Catholic Church

July 17, 2017

Fr. James Martin’s Weak and Wobbly Bridge

By Janet E. Smith, Catholic World Report, July 13, 2017 – Fr. Martin is correct: a bridge must be built between the Catholic Church and those struggling with same-sex and […]

July 17, 2017

Whoever Receives this Child

By Caryll Houselander, Catholic Education Resource Center - We must learn to see Christ in others with the eyes of faith... because the whole orientation of our will, in which is the secret of peace, will depend upon whether we act as if we did see Christ in them or not.

July 17, 2017

Honoring Our Lady of Mount Carmel

By Joseph Pronechen, EWTNNews - This national shrine has a remarkable connection to this year’s 100th anniversary of Fatima. The sanctuary’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel statue from Portugal, enthroned this last Feb. 4, has a history connected to Servant of God Lucia dos Santos… on Oct. 13, 1917, Our Lady appeared to the three children as Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Sorrows and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, holding the Brown Scapular in her hands.

July 17, 2017

A Sterile France, a Muslim Europe

By John Zmirak, a Senior Editor, The Stream - Bastille Day, France’s national celebration held every July 14, is the perfect moment to reflect on such melancholy questions. It was the birthday of radical secularism and idolatrous ultra-nationalism. To this day, those are the forces fighting for control of the failing body of France. Neither one can save it.