Catholic Church

By Patti Maguire Armstrong, EWTN News - In an interview for the Register, Deacon Bob Ellis, National Coordinator for the World Apostolate of Fatima, USA, pointed out that the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was only part of what Our Blessed Mother said was necessary for the conversion of Russia and for the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart. He explained that during the Fatima apparitions in 1917 to three shepherd children ....

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - The Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska has over the past generation earned a reputation for uncompromising fidelity, first under Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz and now under Bishop James Conley. Therefore, when I heard that Bishop Conley had sent a particular book to every priest in his diocese, I naturally wanted to find out about it. The book is From Christendom to Apostolic Mission, with the subtitle of “Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age” ....

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange - St. Luke tells us “tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus.”  Isn’t this a beautiful thought for us to ponder during Lent?  Now that we are well into this penitential season, we are no doubt uncomfortably familiar with our own weaknesses and our bent toward sin.  St. Luke wants us to know that as Jesus taught the great crowds that came to hear Him, He attracted those who were obviously not righteous, religious, respectable people.

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, EWTN News - Since 1929, the Roman Pontiffs have repeatedly made consecrations to the Immaculate Heart, and the 1984 consecration by St. John Paul II was judged by Sister Lucia to have fulfilled the request made by Our Lady of Fatima... However, this time is different. Russia is explicitly mentioned, and all the bishops have been asked, as well as parish priests, to unite themselves to the Holy Father’s act... The request to Sister Lucia, the sole surviving Fatima visionary by 1929, specified the explicit consecration of Russia, so “that Russia would convert” and peace would be achieved.