Charity

Sugihara’s Holocaust Survivors

04/11/2018 at 3:56 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
The High Cost of Obedience by: John Stonestreet & Anne Morse, Breakpoint.org, April 11, 2018 Today, in Israel, is Holocaust Memorial Day. Here’s an amazing story of an unlikely hero, a Christian who changed the world. Many of us have seen the Academy Award-winning film... read more

‘Happiness lies in accepting how God has made us’: priests issue statement on gender

03/05/2018 at 10:38 AM By Kevin Edward White
by Catholic Herald (UK), Staff Reporter posted Friday, March 2, 2018 The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy said that gender dysphoria could not be answered by gender reassignment surgery  The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy has issued a statement on “gender ideology”, which they say is an... read more

Top Papal Adviser & Critic of Wealthy Embroiled in Allegations of Financial Misconduct

12/21/2017 at 9:42 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Steve Skojec, December 21, 2017 A top papal adviser known for his tirades against capitalism and the wealthy is under investigation by the Vatican after reports that he has been receiving over $40,000 US per month from the Catholic University of Tegucigalpa and had allegedly invested amounts... read more

Draining the CCHD swamp

11/28/2017 at 9:19 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Phil Lawler | Nov 27, 2017 Every year, on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Catholics around the US are asked to contribute to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). The annual collection prompts an annual controversy, in which critics of the CCHD point to the grants that the... read more

Your Catholic Week in Review (CCHD Edition!)

11/25/2017 at 5:08 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
CCI Editor's Note: Good News! Due to the tireless work of Michael Hichborn and the Lepanto Institute, more dioceses are rejecting the Catholic Campaign for Human Development collection in favor of raising and distributing funds within their own diocese. After fighting the CCHD collection since its... read more

Shooting the Orthodox Catholic Messenger

09/15/2017 at 1:59 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Fr. Timothy V. Vaverek, September 13, 2017 The renowned philosopher Josef Seifert issued a cri de coeur last month expressing grave concern that if Amoris Laetitia n. 303 is taken literally (as some are in fact doing), this could destroy Christian morality by suggesting that God can command... read more

How to Respond When People Say, ‘Who Am I to Judge?’

09/14/2017 at 10:03 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
I am a watchman, a lover of souls, a guardian and one who has been commanded by Christ to speak to a brother who sins. By Msgr. Charles Pope, September 12, 2017 A few years ago a certain famous Catholic posed the following rhetorical question: “Who am I to judge?” It was a question heard... read more

American generosity after disasters: 4 questions answered

09/13/2017 at 5:02 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Religion and higher education are associated with readiness to give. By Patrick Rooney | Sep 13 2017 Editor’s note: After 9/11, Americans responded with the kind of outpouring of generosity usually reserved for the most powerful hurricanes and earthquakes. Ever since those terrorist... read more

Who am I not to judge? Correcting the sinner is an essential work of charity

06/28/2017 at 12:45 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Msgr. Charles Pope June 26, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — In the Gospel for Monday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, there is a Scripture passage that is almost too well known. I say this because the world has wielded like a club to swing at Christians. The text is quoted almost as if it... read more

HOW TO ACT TOWARD INVALIDLY MARRIED CATHOLICS

06/16/2017 at 11:15 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
CCI Editor’s Note:  This article has been recommended on several websites.  Written in the 1950’s, it is suggested as a response to the accompaniment recommended in Amoris Laetitia, the document by Pope Francis, promulgated after the Synod on the Family, which has caused considerable... read more

Cardinal Sarah: Criticisms of Benedict XVI are ‘diabolical’

06/08/2017 at 9:06 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
by Nick Hallett, 7 Jun 2017 The cardinal said some criticisms of the former pope's preface to his latest book were 'diabolical and cover the Church with a mantle of sadness and shame' Cardinal Robert Sarah has hit out at critics of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, accusing them of “vulgarity and... read more

US bishop says Trump budget at odds with Catholic, American ideals

05/27/2017 at 4:56 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Here’s why the US bishops are distressed about military spending

05/26/2017 at 9:49 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Pope Francis condemns Catholic “Fanatics” about doctrinal clarity

05/23/2017 at 11:49 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Texas House passes conscience protections for foster care system

05/12/2017 at 5:28 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Pope denounces rigid Christians, calls for meekness in the Church

05/07/2017 at 4:21 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

The Half-Made Bed and the More Excellent Way

05/04/2017 at 3:35 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

The Magisterium and Catholic Social Teaching

04/24/2017 at 11:36 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Hope for the Homeless

03/28/2017 at 3:33 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

German Newspaper Investigates Mysterious Trust Connected to Order of Malta

03/21/2017 at 8:58 AM By Mary Anne Hackett