Catholic Church

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Canon lawyers disagree on whether Church law requires other bishops to honor Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s “Notification” barring Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Communion. But the logic of the matter is unavoidable. Other prelates—most notably Washington’s Cardinal Wilton Gregory—cannot ignore the challenge... just across the Potomac river from Washington, Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, announced that he would honor the San Francisco decision, because the disciplinary action imposed by Archbishop Cordileone “is not limited to just a geographical area.”

By Fr. Paul John Kalchik, Church Militant - The U.N. recently demonized some journalists as "racist and homophobic" because they reported the ugly truth — the current monkeypox outbreak is the direct result of a super-sized gay orgy that ran amok... This orgy in Madrid, Spain resulted in dozens of gay men contracting monkeypox... many of the orgy's participants tragically traveled to their home countries in time to pass on the disease to other gay men.

Father Raymond J. de Souza, EWTN News - To adequately understand the pontificate of Pope Francis, it is as necessary to pay attention to what is not said and what is not done as it is to what is said and is done. The announcement of a consistory to create 21 new cardinals in August is a case in point. Three cases bear special note....

By Msgr. Charles Pope  - The word “memorial” comes from the Latin memorare, an imperative that means “Remember!” Therefore, Memorial Day is “Remember!” Day. To remember something is to allow it to be present to our mind and heart so that we are grateful, sober, aware, and different because of it... This is a day to remember that there are men and women who died so that you and I are able to live with greater security, justice, and peace. May these fallen soldiers rest in peace. We owe them both a debt of gratitude and our prayers.