STATEMENT ON THE HOSTILE ACT OF RELIGIOUS AGGRESSION BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO CHRISTIANS ON PALM SUNDAY BY CATHOLICS FOR CATHOLICS
on Palm Sunday, Christians around the world commemorate the Lord’s triumphal entrance into the holy city of Jerusalem. The world awoke this morning to the news that the State of Israel in a hostile act toward all Christians, barred the representative of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land…READ MORE >
POPE LEO XIV SAYS GOD ‘DOES NOT LISTEN’ TO PRAYERS OF THOSE WHO WAGE WAR
Pope Leo XIV on Palm Sunday sharply condemned war and the use of religion to justify violence, saying during Mass in St. Peter’s Square that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.”…READ MORE >
COMMENTARY: IN HOLY WEEK, LIFE’S INDIGNITIES REVEAL OUR ETERNAL DIGNITY
I am just back home from an unexpected trip to my hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, where I was needed by my siblings to aid in getting my 90-year-old mother, who has advanced Alzheimer’s, into a nursing home…READ MORE >
BISHOP STRICKLAND’S STATEMENT REGARDING CARRIE PREJEAN
A Catholic woman, speaking from a well-formed conscience and in fidelity to the teachings of the Church, has been publicly criticized and removed – yet no clear, substantiated reason has been provided. Such a lack of transparency does not serve justice. It damages reputations and undermines trust…READ MORE >
50,000 TROOPS NOW STATIONED IN MIDDLE EAST
More than 50,000 troops are stationed in the Middle East as the war in Iran heads into its second month. The number is 10,000 more troops than usual and comes after 2,500 Marines and 2,500 sailors arrived in the region…READ MORE >
JD VANCE WARNS THAT UFOS COULD BE ‘DEMONS’ FLYING AROUND EARTH, VOWS TO ‘GET TO THE BOTTOM’ OF IT
Vice President JD Vance speculated that UFOs could actually be “demons” flying around Earth, contending that ancient civilizations believed they had encounters with such vile creatures. “I don’t think they’re aliens. I think they’re demons anyway, but that’s a long discussion,” Vance told conservative podcaster….READ MORE >
DOZENS ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO DISPERSE AFTER ‘NO KINGS’ RALLY IN LOS ANGELES
Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention center and made dozens of arrests following one of thousands of “No Kings” rallies held this weekend across the U.S. and in Europe to protest President Donald Trump’s actions and the war in Iran….READ MORE >
VENERABLE AUGUSTUS TOLTON: THE FIRST BLACK PRIEST IN THE UNITED STATES
In the decades leading up to the Civil War, the United States split as a nation over the understanding of the human person. The Holy See had already spoken regarding slavery, especially when Pope Gregory XVI condemned the slave trade in his 1839 papal encyclical…READ MORE >
