“And if we ask for an end to the scourges of this 2022, preparing to invoke with the Veni Creator the gifts of the Paraclete at the beginning of 2023, let us do so with the trusting humility of the prodigal son:...
Archive - December 2022
Archbishop Carlo Maria ViganoBenedict XVI Has Died: Requiescat in Pace
After nearly a decade of retirement (2013-2022) following an eight-year pontificate (2005-2013), Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Ratzinger in 1927) died this morning in Rome at the age of 95. According to the official...
Matt GaspersLet Us Make Good Use of Time: Year-End Reflection from “Divine Intimacy”
Editor’s Note: As anno Domini 2022 draws to a close today, we offer readers the following meditation from Divine Intimacy, a classic spiritual volume by a Carmelite priest and master of the interior life, Fr...
Catholic Family NewsFor God So Loved the World: Christmas in Salvation History
“For what things soever were written, were written for our learning: that through patience and the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4) On behalf of everyone at Catholic Family News, we wish all...
Abp. Viganò’s Declaration on Fr. Pavone’s Alleged Laicization: “Unjust and Illegitimate”
DECLARATIONof Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganòregarding the canonical sanctionsimposed on Father Frank A. Pavone Agere sequitur esse. So we are taught by scholastic philosophy: the action of every being depends on the...
Weekly News Roundup: Fr. Frank Pavone, Abp. Viganò on Trump’s Support for Same-Sex “Marriage”, LGBT Ideology in Church and State
This week, CFN’s editors discuss: Fr. Pavone Cancelled? Famous Pro-Life Priest Reportedly Laicized by Vatican (source, source, source, source, source, source)Trump Celebrates Signing of (Dis)Respect for Marriage...
INTERVIEW: Matt Gaspers on The Catholic Current — Next Phase of Synod on Synodality
CFN managing editor Matt Gaspers was recently interviewed on The Catholic Current, a radio program produced by The Station of the Cross (see below for full audio). Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., host of the show, and...
Abp. Viganò Denounces Trump’s “Endorsement of LGBTQ Ideology”
DECLARATIONof Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganòregarding the recent gala at Mar-a-Lago A large scandal has been created, as well as discouragement, upon learning the news of the gala event hosted by President Donald J...
SPECIAL REPORT: Father Pavone Cancelled?
Brian McCall speaks with Fr. John Lovell, founder of the Coalition for Canceled Priests (CFCP), about the shocking news that the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States claims the Vatican has laicized Fr. Frank Pavone...
Famous Pro-Life Priest Cancelled by the Vatican
News broke on Dec. 17 that Fr. Frank Pavone, the longtime director of Priests for Life, has allegedly been laicized by the Vatican. Catholic News Agency, who broke the story, reported: “In a Dec. 13 letter to U.S...