A former Blenheim man says there are signs of divine intervention in a scan of his wife’s brain after she had emergency surgery following a stroke. When Tamaha MacDonald and his wife Jennifer Lougee Mingramm returned home from the hospital after Lougee Mingramm suffered a stroke, they started looking through a pile of X-rays taken Read more
On Saturday, October 17 Dominican Sisters of Mary will be part of a “where are they now?” show on Oprah’s OWN Network. The appeared twice on the Oprah show in 2010. Then, when their participation first was suggested Oprah was hesitant. “Do you really think a community like that would be willing to be on Read more
Test your knowledge about all things papal with this quiz. Answers are at the end. WHICH IS NOT ONE OF POPE FRANCIS’S OFFICIAL TITLES? a) Emeritus Bishop of Buenos Aires b) Primate of Italy c) Vicar of Christ d) Successor of the Prince of the Apostles 2) THE WHITE SKULLCAP THAT POPE FRANCIS WEARS IS Read more
The Church is well represented on Reality TV in the last 12 months. Last year, Sister Cristina Scuccia won Italy’s version of The Voice talent show, and went on to release a cover of Madonna’s Like a Virgin as her debut single. Father Damian Maria Montes, 29, from Madrid, appeared wearing his clerical collar on Read more
Pope Francis dominated the American media during his visit to the USA. Many of the headlines certainly were attention grabbers; for example:”Donald Trump: I’d talk to Pope Francis about religion.” – (Washington Times.) This, from the guy who said in one campaign video “Forget Love.” and “Congressman Bob Brady Steals Pope Francis’ Glass Of Water, Read more
In Philadelphia in the runup to the Pope’s visit you could buy a mozzarella bust of Pope Francis, a bobblehead doll of the pontiff sporting boxing gloves and holding a Philly cheesesteak and a soft pretzel, a plush doll in his likeness and T-shirts that combine Francis with other beloved Philly icons like Rocky Balboa, Robert Indiana’s Love Read more
Kim Kardashian, who is famous for being famous, is incurring the wrath of Argentina’s catholics, after sharing her thoughts on Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United States. Her tweet “the Pope is dope” caused some confusion on a news website in Argentina where it was mistranslated as “the Pope is drugs”. An Argentinian columnist asks Read more
Pope Francis has had trouble keeping his skullcap on. When he got off the airplane in Cuba the wind claimed it, and this was not the first time it has happened. Did someone get a first class relic or did he get it back? Does he carry spares? Perhaps it will feature on eBAy, or Read more
Saint Simeon Stylites, a Syrian monk who who lived in the 7th century was the first known stylite, or pillar hermit who lived on the top of a pillar. Now he has a modern day counterpart; A Benedictine monk who works at a Rhode Island school has discovered that finding solitude is no easy feat, even Read more
For more than 10 painstaking months, Father Bob Simon of St. Catherine of Siena in Moscow created a replica of the Vatican out of roughly 500,000 Lego pieces. The work is now on display at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, which happens to be running two overlapping exhibits on Lego art and Vatican art and Read more