Catholic Church

October 17, 2017

All That Catholic Stuff is Connected!

Fr. Dwight Longenecker - Methodist minister asks, “Well, where do you guys get the ashes for Ash Wednesday? See, we were trying to be more liturgical this year and so I was going to put ashes on people.. Where do you get those nice ashes you use?”… Priest says, “Well, we save the palms from the Palm Sunday before and we burn them on Shrove Tuesday to produce the ashes for Ash Wednesday.”…

October 17, 2017

St. Paul Was Not Ashamed of the Gospel — Are We?

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age (Matt 28:19-20).

October 17, 2017

Ireland’s Tragic Abandonment of Catholic Teaching

By Voice of the Family - For nearly half a century Ireland has stood almost alone in western Europe in defence of the right to life of every unborn human being. Yet Ireland is now on the brink of repealing her pro-life constitutional amendment and opening the way to the killing of her unborn children. If she takes this step the reverberations will be felt across the world...

October 17, 2017

Jesuit Georgetown University Holds ‘First’ Pro-Life Forum

By Dr. Susan Berry, Breitbart - Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. held an official “Respect Life” forum, the first for the Jesuit university that last year saw Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards receive a standing ovation from students... Donovan said that, during October – when the Church in the United States celebrates “Respect Life Month” – the university had an ideal opportunity to make a strong public witness to the university’s Catholic and Jesuit traditions.