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“It was a spring morning. I remember I was in the kitchen. There was lots of rubbish around the place,” he told CNA in an interview. “Just in the corner, I spotted a box of books. There was one book that was right on top of the pile. It was a really old book.”

As religious services in British Columbia are still shut down by government orders, a Catholic archbishop is asking the government to reconsider and offer religious institutions the same rights as businesses. 

The House on Thursday passed the Equality Act, a bill that the U.S. bishops have warned would trample religious freedom protections while codifying gender ideology in federal law.

Many men underestimate the impact of their attachment to pornography. I’m not trying to villainize anyone, for I know first-hand the power that pornography can have over one’s life. In fact, most of the men that I know are repulsed by the idea of pornography and are disgusted with themselves for falling to it.

COMMENTARY: The faithful require — and deserve — something more tangible than the online Mass.

A truck drives south on I-75 in Allen, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. / Cooper Neill/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

A newly relaunched Catholic website aims to educate parents, pastors, and teachers about gender ideology, which the website’s founders believe young people are often being exposed to without adults’ awareness. 

“Celebrate Marriage” event on Sunday, February 14th at 1 PM in English and 2 PM in Spanish.

Father Seraphim Michalenko, MIC, a widely recognized expert on the life and spirituality of St. Faustina Kowalska and the message of Divine Mercy, died Thursday in Massachusetts after contracting COVID-19. He was 90.

Government officials cannot close churches as “non-essential” establishments during the pandemic—particularly when they are contradicting the “science” in doing so, the Archbishop of San Francisco wrote on Thursday.

Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to practice charity in Lent this year by caring for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Bishop Robert McElroy has announced that Kathleen Domingo will be the new executive director of the California Catholic Conference.  Currently Senior Director of the Office of Life, Justice and Peace in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Mrs. Domingo will be the first woman executive director in the history of the Conference.

Marian Sisters move to new Santa Rosa convent A conversation with Reverend Mother Teresa Christe as the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa approach significant milestones in their young history. February 5, 2021 Jim Graves - Catholic World Report

Thus, effective immediately, in accord with the injunction issued by the Supreme Court, I allow any pastor to make a local determination about the prudence and safety of opening for indoor worship this weekend, February 6-7. You have my permission to do so.

There’s no doubt that we are all experiencing high degrees of stress and anxiety in our lives right now. It is certainly understandable with all the issues we all are facing, especially due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And it is quite probable that this stress and anxiety is leading to strains in marriage relationships.