The thriving monastic community in Southern California has named Father John Caronan as its third abbot. The post Filipino Norbertine priest elected new abbot of St. Michael’s Abbey in California appeared first on The…
In the interest of diplomacy and personal relations, it’s normally a good idea to follow the adage, “If you can’t say anything nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.” But when it comes to assessing challenging and complex situations,…
A Catholic priest said that while seeking treatment for a hip injury at a Canadian hospital, medical workers twice offered him the option of assisted suicide, despite knowing that he was religiously and morally opposed to the practice. Fr. Larry…
Beginning in 1979, Pope John Paul II took up the habit of writing an annual letter to priests which would be published on, or just before, Holy Thursday. These letters allowed John Paul II an outlet for repeated meditation on the nature of the…
An Italian priest from the 1600s is credited with bringing skiing from remote Scandinavia to other parts of Europe. Father Francesco Negri was a natural history and geography buff, and he had many helpful hints for successful skiing, including…
A priest and professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame has called on the university to rescind its appointment of an associate professor who has publicly advocated for abortion to lead a key institute, arguing the decision…
Priests still frequently offer confession, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick at hospitals, of course, but not so much at the scenes of accidents. The words “priest called to the scene” and similar phrases appeared in many news stories in the…
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