Catholic Church

By ChurchPOP Editor - Evangelical Protestant preacher the Rev. Billy Graham passed away today at the age of 99... He preached Jesus Christ in-person to hundreds of millions of people in nearly every country in the world. He fought for Civil Rights and against Communism. He befriended every U.S. president from Eisenhower to Obama. And he was a friend of Catholics, especially Pope St. John Paul II.

By Deacon Keith A. Fournier, The Stream - When I was a young man in College I had a priest friend, who would say about a week before Ash Wednesday, “I am looking forward to Lent.” The comment perplexed me greatly. I was dreading Lent. It forced me to take a lot of onerous external practices which I did not really understand.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Patheos - News broke yesterday about Vatican financial problems on a grand scale. LifeSite News publishes the story here. Their story is based on leaked documents, but like all news stories, corroboration may be needed and further details will shed more light on what has happened... A word of explanation might be necessary for those who are not in the know about the key players.