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1 day ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Natalie Romano |Kurt Jensen |Cindy Wooden
The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes to which they object on religious grounds. A coalition of parents sued Montgomery County Public Schools' board when it said it would not allow parents to opt out of instruction using some materials containing LGBTQ+ themes.
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1 day ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kurt Jensen |Natalie Romano |Cindy Wooden |Elise Italiano Ureneck
For decades, Dominican Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella immersed herself in the ministry of teaching, not retiring until she was 84. Now, having turned 112 on Easter at Queen of the Rosary Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Dominic in Amityville, New York -- a supercentenarian for two years, and a member of her order since 1931 -- she is, like all members of the body of Christ, still able to participate in the ministry of presence. Her colleagues and family are grateful.
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3 days ago | 
angelusnews.com | Robert Barron |Natalie Romano |Kurt Jensen |Cindy Wooden
I've spent much of my life reading and studying religious and philosophical texts. I’ve perused the works of Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, etc. I love such texts and the ideas that these great thinkers share. What all of these figures have in common is a certain calm, a measured manner of sharing what they have learned. And consequently, one reads their texts in a sort of abstracted way.
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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Maria Wiering |Kurt Jensen |Paul Jeffrey |Greg Hardesty
The heart is where a person can integrate his or her life amid a fragmented world, and the source of a heart's mending and life is "the mystery of the heart of Christ," said Bishop Daniel E.
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4 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kurt Jensen |Justin Mclellan
The language of the latest incarnation of the Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act, a bill aimed at protecting more than 2,700 pregnancy resource centers nationwide from federal and state interference, is not radically different than the language of the one introduced in Congress last year. But the expectations for H.R. 2226 are certainly different. Last year's bill was sidelined in committee, with no expectation that President Joe Biden would sign it into law.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Justin Mclellan |Scott Hahn |Kurt Jensen
A painting of Christ being laid in the tomb, long hidden under layers of overpainting and forgotten by history, will once again be visible to the public in an upcoming exhibit at the Vatican. The Vatican Museums announced an exhibit March 17 showcasing a newly restored painting of the deposition of Christ, now definitively attributed to Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna, in a special exhibit titled "The Mantegna of Pompei.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Scott Hahn |Kurt Jensen |David Agren
The feast of the Annunciation, March 25, is upon us — and it is a day we should celebrate. We can even suspend our Lenten fast for the sake of the solemnity. (Or not.)The Annunciation is one of those few mysteries of Jesus’ life that many Catholics celebrate every single day. We remember it when we say the Hail Mary, which is drawn from St. Luke’s account of the event. We can remember it also in a slightly longer prayer, the Angelus, which Catholics traditionally say at noon.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Charles Collins |Kurt Jensen |David Agren |Ann Rodgers
Marking Saint Patrick’s Day the bishops of Ireland encouraged the faithful to pray for peace in the world, especially in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, and Sudan. Saint Patrick is the patron of Ireland, and his feast is a solemnity on the island to which he brought the Christian faith in 5th century. It is a holy day of obligation in the country.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kurt Jensen |David Agren |Ann Rodgers |Charles Collins
Four pro-life activists, including two pardoned by President Donald Trump in January for earlier convictions under the FACE Act, were found guilty of trespassing March 14 for their 2019 "rescue" at a New Jersey abortion clinic. However, they will not face jail time. Instead, all received 18 months of probation in Madison Joint Municipal Court in Madison, New Jersey, although they won't have to report to a probation officer. Their 30-day sentences for trespassing were suspended.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kurt Jensen |Carol Glatz
The Supreme Court will not hear a pair of cases that may have allowed sidewalk counselors and protesters at abortion clinics to get as close as 8 feet away from people entering them. The decision denying review of the case was announced Feb. 24. "Our appeal may have been denied, but across this nation, at hundreds of abortion facilities, a different sort of tragic 'denial' continues," stated Brian Westbrook, executive director and founder of Coalition Life, one of the involved parties.
