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Grave Depravity
Grave Depravity: Why Catholics Should NOT Support Pride Month. Can Catholics support Pride Month? NO! Chaldean Catholic Priest, Father Simon Esshaki of San Diego, California, explains in an Instagram post why Catholics cannot support June LGBTQ Pride Month. He tells followers that Catholics are called to love all people, but we cannot support homosexual actions, as they are contrary to Catholic teaching.
Believe or Perish
A Priest’s Stirring Response to Catholics’ Disbelief in Real Eucharistic Presence: Help spread the truth about the Eucharist! Chaldean Catholic priest, Father Simon Esshaki, posted a video addressing last year's Pew Study regarding Catholics’ disbelief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
Catholic Netflix
“Catholic" Netflix? New, Catholic, On-Demand, Streaming Service: VatiVision. A Catholic, on-demand, streaming service launched on Monday, June 8, according to Vatican News. The service plans to include films, television series, and documentaries about popes, saints, the Shroud of Turin, and original Vatican Media documentaries. It will be available on several streaming-capable devices, including computers, televisions, tablets, and mobile phones.
Crisis & Division
End Crisis & Division: A Powerful Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows for Peace in the United States. We need to pray for our country! Recent reports show numerous riots occurring in the United States in response to the death of George Floyd. The situation causes unrest in society, whether it be physical, visual, or emotional. Losing life is always tragic, as the Catholic Church teaches that every life is precious and deserves dignity. Let us pray the novena below for peace in our country and for the dignity and respect of all human life, from conception until natural death.
When Demons Flee
When Demons Flee Dying Souls: The Hidden Saving Power of the Divine Mercy Chaplet. One of the most powerful prayers on the face of the Earth is the Divine Mercy Chaplet. This applies especially for the dying. Our Lord once told Saint Faustina these words:
Holy Face
The Power of Christ’s Holy Face. A Little-Known Chaplet for Battling God’s Enemies: This devotion is so important and powerful! Our Lord revealed the powerful devotion of His Holy Face to French Discalced Carmelite nun Sister Mary of Saint Peter in the mid-1800s. Jesus asked that she spread the devotion in reparation for the blasphemies against God and the profanation of Sunday. Many saints honored the Holy Face of Jesus, including Saint Therese of Lisieux. Pope Leo XIII also established an Archconfraternity of the Holy Face in 1887.
Health of the Sick
Virgin Mary Allegedly Appears to Coronavirus Patients in Colombian Hospital: According to accounts from a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, witnesses believe the Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to Covid-19 patients. The Colombian television program, Primer Impacto of Univisión, reported the alleged apparitions. The photographs show Our Lady in the hospital's chapel and corridor.
Secret to Sanctity
It is a longstanding Catholic tradition that the month of May be dedicated to honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary. "For this is the month during which Christians, in their churches and their homes, offer the Virgin Mother more fervent and loving acts of homage and veneration; and it is the month in which a greater abundance of God’s merciful gifts comes down to us from our Mother’s throne." – Pope Paul VI, Mense Maio, Encyclical on Prayers During May for Preservation of Peace.
Holy Thorn Relic
The relic of the Holy Thorn kept in Italy’s Cathedral of Andria changed color, according to Bishop Luigi Mansi of the Archdiocese of Andria, Italy. The relic belongs to Jesus’ original crown of thorns. The Cathedral of Andria held the relic “since 1308, as many know, a distinguished Relic of the Passion of Christ, consisting of one of the thorns that formed the crown placed on the Savior’s head,” Bishop Mansi said.
Greatest Hug Ever
Venerable Mary of Agreda, also known as Sister Mary of Jesus, was a 17th century mystic in Spain who received supernatural revelations from Our Lady about her holy life, which she wrote and compiled into a magnificent four-volume work titled The Mystical City of God.