Catholic Church

January 4, 2022

Students for Life Releases Report Featuring Catholic Schools with Ties to Planned Parenthood, by Lauretta Brown

By Lauretta Brown, EWTN News - When Catholic institutions of higher learning publicly associate with Planned Parenthood despite the Church’s clear teaching on the grave evil of abortion, faithful students and alumni should take note. A recent report from Students for Life can help them do just that. The group investigated 784 Christian institutions, including 237 Catholic schools, and initially found that 103 Christian schools, including 22 Catholic schools, were connected with Planned Parenthood.

January 3, 2022

Church Militant: The Benevolent King

By Joe Sixpack, The Every Catholic Guy, Church Militant - When we recite the Creed, there's one required thing I hardly ever see anyone do. The Nicene Creed says, "For the sake of us men and for our salvation, He came down from Heaven, was made flesh by the Holy Spirit from the Virgin Mary and became man." During this sentence, we're supposed to bow (except at Christmas Mass, when we kneel). The reason we do this is to pay homage to the fact of the Incarnation — when God became man.

January 3, 2022

Mass and Memory, by Martin Mosebach (7 . 30 . 21)

By Martin Mosebach, First Things - In Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis has given a command. He does this at a time when papal authority is unraveling as never before. The Church has long since advanced to an ungovernable stage. But the pope battles on. He abandons his dearest principles—“listening,” “tenderness,” “mercy”—that refuse to judge or give orders. Pope Francis is roused by something that troubles him: the tradition of the Church.

January 3, 2022

CWN: Pope Gives Homily—But Does Not Preside—at Te Deum for Year’s End

By Catholic World News - Pope Francis, who was scheduled to preside at the singing of the Te Deum in St. Peter’s basilica on December 31, bowed out of that role, but delivered a homily at the annual service... The Pontiff traditionally leads the Te Deum on the last day of the year, with leaders of the Roman Curia joining him in the prayer of thanksgiving for the blessings of the year. The program for the event had indicated that Pope Francis would preside.