please let me know if I should return the book. I don’t want to read anything that is dangerous to my faith.”
Feast of St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor (D. 461)
“The word made flesh lived among us,
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