THE REIGN OF THE ROYALS
In his 25th season coaching basketball at Rosary Academy, there might not have been a better way for Richard Yoon to celebrate such an enormous accomplishment than to bring the school their first state...
View ArticlePAPAL ALMONER OPENS LAUNDRY SERVICE FOR THE POOR
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The office charged with coordinating Pope Francis’ acts of charity announced the opening of a laundromat for the poor and homeless of Rome. The “Lavanderia di Papa Francesco”...
View ArticleLOVE IS THE ENGINE DRIVING HOPE ON LIFE’S BUMPY ROAD, SAYS POPE
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cross, loving service and humble sacrifice are the only way to overcome evil and give hope to the world, Pope Francis said. Those who love their own lives and always hunger for...
View ArticleCATHOLICS ADVOCATE ON ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO CHURCH AT STATE CAPITOL
AUSTIN, Texas (CNS) — With blue shirts that matched the wide blue sky above, Catholics by the thousands joined their bishops who lead the state’s 15 dioceses at the Texas Capitol as one voice...
View ArticleEWTN EXEC NAMED CONSULTER FOR VATICAN COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Vatican City, Apr 12, 2017 / 06:23 am (CNA/EWTN News) – On Wednesday the Vatican announced that EWTN’s Chairman of the Board Michael Warsaw has been named by Pope Francis a consultor of the Vatican...
View ArticleBIBLE SCHOLAR GIVES INSIDE LOOK AT VATICAN’S STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Vatican City, Apr 11, 2017 / 03:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News) – Pope Francis chose French biblical scholar, Anne-Marie Pelletier, to write the meditations for this year’s annual Good Friday Stations of the...
View ArticleVATICAN STAMPS MARK POPE BENEDICT’S BIRTHDAY, FATIMA APPARITIONS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican stamp and coin office has big plans for early May: the release of stamps marking retired Pope Benedict XVI’s 90th birthday and important events in the life of the...
View ArticleST. JUDE EARNS PRESTIGIOUS BABY-FRIENDLY DESIGNATION—AGAIN
St. Jude Medical Center has earned re-accreditation as a Baby-Friendly Hospital, an honor recognizing hospitals and birthing centers that provide optimal, evidence-based care to mothers and babies. To...
View ArticleROMAN MISSAL CALLS EASTER VIGIL ‘MOTHER OF ALL VIGILS’ FOR A REASON
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Catholic Church pulls out all the stops for the Easter Vigil, the Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday. The Roman Missal, which spells out specifics of how the vigil is to be...
View ArticleAN EMPTY TOMB AND A BODILY RESURRECTION: WHY IT MATTERS
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics and other Christians have grown up believing in the Resurrection, but the Apostles themselves were among the first who were skeptical that Jesus arose from the dead. They...
View ArticleEPISODE#93OC CATHOLIC RADIO: GUEST IS FR. GERALD HORAN
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/041317occr.mp3 Host Rick Howick interviews guests on a variety of topics. This week, Rick welcomes back one of our favorite regular guests, Fr. Gerald...
View ArticlePope washes feet of 12 prison inmates at Holy Thursday Mass
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a gesture of service toward marginalized people, Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 inmates, including three women and a man who is converting from Islam to Catholicism....
View ArticleCALL ME CATHOLIC: GUESTS ARE FR. NORBERT WOOD, FR. CHRYSOSTOM BAER, AND...
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/041517cmc.mp3 Happy Holy Saturday from Team Call Me Catholic. We were doubly blessed today with two guest priests from the Norbertine community of St....
View ArticleEPISODE #03TRENDING WITH DON & TIMMERIE: EASTER MYTHS AND HISTORICITY OF CHRIST
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/041417twdat.mp3 Don Johnson and Timmerie Millington spend most of the episode making the case for Christ as they wade the waters of mythology, history,...
View ArticleEPISODE #93EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: JOY OF EASTER
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/041617ebts.mp3 Join Deacon Steve Greco as he welcomes today’s very special guest, Fr. Scott Borgman, to talk about all things EASTER! Our discussion...
View ArticleFRANCIS AND BENEDICT
Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, turns 90 this Easter Sunday, the same age of his predecessor, Gregory XII, when he died in 1417, two years after abdicating the papacy in order to heal the...
View ArticleWHY IT MATTERS WHO JESUS IS
I have been reading, with both profit and delight, Thomas Joseph White’s latest book, The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christology. Fr. White, one of the brightest of a new generation of Thomas...
View ArticleATHLETE PROFILE: DANIELLE LEE
As one of the taller girls in her freshman class, Danielle Lee’s physical education teacher suggested she try out for Cornelia Connelly High School’s basketball team. She made the squad and has found...
View ArticleEPISODE #21CATHOLIC SPORTS VIEW: GUESTS INCLUDE DANE JAKO AND DARRELL MILLER
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/041517csv-1.mp3 Host Bob Gibson interviews coaches and players throughout the various Catholic high schools in Orange County. On this week’s...
View ArticleRISEN CHRIST CALLS ALL TO FOLLOW HIM ON PATH TO LIFE, POPE SAYS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus is the risen shepherd who takes upon his shoulders “our brothers and sisters crushed by evil in all its varied forms,” Pope Francis said before giving his solemn Easter...
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