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Combat Rosaries for the White House

COMBAT ROSARIES FOR THE WHITE HOUSE Silver Combat Rosaries, touched to 165 first-class relics of saints (including a verified piece of the veil of the Blessed Mother), are ready to

Night of Knights with Fr. Z! Friday, November 3

Powerful Night for Men! 6:00 PM – Adoration, Confession and chanted Solemn Vespers with the Knights of Divine Mercy Schola Cantorum. 7:00 PM – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (Fr. Z …

Clarification on the Issue of Funeral Rites and Those in Homosexual Civil or Notorious Unions

Clarification on the Issue of Funeral Rites and Those in Homosexual Civil or Notorious Unions By Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, Diocese of Madison “You shall love the Lord your

The Day I Told My Mom, “You Have To Do That!”

For whatever reason, I believe I was my mom’s favorite child (my 5 siblings would debate me on that 😉 ). This was in spite of my occasional temper tantrums.

Can a Real Witch Receive Holy Communion?

I’m fairly confident the witch shown in the photo for this article is not a real witch. I am guessing this may be Mass held on Halloween, maybe at a

God is My Primary Vocation

I’ve always said that we do not have a crisis of poor catechesis … we have a crisis of “no hunger for catechesis.” When I was growing up, the Church

Fr. Z’s Heartfelt Advice to Married Couples

Married couples.  Listen up. It is not possible to squeeze everything into a blog post, or even a book, but here are a few words from my heart and experience.

St. Gertrude Prayer Releases 1,000 Souls from Purgatory. Or, Does It?

I have to admit, I have always struggled with the claim that St. Gertrude received, from our Lord, the promise that, if this prayer is said, 1,000 souls are released

As We Enter Heaven, We Will Be Greeted by the Grateful Souls We Prayed for in Purgatory

“As we enter Heaven, we will see them, so many of them, coming toward us and thanking us. We will ask who they are and they will say: ‘A poor

Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory: October 24 – November 1

Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory O most gentle Heart of Jesus, ever present in the Blessed Sacrament, ever consumed with burning love for the poor captive souls in