Father James Callan, Spiritus Christi founder and advocate for change, dies

Father James Callan, Spiritus Christi founder and advocate for change, dies: ROCHESTER, N.Y. — News10NBC has confirmed the passing of retired pastor Father James Callan, known affectionately as Father Jim, who died on Saturday.Fr. Jim was instrumental in founding the progressive Catholic Church, Spiritus Christi. He arrived in Rochester at Corpus Christi Church in the 1970s and became known for his inclusive approach to ministry.Fr. Jim […]

Pope Francis and the ‘Increasing Burden of Age’| National Catholic Register

Pope Francis and the ‘Increasing Burden of Age’| National Catholic Register: ANALYSIS: The Holy Father will turn 88 next week.

No Meat on Fridays? Some Bishops Say It’s a Good Idea| National Catholic Register

No Meat on Fridays? Some Bishops Say It’s a Good Idea| National Catholic Register: Proposal that aims to bring back rule that US bishops lifted in 1966 has a following.

Shanghai’s Catholic Bishop Shen Bin Announces His Program: Study Xi Jinping, not the Pope

Shanghai’s Catholic Bishop Shen Bin Announces His Program: Study Xi Jinping, not the Pope: After having been appointed by the CCP and grudgingly and belatedly approved by the Vatican, the new Prelate revealed its true colors.

Cardinal Arinze cautions priests against lengthy homilies

Cardinal Arinze cautions priests against lengthy homilies: “A homily well prepared should last around 10 minutes. A university lecture of 45 minutes is for a different setting,” Cardinal Francis Arinze said.

This should apply to Deacons as well.

Why Was the Synod So Silent on the Traditional Latin Mass?| National Catholic Register

Why Was the Synod So Silent on the Traditional Latin Mass?| National Catholic Register: Traditional Latin Mass communities are flourishing around the world with rising vocations and strong Mass attendance but their existence was ignored in the Sy...

Wise words

 

Seminary rector responds to ‘Conclave’ movie

Seminary rector responds to ‘Conclave’ movie: “Conclave” bills itself as a star-studded mystery-thriller centered on the selection of a new pope for the Catholic Church, but its ending has drawn criticism.

Diocese of Buffalo announces final list of parish mergers, closures

Diocese of Buffalo announces final list of parish mergers, closures: Buffalo Bishop Michael Fisher had announced in May that an estimated 34% of the diocese’s parishes would be merged in a process of “rightsizing and reshaping.”

Priest sues gay hookup app Grindr over data leak

Priest sues gay hookup app Grindr over data leak: In July 2021, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill resigned from his post as the general secretary of the USCCB ahead of a report by The Pillar alleging that he had engaged in inappropriate behavior and frequent use of Grindr. 

Eccles is saved: Pope Francis decides to reform all masses

Eccles is saved: Pope Francis decides to reform all masses: Pope Francis the Peacemaker has finally found a compromise between all the different factions in the Catholic Church (including those who ...

22 June in the VETUS AND NOVUS Ordo: St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More

22 June in the VETUS AND NOVUS Ordo: St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More

Why doesn’t Pope Francis Celebrate Mass? Part II

Why doesn’t Pope Francis Celebrate Mass? Part II: The Pope, as foremost representative of the faithful, is called to serve as priest, prophet, and king. The priest comes first.

Catholic reactions to the reactionary reactions against Harrison Butker

Catholic reactions to the reactionary reactions against Harrison Butker

Armed New York resident arrested in St. Peter’s in Rome was on ‘Most Wanted’ list

Armed New York resident arrested in St. Peter’s in Rome was on ‘Most Wanted’ list: Moises Tejada, 54, is on the Most Wanted Fugitives list of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. 

Catholic Charities Isn’t Religious? So Sayeth the Wisconsin Supreme Court| National Catholic Register

Catholic Charities Isn’t Religious? So Sayeth the Wisconsin Supreme Court| National Catholic Register: A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: The court’s ruling regarding the Diocese of Superior’s social-ministry entity is puzzling, to say the least.

Did Pope Francis Just Endorse ‘Parish Shopping’?| National Catholic Register

Did Pope Francis Just Endorse ‘Parish Shopping’?| National Catholic Register: COMMENTARY: The canonical anomaly, suggested by the Holy Father in an interview with CBS News, was once an anomaly but has become the norm among Catholics.

9 facts about Catholics in the U.S., according to Pew research

9 facts about Catholics in the U.S., according to Pew research: Among the findings: Just 3 in 10 U.S. Catholics (28%) say they attend Mass weekly or more often.

Starter Parishes: The Gospel Alive in America| National Catholic Register

Starter Parishes: The Gospel Alive in America| National Catholic Register: Although church closings often make the news, new Catholic communities continue to form and grow thanks to lay and priest collaboration.

There is a difference

 

Pope Francis at Easter Vigil: Christ ‘is the one who brings us from darkness into light’

Pope Francis at Easter Vigil: Christ ‘is the one who brings us from darkness into light’: “This is the Pasch of Christ, the revelation of God’s power: the victory of life over death, the triumph of light over darkness,” the pope said on Saturday.

PASCHALCAzT 47 – Easter Sunday: Victory!

PASCHALCAzT 47 – Easter Sunday: Victory!: A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Easter celebration. Fr. Troadec recounts the victorious elements of the Resurrection. At the end music from my home parish by Pietro Yon, Victimae paschali laudes. Yes, it’s really the parish’s choir.

Cardinal Pizzaballa’s Meteoric Rise to ‘Papabile’| National Catholic Register

Cardinal Pizzaballa’s Meteoric Rise to ‘Papabile’| National Catholic Register: ANALYSIS: As the Holy Land again descends into violent conflict, the peacemaking Latin patriarch of Jerusalem has emerged as a respected leader of the local C...

25 March 1991- Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre – Requiescat in pace

25 March 1991- Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre – Requiescat in pace: On this day in 1991 Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre died. Lefebvre was a great churchman, an astoundingly effective missionary.   Much of the Church in French speaking Africa even today owes a great deal to his work.  I find it not unusual at all that the African Church reveals strong fidelity to cert

Holy Week

 

Archbishop Viganò Excoriates Wisconsin Bishop Incorporating Shaman Ritual into Chrism Mass

Archbishop Viganò Excoriates Wisconsin Bishop Incorporating Shaman Ritual into Chrism Mass

African cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans seen as ‘Western imperialism’

African cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans seen as ‘Western imperialism’: In a March 17 interview, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo deplored the lack of “synodality” in the release of the DDF document Fiducia Supplicans.

Donors Giving To Dolan Shocked To Learn Where Their Money Went

Donors Giving To Dolan Shocked To Learn Where Their Money Went

Eccles is saved: How Catholics should celebrate Ramadan

Eccles is saved: How Catholics should celebrate Ramadan: As we all know, "Ramadan" is just the Arabic word for "Lent", and it should be celebrated in that spirit, as several gre...

Passion to Evangelize Drives New Ordinariate Catholic Communities| National Catholic Register

Passion to Evangelize Drives New Ordinariate Catholic Communities| National Catholic Register: Young Catholics, invigorated by the ordinariate’s English-Catholic expressions of faith, are actively ‘church-planting’ and inviting people into their fledgli...

The sign of peace times 2

chicken dance song

Irreverent funeral service at St. Patrick's Cathedral for trans activist sparks outcry

Irreverent funeral service at St. Patrick's Cathedral for trans activist sparks outcry: The Feb. 15 funeral service was held for Cecilia Gentili, a high-profile trans-activist and sex-worker advocate.

We will survive

 

Ash Wednesday: Leave the ashes on or wash them off?

Ash Wednesday: Leave the ashes on or wash them off?: “There is no minimum time” established to wear the ashes on the forehead or head, and they can serve as a witness.

Lent 2024

 Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris (Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return)

One more

 

What do you mean I can't eat meat on Valentine's Day?

 

Our Lady of Lourdes

Our Lady of Lourdes: Saint of the day: Our Lady of Lourdes - Catholic News Agency

What Makes Poland So Special?| National Catholic Register

What Makes Poland So Special?| National Catholic Register: Fearless and courageous loyalty to Christ and his Church has made Poland the heroic heart of Europe.

Catholic Volunteer Killed on Way Home From Adoration Was ‘Old Soul’| National Catholic Register

Catholic Volunteer Killed on Way Home From Adoration Was ‘Old Soul’| National Catholic Register: Recent college graduate was about halfway through Capuchin service program in Washington, D.C.

Joe Biden: If Democrats Win Control of Congress, I’ll Sign Bill for Abortions Up to Birth

Joe Biden: If Democrats Win Control of Congress, I’ll Sign Bill for Abortions Up to Birth

Latin Mass held in Capitol on anniversary of FBI memo targeting traditional Catholics

Latin Mass held in Capitol on anniversary of FBI memo targeting traditional Catholics : Ryan Ellis, treasurer of the Arlington Latin Mass Society, told CNA Tuesday that the event had the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Biden’s newly proposed rule for the foster care system effectively bans Christians from fostering children

Biden’s newly proposed rule for the foster care system effectively bans Christians from fostering children

Over 6,000 People Pack Catholic Church to Pray Against Abortion

Over 6,000 People Pack Catholic Church to Pray Against Abortion

Eccles is saved: Tucho embarks on a book-signing

Eccles is saved: Tucho embarks on a book-signing: Cardinal "Tucho" Fernàndez, Head of the Vatican Dicastery for Naughty Things, is now embarking on a tour of Rome's bookshops,...

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/ We Three Kings