How can you join in the pope’s Act of Consecration? (CNA) Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Friday, March 25, entrusting the nations to Mary’s help and protection. The pope has asked all the bishops — and indeed all the faithful of the entire world — to join him. The consecration itself will take the form of a prayer that Pope Francis will recite during a penitential service in Rome. So, how can you participate?…
Pope’s prayer for Ukraine recalls ancient prophesy (AP) Pope Francis is presiding Friday over a special prayer for Ukraine that harks back to a century-old apocalyptic prophesy about peace and Russia that was sparked by purported visions of the Virgin Mary to three peasant children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917…
Churches in Ukraine raise their voices for peace (Vatican News) An appeal for prayers and peace resounds throughout Christian communities in Ukraine, 30 days from the start of the war, as leaders of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Orthodox Churches meet and the Moscow Patriarchate responds to a letter from Cardinal Hollerich…
Denver archdiocese: “blood” on St. Michael statue is “similar to red nail polish” (CNA) After having a chemical analysis performed on swabs used to clean alleged blood from a local woman’s statue of St. Michael the Archangel, the Archdiocese of Denver has determined the red liquid was not blood…
Yes, you can have a hamburger today (CNA) Just when you think you’ve got the Lenten rules down pat, you learn something new. For instance, you probably already are well aware that Catholics are called to abstain from eating meat on all Fridays throughout Lent. But did you know that this requirement is suspended when a solemnity of the Catholic Church falls on a Lenten Friday?…
