Catholic Church

By Edward Pentin, EWTN News - The Catholic faith and traditions of the Habsburg monarchies helped them enjoy mostly stable marriages and large, happy families that were crucial in governing their kingdoms for more than eight centuries... Now, some of those principles they lived — and died — by have been recorded in a book by Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen, a direct descendent of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916), an archduke of Austria, and Hungary’s current ambassador to the Holy See.

By Michael J. Matt, Editor, The Remnant - In this episode of the Remnant Underground, Michael J. Matt blasts cringeworthy Christophobia from here to the UK. If they are so “progressive,” why is the “Follow the Science” crowd so obsessed with mocking Christianity? What are they so afraid of and why so desperate?... As the Holy Eucharist is blasphemed on UK television, and Rianna does the slutty nun bit here in America, the abomination of desolation heats up the mainstream Catholic Church. Why? Is it ignorance, or straight up demonic?

By Emily Chaffins, Catholic Exchange - A new Mass setting has ranked #1 in Billboard’s Traditional Classical Albums chart this month... After its release on March 15th, Frank La Rocca’s “Requiem for the Forgotten” immediately earned #2 in the chart during its first week of sales (the week of March 30)... What is it about this Mass setting that has earned it such acclaim, and what does this say about the role of sacred music in the modern world? ...

By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency - A historic Polish Catholic church in Buffalo, New York — one with a unique connection to St. John Paul II — is facing tens of thousands of dollars in bills that threaten to close the nearly-century-old structure... Father Czeslaw Krysa, SLD, the parochial vicar of St. Casimir, said the Buffalo Diocese has given the church a deadline of August to pay its outstanding accounts. Among those is $55,000 in annual insurance costs, up recently from $32,000.