Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Thursday’s feast of Saints Philip and James, like that for almost all the apostles, contains passages from Psalm 19. This has always intrigued me because this psalm is not a reference to human preaching or witness at all, but rather a reference to the wordless witness of creation.

By Christopher Altieri, Catholic Herald - The Vatican punted. That is the short version of the news that came yesterday evening from the Press Office of the Holy See, following a meeting of German prelates in the Vatican to discuss the disagreement over whether to admit non-Catholics to Communion, and if so under what circumstances.

By Thomas D. Willimas, PH.D., Breitbart - For the first time in history, Saudi Arabia has entered into a joint agreement with the Vatican to build churches for Christians living in the officially Muslim nation… The agreement was signed by the Secretary General of the Muslim World League Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdel Karim Al-Issa and the President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue in the Vatican, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran

By Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, Catholic Exchange - As a result of his fervent devotion to Our Lady, he founded the Legion of Mary on September 7, 1921. Having been greatly influenced himself by the writings of St. Louis de Montfort, Duff established that the Legion was to be very Montfortian in its Marian devotion and piety.