Papal visit results in big jump in positive view of Benedict and Church, poll shows

One third now more likely to vote and be more active in community and church
(NEW HAVEN, CT) - A poll taken immediately following the conclusion of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States shows that it had a powerful impact on public attitudes toward the pope, the church, and a willingness to live their [...]

Pope Blesses Statue of Pharmacists’ Patron

VATICAN CITY, APRIL 30, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI blessed today in the Vatican a statue of St. John Leonardi, the patron of pharmacists.

The statue, 5.4 meters (17.7 feet) tall and weighing 27 tons, was placed in an outside lateral niche of St. Peter’s Basilica. It is the work of the Italian artist Paolo Cavallo.
John Leonardi [...]

Cardinal Mahony’s Ballons

From our new TLM friend, Mr. Paul Nichols from Catholic Cartoons from Littlestown, PA.

Pope to visit Lourdes, Paris in September

Paris, Apr 29, 2008 / 12:37 pm (CNA).- The Bishops’ Conference of France has officially announced that Pope Benedict XVI will travel to France for the 150th anniversary of the Marian apparitions that took place in Lourdes.
The trip, which is scheduled for September 12-15, 2008, will begin with a greeting by French officials after which [...]

The Forum: Cardinal Egan’s rebuke to Giuliani: important subtleties

by Phil Lawler
special to CWNews.com
Apr. 29, 2008 (CWNews.com) - In his public rebuke to Rudy Giuliani for improperly receiving Communion during Pope Benedict’s visit to New York, Cardinal Edward Egan raised two subtle but very interesting points. First, the cardinal says that Giuliani should not receive the Eucharist because of his support for legal abortion; [...]

Camp St. Peter in the Black Hills

August 17-29, 2008
 The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter is organizing a twelve-day outdoor summer camp for boys age 12 to 15 at Stockade Group Camp Site in Custer State Park located south of Rapid City, South Dakota in the Black Hills.  The camp will be staffed by seminarians of the Fraternity of St. Peter under [...]

Raised A Conservative Jew, Rosalind Moss is starting a Roman Catholic Religious community in St. Louis

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) - Rosalind Moss, an author who is an Eternal Word Television Network TV host and one of the network’s radio hosts, announced Feb. 13 that she is starting a new community of sisters in the Archdiocese of St. Louis with the permission of Archbishop Raymond L. Burke.
The new group will be called [...]

Confirmed: Vatican sees miracle in Newman’s cause

Birmingham, Apr. 25, 2008 (CWNews.com) - An official spokesman for the cause of beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman has confirmed that the Vatican has given preliminary approval to the authenticity of a miracle attributed to Cardinal Newman’s intercession.Final approval of the miracle would clear the way for the beatification of the Cardinal Newman, a [...]

The Institute of Christ the King helps along the TLM in the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana

Carmel, Indiana (Una Voce Carmel) -  Last Sunday, April 20th The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest sent Father Andreas Hellman, Abbe Joseph Jessel and Abbe Georg Emmel to help the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana continue The Mass of the Ages.  This was the second Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) for the Carmel Deanery.  The [...]

Fr. Andreas Hellmann’s Sermon

Sunday, April 20th, 2008 a.D. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church