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Criticize Harrison Butker all you want. Homemaking is back…..
Harrison Butker touched a live wire in his recent commencement address at Benedictine College. The place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs violated one of the strongest taboos in America. He used the H-word: homemaking. During the May 11 speech, Butker said he wanted to speak directly to the women “who have had the most diabolical lies told to you.” He continued: “Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.” Shifting to his own wife, Isabelle, he said: “It cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife, and embrace one of...
Be prepared for another ‘long hot summer’…
By Phil Lawler ( bio – articles – email ) | May 15, 2024 Do you remember the “long hot summer” of 1967, when racial violence broke out in the inner cities all across the US? Then the following year there melees in the streets of Chicago when the Democratic Party held its national convention there. One more year brought waves of campus unrest, with student agitators shutting down classes to protest the war in Vietnam. The sequence may be different, but a similar pattern is evident today. First there were the BLM riots—and Yes, they were riots, even if sympathetic reporters characterized them as “mostly peaceful.” Now the campus “protests,” which are actually attempts to shut down rational protest and debate by force and intimidation. And in August the Democrats will be meeting i...
Pope Francis on Pentecost: We Are Not Alone, but Helped and Empowered by the Holy Spirit…
In his homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis reflects on how the Holy Spirit, operating in the Church with power and gentleness, never leaves us alone, and, if we let Him, gives us His presence and gifts to accomplish that for which us, alone, would have otherwise been impossible. By Deborah Castellano Lubov 19/05/2024 During his Regina Coeli address on the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis urges faithful to ask themselves how well they listen to the Holy Spirit, and offers suggestions on how … Even at the most challenging of times or amid the day-to-day struggles, the Holy Spirit and His gifts enable us to persevere… Pope Francis gave this comforting reminder during his homily on the Solemnity of Pentecost on Sunday in the Vatican, marking the end of the Easte...
Pope Francis Appoints Cardinal Tagle as Special Envoy to National Eucharistic Congress…
By Zoe Romanowsky CNA Newsroom, May 18, 2024 / 10:35 am Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, as his special envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress in the United States, which will be celebrated in Indianapolis July 17–21. The announcement was made Saturday by the Vatican. Tagle will celebrate the closing Mass of the 10th National Eucharistic Congress. Calling the appointment “a gift to the Eucharistic Congress,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), said that Tagle’s “deep passion for apostolic mission rooted in the Eucharist is sure to have an inspirational impact for everyone attending the Congress,” according to a USCCB press release. Broglio also pointed out...
Vatican’s new norms will make it easier to decide on Medjugorje, says Cardinal Fernández …
The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith responds to journalists about the “Medjugorje case” during the press conference presenting the new norms for discerning presumed supernatural phenomena. By L’Osservatore Romano “Regarding Medjugorje, no conclusion has been reached yet, but with these guidelines, we believe it will be easier to proceed and reach a conclusion,” said Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, during the press conference presenting the new norms for discerning presumed supernatural phenomena. Responding to a journalist’s question, he added that “for other cases that have been present at the Dicastery for many years, these guidelines will make it easier to arrive at a pru...
Synod boss Cardinal Hollerich claims infallible Church teaching “can be changed” but it has to be done “one step at a time”…
Cardinal Hollerich and synodal inevitability Skip to content The relator-general of the global synod on synodality, Cardinal Jean Claude Hollerich, backed this week the incremental and “tactful” progress towards the ordination of women to the priesthood. The cardinal, who is also Archbishop of Luxembourg, was appointed by Pope Francis to oversee the collection and synthesis of discussion and responses during the multi-year synodal process, due to reconvene in Rome in October. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, pictured in September 2018, before he received the red hat. © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk Hollerich’s call for “patient” discussion towards women’s sacramental ordination runs contrary both to Francis’ affirmation that such ordinations are impossible and that the synod should not be treat...
In 60 Minutes interview, Pope Francis says his ‘conservative critics’ are ‘closed up inside a dogmatic box’ with a ‘suicidal attitude’…
‘60 Minutes’ releases brief clip of upcoming interview conducted by CBS’ Nora O’Donnell. In an interview with 60 Minutes airing this Sunday, Pope Francis takes aim at his “conservative critics” in the United States, reportedly saying a conservative is someone who “clings to something and does not want to see beyond that.” “It is a suicidal attitude,” the Pope said, as reported by 60 Minutes, which released a brief clip of the upcoming interview conducted by CBS’ Nora O’Donnell. “Because one thing is to take tradition into account, to consider situations from the past, but quite another is to be closed up inside a dogmatic box.” Francis has occasionally addressed criticism leveled against him during his more than 10 years as pontiff, saying in August 2023 that the U.S. Catholic Church...
What You Need to Know About the New Vatican Norms on Marian Apparitions and Supernatural Phenomena…
On Friday, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released a document titled Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena. Accompanying the document was a note by Cardinal Victor Fernández — the head of the DDF — introducing it and explaining the reasons why it was written. This document revised, replaced and expanded a previous document issued by the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in 1978. Apart from matters of detail, there are several notable shifts in the approach that the new document takes. These include (1) the scope of the document, (2) a procedure of greater transparency, and (3) a new classification system for apparitions and other supernatural phenomena. When it comes to scope, the 1978 document dealt only with “pres...
Vatican Issues New Norms for Investigating Apparitions, Supernatural Phenomena; Tightens Procedures and Introduces 6 New Possible Conclusions …
Testo in lingua italiana Traduzione in lingua francese Traduzione in lingua inglese Traduzione in lingua tedesca Traduzione in lingua spagnola Traduzione in lingua portoghese Traduzione in lingua polacca Testo in lingua italiana NORME PER PROCEDERE NEL DISCERNIMENTODI PRESUNTI FENOMENI SOPRANNATURALI Presentazione In ascolto dello Spiritoche opera nel Popolo fedele di Dio Dio è presente ed agisce nella nostra storia. Lo Spirito Santo, che sgorga dal cuore di Cristo risorto, opera nella Chiesa con divina libertà e ci offre tanti doni preziosi che ci aiutano nel cammino della vita e stimolano la nostra maturazione spirituale in fedeltà al Vangelo. Quest’azione dello Spirito Santo include pure la possibilità di arrivare ai nostri cuori attraverso alcuni eventi soprannaturali, come ad es...
What did St. Athanasius mean when he said, ‘God became man so that man might become God?’…
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:1,14). “To those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God” (John 1:12). By God’s own glory and power, “you may come to share in the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). If the above quotes of Scripture could be given in a simple summary, what would it say? It would say exactly what St. Athanasius said just before the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325. He said, “The Son of God became man so that man might become God [by grace]” (Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC], 460). Why the Surprise? Writing jointly with Russell Shaw, the moral theologian Germain Grisez once wrote, “The idea of our divinization is so astonishing, and so different from a...
The appointment of Venerable Jérôme Lejeune was one of John Paul II’s signature moves…
Signature appointments capture the essence of a pope. As St. John Paul the Great had Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger for doctrine and Cardinal Francis George in Chicago, Pope Francis has Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez for doctrine and Cardinal Blase Cupich in Chicago. Such signatures, which are good subjects for handwriting analysis, reveal a great deal about the authors. Another of John Paul’s signature appointments is being recalled in these days. At the Canadian March for Life last week in Ottawa, Auxiliary Bishop Yvan Mathieu of Ottawa dedicated his vigil Mass homily to a panegyric for the Venerable Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist, who died on Easter Sunday 1994. Dr. Lejeune, founding president of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), was one of the key signature ...
Full Text: Harrison Butker’s Commencement Address at Benedictine College…
Editor’s Note: Harrison Butker, 28, the placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League, delivered the commencement address at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, on Saturday, May 11, 2024. A transcript of his remarks is below. Ladies and gentlemen of the Class of 2024: I would like to start off by congratulating all of you for successfully making it to this achievement today. I’m sure your high school graduation was not what you had imagined, and most likely, neither was your first couple years of college. By making it to this moment through all the adversity thrown your way from COVID, I hope you learned the important lessons that suffering in this life is only temporary. As a group, you witnessed firsthand how bad leaders who don’t stay in t...
