sacraments

Catholics can't be good Catholics without attending Holy Mass

Folks, a poll commissioned by the nation's bishops and conducted in February by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University uncovered, among other things, that "few...

Let's start from scratch

Folks, Catholic World News (via EWTN) reported earlier in the month about Bleak News in Survey of U.S. Catholics on Marriage. Some of the findings of this report were:American Catholics now divorce...

Jehovah's Witnesses' shunning of Christmas explained

Folks, my blogging colleague NanaR at All the Way Home wrote a wonderful rebuttal of the Watchtower's denial of the meaning of Christmas (Bah! Humbug!) in Why Jehovah's Witnesses Must Shun Christmas....

A reflection on canon 915

"Can. 915 - Ad sacram communionem ne admittantur excommunicati et interdicti post irrogationem vel declarationem poenae aliique in manifesto gravi peccato obstinate perseverantes.Can. 915 Those upon...

Confession making a comeback

Folks, according to Zenit.org:ROME, OCT. 8, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Confession is undergoing a revival of sorts after a long period of neglect. There has been a spate of recent press articles on the...

Sixty Permanent Deacons Ordained in LA

Folks, Glad Tidings, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, reports the fantastic news of the ordination of 60 worthy men to the Permanent Diaconate. The ordination "represented the largest...

Today's the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

It's either celebrated today or was observed last Thursday in various jurisdictions. Adoration and Exposition of the Blessed SacramentWhat happens when you fall in Love"All of us, gazing on the...

Attending a diaconal ordination today

Folks, my wife and I will be attending today the diaconal ordination of Dan O'Dowd at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Altoona, PA. Please, keep Dan and his family in your prayers as they surrender...

International Theological Commission: "Limbo reflects 'unduly restrictive view of salvation'"

Folks, the Catholic News Service (CNS) reports the findings of the International Theological Commission (ITC) regarding the common teaching on "limbo" being the final state of infants dying without...

Sacramentum Caritatis now on-line

Folks, Pope Benedict XVI's newest Apostolic Exhortation, Sacramentum Caritatis, the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church's Life and Mission is...