CNA—The Serra Route (the Western route) of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passes through Denver and part of the perpetual pilgrims includes one unofficial pilgrim from California. In her day-to-day life, Sister Mary Rose Chinn of the Handmaids of the Triune God works with public school kids in Ventura, California, a coastal city northwest of Los…
CNA—As hundreds of Catholic pilgrims processed through the streets of Pittsburgh as part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, some of the faithful saw the procession as an opportunity to evangelize about Jesus Christ and the Catholic doctrine that he is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. Pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, traveling across the…
CNA—“I live because of the Eucharist,” Mother Angelica once said. The foundress of EWTN and member of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, Mother Angelica made no secret of her love and devotion to the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. On Thursday, more than eight years after her death, the legacy of Mother…
CNA—The tiny town of Emmitsburg, Maryland, (population 3,629) grew by approximately 50% on Thursday, June 6, when a crowd of as many as 1,500 Catholics joined two Eucharistic processions through its normally sleepy streets. Emmitsburg is home to the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint. Rob Judge, the shrine’s executive director,…
God moves in mighty and mysterious ways. Although the secular media does not report it, and perhaps your parish (like mine) did not even mention it, nonetheless, there are four Eucharistic Pilgrimage going on right now as you read this! And YES, Catholics of all ages are flocking to walk part of the journey and…
“Spiritual freedom is the root of political liberty,” penned one our U.S. Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine, regarding religious freedom. “As the union between spiritual freedom and political liberty seems nearly inseparable, it is our duty to defend both.” Profound words indeed. CNA—The United States Commission on International Freedom (USCIRF) named five new commissioners on Friday, including three…
Update: 05-11-2024—Four Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes. One National Eucharistic Congress. This is Year Two of the the USCCB’s three-year Eucharistic Revival Movement to re-engage U.S. Catholics in the truth of their Faith. The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes start from four different points—North, South, East, West—to form a cross-country Cross over the United States. All routes lead…
CNA—New Bishop James Ruggieri became a Third Order Franciscan not long before his ordination in Portland, Maine, on Tuesday — a marker of why Pope Francis appointed him. Love for the poor and homeless Ruggieri, 56, profiled by the National Catholic Register, CNA’s sister news partner, in April, is known for driving a food truck…
CNA—Father Roger Landry, a Catholic chaplain at Columbia University, said on Thursday that the protests making national headlines at the New York City school are being organized in part by “explicitly communist” outside forces. “There is an instrumentalization of what’s going on in Gaza to advance an agenda,” he said. “And that is to deconstruct…
CNA—A pro-life Catholic lawmaker in the Nebraska Legislature is switching his party registration from Democrat to Republican because of the Democratic Party’s staunch support of abortion. Sen. Mike McDonnell, who had been a registered Democrat for 40 years before this week, said in a news conference that his party change was caused by the Democratic…
CNA—In response to gender studies programs that often churn out ideology contrary to Catholic teaching, the University of St. Thomas, Houston, (UST) is launching a sexuality and gender studies program based on “Catholic anthropology.” New program created with Catholic business professionals in mind “For some time now, conversations about gender and sexuality have dominated our…
“Pres. Biden proclaiming Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter Sunday was a slap in the face to all Christians,” declares Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, renown author, speaker, academic and founder of The Ruth Institute. “Instead, let’s celebrate Adult Appreciation Week: Facing Reality. Taking Responsibility.” Here’s the full pronouncement by The Ruth Institute: We declare April…
It’s not talked about on the news but these days apparently illegal immigrants from communist China are the fastest group crossing the border from Mexico. This 60 Minutes short exposé reveals just how simple it is to do. And the private landowner on whose property this is happening—who is himself an immigrant who came over…
CNA—The SEEK24 Catholic conference, put on by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), wrapped up this week in St. Louis, having attracted some 24,000 people for talks, workshops, and worship, including a massive session of Eucharistic adoration. As impressive as it was to have a group that size gathered to adore the Eucharistic Jesus,…
December 23, 2023 All of us at the Catholic Business Journal, including Daily Mass Readings manager Sarah Atchley (Thomas Aquinas College grad and Augustine Institute grad) , our Columnists including Tim Von Dohlen and Thomas A. Carroll, CFA, and The Mentor Radio hosts Thomas “Tom” M. Loarie and Dan Hesse (both University of Notre Dame grads) wish you…
CNA—Retired Bishop Joseph Strickland has been advised to leave his former Diocese of Tyler, Texas, but has not been told he can’t say Mass publicly there, he told the National Catholic Register. “I have received no such instruction,” Strickland said by text Thursday night, responding to a report that he has been barred from saying…
“You cannot do anything with your hands if you do not do it with your knees,” Pope Francis CNA—The presence of Jesus in every tabernacle points us to how we can serve our suffering brothers and sisters who share in Christ’s passion today, Pope Francis told American priests this week. In an audience with the…
Vatican News—The Vatican has published the Pope’s decision concerning the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, following an apostolic visitation conducted by two US bishops. The Holy Father [Pope Francis] has removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Tyler, United States of America, and has appointed Bishop…
Oct. 10, 2023, CNA—A procession bringing Jesus in the Eucharist through the heart of the largest city in the U.S. attracted hundreds of participants on Tuesday evening. Participants marched reverently as the Body of Christ, housed in a golden monstrance, was carried aloft through the busy streets of Manhattan, passing right in front of the…
CNA—After hitting their lowest recorded levels since the start of the pandemic in early summer, COVID-19 cases have begun to increase again, raising the specter of new mask mandates and recalling the early days of the pandemic, when fears of COVID outbreaks led much of society to shutter — including, controversially, many churches around the…