This is so interesting! “Catholic” means universal. The Catholic Church gets its name from the fact that it is the universal Church, made up of many different local churches, traditions, and liturgical rites. Wait, what is a “rite” again? The Church defines it thusly: a rite is “the liturgical, theological,...
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Pope Francis has officially changed the text of the Catechism, saying that the use of the death penalty in today’s world is now “inadmissible.’ The previous teaching, given by Pope St. John Paul II, had said situations in which the death penalty was necessary were “very rare, if not...
They certainly don’t make ecclesiastical punishments like they used to. If you haven’t already heard, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been credibly accused of sexual molesting minors, as well as preying on seminarians and priests for decades. I won’t rehash it all here, but you can read about...
Big news in the Church’s social media landscape. Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, RI (not to be confused with Cardinal Joseph Tobin) has deleted his Twitter account amid a backlash to a few of his recent tweets in response to the Cardinal Theodore McCarrick scandal. Here was his last...
Did this really happen?? A video has been making the rounds that purports to show an incredible Eucharistic miracle: a host levitating during the consecration on live TV in France! But is it real? Here’s what you need to know. First, here’s the video: If you look carefully,...
