Matthew Balan

4 weeks ago | catholicworldreport.com | Matthew Balan |George Weigel

(Image: Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP)The famed St. John Cantius parish in Chicago is the founding site of the Catholic Art Institute—a non-profit that aims to promote “the essential need for beauty to elevate our senses and illuminate our souls.” The organization hosted William Newton, an art critic based out of Washington, D.C., during a May 2018 event. Newton blasted the ignorance and outright hostility in the secular art realm, in both media coverage of exhibitions and the realm of auctions.

4 weeks ago | us2.campaign-archive.com | Matthew Balan |Susan Ciancio |Ngala Killian Chimtom |David G. Bonagura

Entering Heaven on Earth is a beautiful education in both art and the Faith By Matthew Balan on Mar 28, 2025 03:46 am The famed St. John Cantius parish in Chicago is the founding site of the Catholic Art Institute—a non-profit that aims to promote “the essential need for beauty to elevate our senses and illuminate our souls.” Read in browser » Facts about the danger of Abortion Pill regimen: Planned Parenthood “agrees” By Susan Ciancio on Mar 27, 2025 07:00 pm As its use to kill preborn...

2 months ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Matthew Balan

Opponents warn that the proposed law would “corrupt [the medical] profession by encouraging doctors to be handmaidens to suicide.”

2 months ago | catholicworldreport.com | Matthew Balan |Catherine Harmon

Vatican recognizes martyrdom of Spanish missionaries in Georgia By Matthew Balan for CNA Five Spanish Franciscan missionaries, Father Pedro de Corpa, Father Blas Rodríguez, Father Miguel de Añon, Brother Antonio de Badajóz and Father Francisco de Veráscola were martyred in 1597 in the present-day state of Georgia. / Credit: Courtesy of Diocese of Savannah/public domainBaltimore, Md., Jan 28, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).

2 months ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Matthew Balan

Baltimore, Md., Jan 28, 2025 / 10:00 am The Dicastery of the Causes of Saints has promulgated a decree recognizing that five Spanish Franciscans were killed “in odium fidei” (“in hatred of the faith”) in 1597 — specifically for defending the sanctity of marriage. Monday’s announcement paves the way for the beatification of the missionaries, who have been known collectively as the “Georgia Martyrs” for decades.