Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament via Adorecast
☩ Team Catholify
Bishops Bransfield, Bennett restricted from exercising ministry
The restrictions against Bishop Bransfield are the result of a monthslong preliminary investigation conducted by Archbishop Lori into allegations of sexual harassment & misconduct, as well as financial improprieties. ☩ Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register
An Encyclical on Homosexuality?
Apart from the grace of God, our most urgent need at the moment is a papal encyclical on homosexuality. Failing that, the American Catholic bishops should issue a collective pastoral letter on homosexuality. And failing that, individual American bishops should issue diocesan pastoral letters on homo ☩ David Carlin of The Catholic Thing
What was Lent like in the early Church?
Lent as we know it today took many centuries to develop. ☩ Philip Kosloski of Aleteia
Influential German Activist Predicts ‘More Married Priests’ Soon
Critics are concerned that October’s Amazon synod may effectively overturn the tradition of clerical celibacy in the Latin Rite ☩ Edward Pentin of National Catholic Register
Hitting the Nail on the Head this Lent
One thing that has come to me for my main Lenten practice this year is frequent praying of the Stations of the Cross. ☩ Sister Christina M. Neumann of Catholic Stand
After the Cardinals Pell & Barbarin Verdicts; Church Under Siege, Stunned
Both Pell and Barbarin have been found guilty on the basis of questionable proofs, both in a second trial after the first had ended without a guilty verdict ☩ Sandro Magister of Settimo Cielo via L'Espresso
10-Step Process for Teaching Liturgical Arts in the Family
☩ J.P. Sonnen of Liturgical Arts Journal
Gustavo Zanchetta, the naked selfie bishop, on retreat with Pope Francis
☩ Mark Lambert of De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.
The Price of Catholic Unity in Communist China
☩ Mary Spencer of National Review
St. Catherine of Siena on Perennial Principles for Our Attitudes towards Priests
What does the Doctor Diagnose? Listening to the Church Doctor ☩ Sister Mary Catherine Blanding, I.H.M., of Homiletic & Pastoral Review
An agenda for the soft despotism of same-sex marriage in Australia
Activists have a long shopping list of urgently needed changes in Australian society ☩ Michael Cook of Mercatornet
Why a Liberal Society May Favor One Religion Over Others
Mild & Equitable Establishments ☩ Richard W. Garnett, J.D., of First Things
The Church Cannot Be Silent About The "Orientation" Toward Homosexuality
During the Vatican Summit on the Church’s clergy sexual abuse crisis Archbishop Charles Scicluna, who was one of the Vatican’s main spokesmen at the Summit, was asked by the media if the Summit would deal with homosexuality as a possible problem behind the sexual abuse crisis. The archbishop responded that homosexuality and heterosexuality are “human conditions,” adding, “they are not something that predisposes to sin.” The Archbishop appears to be saying that sexual orientation is neutral or that homosexual orientation is equal to heterosexual orientation in that neither pushes or leads one into sin. ☩ Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. Cap.
African Pro-Life Leader Exposes How America & Western Nations are Pushing Abortion on Africa
Tracing foreign aid money ☩ Life News
The Secrets of the Demonic: How This Vatican Exorcist Experiences the Spiritual Realm
The Atlantic recently published a mini-documentary about Vatican exorcist Fr. Raffaele Talmelli. ☩ ChurchPOP
Matthew 7:7 – The Lenten Appeal Blueprint
☩ Brice Sokolowski of CatholicFundraiser.net
Fashion “rules” we’re all ready to break
☩ Meghan Ashley Styling
The Future of Marriage with Mark Regnerus, Ph.D.
☩ Mark Bauerlein of First Things