Catholic Church

November 1, 2018

Edward Pentin: Demonic or Just Art? Controversial Light Show Projected onto Famous Rome Basilica (WATCH)

By Edward Pentin, EWTN News - A lightshow projected onto a number of church facades in Rome at the end of October was “extremely disturbing” and even “sacrilegious” for some observers while its creators defended it as a “transformation” of Rome's historic center… The “Solid Light Festival” used the facades of the Pantheon, the basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva... and the basilica of Sant’Agostino to “explore the new frontiers” of “digital arts” and “mapping” technology…

November 1, 2018

Solemnity of All Saints, November 1

The Story of the Solemnity of All Saints - The earliest certain observance of a feast in honor of all the saints is an early fourth-century commemoration of “all the martyrs.” In the early seventh century, after successive waves of invaders plundered the catacombs, Pope Boniface IV gathered up some 28 wagon-loads of bones and reinterred them beneath the Pantheon, a Roman temple dedicated to all the gods....

October 31, 2018

How to Vote with a Clear Conscience! by Fr. Frank Pavone

Fr. Frank Pavone - The first step toward voting with a clear conscience is to make sure you actually vote. Federal elections in the United States are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, in even-numbered years. That day should be clearly marked on your calendar. Jesus calls you to change the world, and you can’t do that if you just sit on the sidelines while somebody else chooses your leaders

October 31, 2018

Edward Pentin: Why Catholic Teaching Is ‘Increasingly Embarrassing’ to Church Leaders (Part 1)

By Edward Pentin, EWTN News - Over recent decades, some Church leaders have become ever more reticent in standing up for Catholic teaching, especially when it comes to morality... Rarely do these prelates defend the unborn from the pulpit, condemn the intrinsic evil of artificial contraception, or speak out against same-sex “marriage” — topics guaranteed to bring them into conflict with the modern world... This can be seen at the current Youth Synod in Rome where the Church’s moral teaching was hardly mentioned, except in the sense of avoiding moralism... Instead, attention is generally drawn to safe moral social justice issues such as combating poverty, migration, climate change, and promoting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.