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The Tidings, the newspaper of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, last week published a profile of Hollywood’s Dominican monastery.
Few people were even aware that a cloistered community of nuns was located in the heart of Tinseltown until recently, The Tidings notes at the start of its article:
A cloistered monastery for contemplative nuns in... READ MORE
How far does the principle of religious freedom go? How much can be accepted in the name of respect for a faith? A Paris court is debating these questions in a fraud case against the Church of Scientology. If the public prosecutor wins the case, Scientology will be convicted of extorting hundreds of... READ MORE
Delia Gallagher has posted an in-depth interview with Gian Maria Vian, director of L’Osservatore Romano, at National Review Online.
In the interview, Vian replies in detail to charges that under his direction the Vatican newspaper has inaccurately represented President Barack Obama as not being pro-abortion. Edward Pentin reported about the... READ MORE
A Marine stands June 12 at a clandestine crystal methamphetamine factory in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. (Reuters)
Mexican drug cartels have crossed a disturbing moral boundary: They are now deliberately murdering Catholic clergy, according to CNN.
The killing last weekend of a Catholic priest and two seminary students in southwest Mexico marked the first time that drug cartel hit men have purposefully targeted a clergyman, said Manuel Corral, public... READ MORE
The annual spring general meeting of the U.S. bishops gets underway today in San Antonio, Texas.
Topping the agenda: liturgical discussions.
“The action items will revolve around liturgical items including Mass of Thanksgiving for the Gift of Human Life, the Order of Mass, and Masses and Prayers for Various Needs and Intentions,” states a... READ MORE
“In response to the frequent questions that have been raised over recent days concerning the priestly ordinations by the Fraternity of St. Pius X, scheduled to take place at the end of June, suffice it to refer to what the Holy Father wrote in his Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on 10... READ MORE
As the Year of St. Paul draws to a close, the Vatican has designated the Cathedral of St. Paul, in St. Paul, Minn., as the nation’s first national shrine in honor of the apostle Paul.
The distinction was granted by the Office of the Holy See and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, following a request by St. Paul and Minneapolis Archbishop... READ MORE
Zenit has posted some significant news about the discussions between the Vatican and the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X.
Bishop Bernard Fellay, the society’s superior general, told Zenit the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith will oversee future discussions with the SSPX. Pope Benedict XVI’s assignment of the file to the CDF is... READ MORE
Joan Frawley Desmond has written this excellent article for the Register about the controversy over Christopher West’s interpretation of Pope John Paul II’s theology of the body.
Father Damien is famed for his 19th-century ministry to Hawaii’s leper colony of Molokai. Father Kamiano, as he was known to the Hawaiian lepers he helped, contracted... READ MORE
Catholics, pro-lifers and other grassroots activists helped keep abortion out of health care in the House of Representatives bill. Now they look to the Senate.
New York and New Jersey are contemplating same-sex “marriage” legislation, and traditional-marriage advocates are hoping legislators will be influenced by the recent victory in Maine.
