Jeanie Hannaman

EWTN News/CNA - Under the new "Measures for the management of religious information on the Internet" those groups or churches wishing to maintain a religious website will need a government-issued license certifying that their content is politically acceptable. Online evangelization is strictly prohibited, as are materials aimed at converting readers....

By Gretchen Filz, Catholic Company - The Pieta Prayer Book is a classic resource for traditional Catholic prayers and devotions. One of the treasures of our Catholic faith is that we have prayers for all kinds of life situations and circumstances, and we should ask for God’s help and protection through all of it—especially in times of danger and misfortune. Below is a traditional prayer when we face severe storms.

By Stephen Wynne, ChurchMilitant - the Council of Cardinals — which includes prominent leftists like Cdl. Óscar Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Cdl. Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Cdl. Seán Patrick O'Malley of Boston and Vatican Secretary of State Cdl. Pietro Parolin — released its own communiqué, saying, "The Holy Father Francis, after hearing the Council of Cardinals, has decided to convene a meeting with the presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of the Catholic Church on the theme of the 'protection of minors.'"... But faithful Catholics are voicing skepticism over the plan, noting the hierarchy's entrenched pattern of sex abuse cover-up.