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Bishop Paprocki Reflects on the Recent Violent Capitol Lockdown 01/12/2021 at 11:51 AM Posted by Kevin Edward White The bishop of Springfield, Ill. considers the recent riots at the US Capitol posing critical questions that every Catholic should reflect upon during this crucial time. January 12, 2021 Editor’s Note: Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Ill. offered this homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord on Jan. 10. It is reprinted here with permission. My dear brothers an...

By Thomas V. Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Jan 08, 2021 Happy New Year! It’s time for the annual article in which members of the Catholic Culture staff look back on their reading in the past year and recommend the best, some published in 2020 and some not. Actually, this list is not confined to reading only. You’ll get book recommendations from Jeff Mirus, Phil Lawler and Mike Aquilina; book and film recommendations from James T. Majewski; and book, essay, podcas...

For many of us this year, Christmas morning may look a little different. The gatherings we’re used to may be a little smaller. The presents under the tree, a little fewer. And we might decide to stay home and stay safe instead of venturing out to a church service celebrating one of the most holy days in the Christian religion. But the message of hope prevails. Read on for Christmas messages from church leaders from around the Midvalley and Upvalley. Purity, innocence and peace It was somet...

 (  and the Savior of the world shall reign over us.) For more than two thousand years the world has been celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christ, marking the counting of time with a before and after that sees the Son of God as the Lord of History. The Second Person of the Holy Trinity — the Light — became Incarnate in the most-pure womb of the Virgin Mary and was born to repair the guilt of our First Parents and to redeem humanity, which was enslaved by Satan through its rebellion agains...

12/19/2020 at 5:05 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White Editor’s Note: On Saturday, December 19th, an Op-Ed piece from His Excellency Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò appeared in Italy’s  In it, the former nuncio addresses themes which have become familiar to readers of his other analyses: the Vatican’s complicity with organizations, ideologies, and goals aligned with the globalist, progressive left; the rise of the so-called “deep state” and its religious equivalent, the “deep chu...

Pope Francis instituted The Sunday of the Word of God to be held every year on the third Sunday of Ordinary Time, with the Apostolic Letter in the form of a Motu proprio "Aperuit illis" issued on 30 September 2019. The Pope intended it to be a day dedicated to the celebration, reflection and dissemination of the Word. Importance of Sacred Scripture in our lives A note released on Saturday by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and signed by the prefect, Car...

Following the annual tradition, Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette has released his Christmas message to the community. In keeping with the spirit of Christmas, the text of his statement is reprinted below. “A great light appeared,” as we read in the Sacred Scripture, “and the angels appeared to the shepherds in the dark of night. Behold, I bring you great joy, a Savior has been born into the world.” This is the great message of the Christmas season, that...

Bishop Deshotel offers 2020 Christmas message Bishop Deshotels 2020 Christmas message and last updated 2020-12-22 18:39:30-05 Bishop Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette has released his 2020 Christmas message to the people of Acadiana. The message in its entirety is below: "A great light appeared," as we read in the Sacred Scripture, and the angels appeared to the shepherds in the dark of night. Behold, I bring you great joy, a Savior has been born into the world." This is the great ...

+ Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop It would be misleading to limit our evaluation of events within the Church without framing them in the wider political and social context. The purpose has now been declared: destroying Nations from within by means of the deep state and the Church of Christ by means of the deep church, in order to establish the kingdom of the Antichrist, with the help of the False Prophet. _____________ et fugiant qui oderunt eum a facie ejus. Psalm 67 In the past few days,...

“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior.”  Luke 1:46–47 There is an age-old question that asks, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” Well, perhaps it’s an age-old “question” because only God knows the answer to how He created the world and all the creatures within it. Today, this first line from the glorious song of praise of our Blessed Mother, the  Magnificat, poses to us another question. “Which comes first, to praise God ...