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SCOTUS Unanimously Sides With Catholic Foster Agency in Dispute Over Gay Couples

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 17, 2021 13 Comments

"CSS seeks only an accommodation that will allow it to continue serving the children of Philadelphia in a manner consistent with its religious beliefs; it does not seek to impose those beliefs on anyone else."...

Biden Didn’t Address Notre Dame 2021 Commencement

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 24, 2021 16 Comments

President Joe Biden, the second Catholic president, did not address Notre Dame's 2021 commencement. The question is...why?

WaPo Thinks Biden is ‘Very Catholic’ and Bishops in Line With the Church are ‘Right-Wing’

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 29, 2021 109 Comments

The person writing The Washington Post's tweets exposed his or her bias! The person described President Joe Biden as "very Catholic" and the bishops upholding Catholic teaching on abortion as "right-wing."

https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/status/1117841293428822016

Restoring Paris’ Famed Notre Dame Cathedral Could Take ’15 or 20 Years’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 09, 2021 13 Comments

In April 2019, a fire consumed the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral’s lead roof and destroyed its beautiful spire. It took until December of 2020 to stabilize the remains of the building for restoration to begin.

Students at Catholic Georgetown U. Protest Appearance by MLK’s Pro-Life Niece

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 10, 2021 41 Comments

Student activists at Georgetown University, a Catholic school, have decided that Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., should be condemned after speaking there. Her crimes? She is pro-life and supported President Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfelwZgGE8

Eleventh Day of Christmas – Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, First American-Born Saint

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 04, 2021 4 Comments

We celebrate St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, America's first saint, on January 4th, which is the eleventh day of Christmas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqlBWjTsBPg

Tenth Day of Christmas: Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 03, 2021 0 Comments

On January 3rd, the tenth day of Christmas, is the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. This feast day went away after Vatican II. It came back in 2002 during the revision of the Roman Missal thanks to Pope John Paul II.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmxN4WpaCcU

Ninth Day of Christmas: St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzus

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 02, 2021 4 Comments

The ninth day of Christmas, which is January 2, belongs to two important 4th century Christians, who happened to be friends: St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDtxj-SNKOc

Eighth Day of Christmas – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 01, 2021 5 Comments

January 1, the eighth day of Christmas, belongs to Mary. No, not me. St. Mary the Virgin, mother of Jesus Christ, Queen of Heaven and Earth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJnqMXlwMKM

Seventh Day of Christmas – New Year’s Eve and Feast of St. Sylvester

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 31, 2020 3 Comments

I am combining the sixth and seventh day of Christmas in this post. I am sorry I missed the 29th, but something came up and I got busy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rdWrJ5I5X0

Fifth Day of Christmas – Feast of St. Thomas Becket

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 29, 2020 7 Comments

Thomas Becket was a best friend to King Henry II. Rumor had it that Becket had a grander vision of life than Henry did, "a taste for magnificence." But that all changed when Henry made Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury. It not only chilled their friendship but ended Becket's life.