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06/23/2021 at 2:41 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White LifeSiteNews had an encounter with three priests of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP), none of whom were wearing clerical attire, who were displeased with questions about their dissent from Church teaching on moral issues. By Michael Haynes, LifeSite News, June 22, 2021 The 10th Annual Assembly of the dissident Association of U.S. Catholic Priests is currently underway in Minneapolis, and when reporting on the event LifeSiteNews faced encounters with angry priests who accused LifeSite’s reporter of lacking charity for q...

An organist rehearses at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception April 25, 2019, in Washington. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn) Maria Solis is at home with the sprawling, diversity of Catholic liturgical music in the United States. Growing up bilingual in Texas, she saw the eclectic cultural influences of music at Mass, and, as someone who's been doing liturgical music for most of her life, recent guidelines on hymn lyrics from the doctrine committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — first reported in early December — didn't faze her. "I don't rea...

Travis McAfee, Arkansas Catholic file Caution tape is used at St. Raphael Church in Springdale to mark off pews where parishioners can’t sit to promote 6-foot distancing between families. Beginning May 16 all parishes in the Diocese of Little Rock resumed Masses on a limited basis with strict precautions. Travis McAfee, Arkansas Catholic file Caution tape is used at St. Raphael Church in Springdale to mark off pews where parishioners can’t sit to promote 6-foot distancing between families. Beginning May 16 all parishes in the Diocese of Little Rock resumed Masses on a limited basis with s...

On this last Christmas before he retires, in his 48th year of presiding over hallelujahs and not-so-silent nights, the Rev. Raymond O’Donnell — “Father Jerry” to his flock — will stand before parishioners and visitors to deliver his homily for the sacred Christian holiday. He will begin by talking about his dog. O’Donnell will share with folks that he has no idea why his dog, a 9-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Monsignor, has to smell every bush and every tree. He couldn’t know unless he became a dog himself. Then he will transition from dog to God — and the crux ...

On this last Christmas before he retires, his 48th year of presiding over alleluias and not-so-silent nights, the Rev. Raymond O’Donnell — Father Jerry to his flock — will stand before parishioners and visitors to deliver his homily for this sacred Christian holiday. He will begin by talking about his dog. O’Donnell will share with folks that he has no idea why his dog, a 9-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Monsignor, has to smell every bush and every tree. He couldn’t know unless he became a dog himself. Then he will transition from dog to God — and the crux of Chris...