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Security experts warn of ‘basic security failures’ after Vatican website crash…
Security experts warn of ‘basic security failures’ after Vatican website crash Skip to content A Vatican website crash last week bears the hallmarks of a cyberattack, security experts say, highlighting the Vatican’s online exposure to the prospect of interference from malicious actors. Most of the Vatican’s website crashed Nov. 19, and remained unavailable for several days in some parts of the wor...
What Makes the Religious So Happy?
‘I think it’s because our work, regardless of what ministry, is specifically connected with eternal values,’ Sister Carolyn Martin told the Register. ‘Our employer is God himself.’ Some might be surprised to learn that religious work leads to greater personal fulfillment than any other profession. But not Msgr. Stephen Rossetti. “Priestly happiness is one of the great secrets of our time,” s...
YouTuber Dillon Baker: ‘Is the Protestant Church Dying?’…
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Fear All Around Me…
By Phil Lawler ( bio – articles – email ) | Nov 25, 2024 When I started the car this morning, a message appeared on the dashboard: “Roads may be icy.” Right. We’ve had very little rain here for the last several weeks, and the roads are dry. But the temperature was below freezing early in the morning— as it will be, off and on, for the next three or four months— so the reminder was usef...
Smearing Father Carlos Martins…
Father Carlos Martins I begin today with awful news about Father Carlos Martins, the Catholic exorcist I’ve praised recently in this place. This broke over the weekend: A St. Jude relic traversing the United States came to a stop this week, while the priest organizing the tour faces an Illinois police investigation over alleged inappropriate conduct involving children. The priest, Fr. Carlos Marti...
What Do the Revisions to the Papal Funeral Rites Signify?
ANALYSIS: The revisions reflect Francis’ desire to simplify the rites and, in some instances, to dispense with centuries-old traditions whose ancient roots had become difficult even for Vatican experts to decipher. Pope Francis, who turns 88 on Dec. 17, now knows exactly what his eventual funeral will be like. The specific details are laid out in the second edition of the Ordo Exsequiarum Ro...
The Woman, the Alligator, and the Swamp…
Above: Sabrina Peckham (photo posted online by her family) “As we love Christ in our neighbor, everywhere and always, He will draw us unto Himself… Christ always comes to us in others.” – Servant of God, Catherine Dougherty In his essay, “Why I Had a Mass Offered for Janis Joplin,” Rick Becker suggested we do the same for other deceased personalities who have entertained or inspired us. This...
Lawyers for St. Jude Relic Tour’s Father Carlos Martins Respond to Allegation of ‘Incident’ in Illinois…
Relic priest responds to ‘incident’ allegation Skip to content Lawyers for a priest accused of an “incident” which halted a nationwide relic tour say that Fr. Carlos Martins touched a student’s hair last week to build “rapport,” and that Illinois police are investigating the matter only at the insistence of an “outraged father.” A spokesperson for the Diocese of Joliet told The Pillar ...
Pope Cites ‘Amoris Laetitia’ on Doctrine in Synodal Implementation Note…
Pope cites ‘Amoris laetitia’ on doctrine in synodal implementation note Skip to content Pope Francis cited principles in his 2016 exhortation Amoris laetitia Monday, in a note calling for the synod on synodality’s final document to be implemented in dioceses worldwide. Pope Francis attends an ecumenical prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 30, 2023. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk. In a roughly ...
Jesus Christ Is King…
Solemnity of Christ the KingBy Fr. Victor Feltes Today’s psalm says: “The Lord is King, in splendor robed… Your throne stands firm from of old… Your decrees are worthy of trust indeed…” The Old Testament prophets agreed. Isaiah said “the Lord is our King, it is he who will save us.” Jeremiah said our God “is the living God, the eternal King.” And Zephaniah said “the King of Israel, the Lord, is in...
St. Columbanus and the end of life…
The Saint Columbanus Window in the crypt at the Abbey of Bobbio. (Image: Trebbia / Wikipedia); right: The remains of St. Columbanus in the Bobbio Abbey crypt. (Image: Davide Papalini / Wikipedia) For Catholics, November is effectively the year’s end and a reminder of our own end. The Church year is one in which we process through a celebration of the mysteries of Christ’s Incarnation. That is why,...
Pope’s Sunday Angelus: ‘Listening to the Lord Brings Light Into Our Hearts and Lives’…
Angelus Angelus Dómini nuntiávit Mariæ.Et concépit de Spíritu Sancto.Ave Maria… Ecce ancílla Dómini.Fiat mihi secúndum verbum tuum.Ave Maria… Et Verbum caro factum est.Et habitávit in nobis.Ave Maria… Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei génetrix.Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi. Orémus.Grátiam tuam, quǽsumus, Dómine,méntibus nostris infunde;ut qui, Ángelo nuntiánte, Christi Fílii...
