Is it the Tech-corcist? With religious rifts widening around the globe, an enterprising Christian leader has potentially devised a way to unite the faiths against a common foe. A Mexican priest named Father Luis Ramirez Almanza is inviting rabbis, imams and evangelical preachers to join a special exorcism training course that, among other evils, specializes in … Read more
It’s a myrrh-acle! A bargain-bin Mary-and-Jesus print is dripping with divine drama in Honolulu — and believers swear it’s more than just sticky. The $20 image, reportedly rescued from a Toronto bargain bin, is now on display at the Hawaiian capital’s Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church — and it’s oozing myrrh, resin from … Read more
Girls just want to have fun. Cyndi Lauper has revealed why she was “asked to leave” – on two separate occasions – the Catholic school she attended as a child. “Listen, I can’t even read a regular book without a piece of white paper underneath every line,” Lauper, 72, told Gracie Abrams during Rolling Stone’s … Read more
One pastor’s viral vision has believers walking on water in anticipation. A South African pastor recently claimed that Jesus could be making a return on September 23, with the Feast of Trumpets ringing in the Rapture and Judgment Day. In a viral YouTube video, Pastor Joshua Mhlakela claims he saw Jesus in a divine vision, … Read more
This cop is battling demons. A retired NYPD officer turned “demonologist” is breaking his silence about the bone-chilling warning that forced him and his former FDNY EMT wife to take a year-long hiatus from slaying the supernatural — and revealing why they think they’re safe to fight evil again. Chris and Harmony DeFlorio committed their … Read more
Young men are driving a growing surge in Catholicism among Gen Z, as they turn to faith as an answer to loneliness, cultural drift and a search for purpose. A Harvard University study shows that Gen Zers who identified as Catholic rose by 6% between 2022 and 2023, a shift that Father Michael Tidd — headmaster … Read more
Archaeologists finally broke the cipher on 255 strange symbols etched into a Canadian rock over 200 years ago — and it’s the Lord’s Prayer… in Swedish. Discovered in 2018 after a tree fell near Wawa, Ontario (just a stone’s throw from Michigan), the bizarre runes had stumped many — until Ryan Primrose from Ontario’s archaeology … Read more
A Catholic group is calling out Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple TV+ in a letter demanding an apology and removal of a “Eucharistic desecration” scene in one of its shows. “As the nation’s largest lay Catholic advocacy organization, we write to express our concern about a blasphemous anti-Catholic scene in the Apple TV+ show, Your Friends and … Read more
Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration ceremony took place in Vatican City earlier today. Many were in attendance, and as tradition goes — when a person is in the presence of a pope, they dress in black, except for Queen Letizia of Spain, who is one of seven women in the world who were granted permission to … Read more
It wasn’t just the heavens weeping. A jaw-dropping discovery by NASA may lend cosmic credibility to one of the Bible’s most dramatic moments — the crucifixion of Jesus Christ — and the spooky sky show that followed. The space agency’s astronomical models suggest that a lunar eclipse turned the moon red over Jerusalem on Friday, … Read more
Wait. Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah fall on the same day this year? December 25th! Thank God! Finally! Can we please keep this up?! My extended family is a mishmash of Jews and Catholics, all committed to their own customs and traditions. At long last, we can stop running to different homes to … Read more
Pope Francis will commence a centuries-long Catholic tradition on Christmas Eve and introduce a first-time, historical addition to the holy ritual. Starting on Dec. 24, the pontiff will open a series of five Holy Doors throughout the Vatican, including St. Peter’s Basilica, plus Rome’s three other basilicas to commence next year’s Catholic Church jubilee — … Read more
Scientists aren’t fishing on this one. New research has given a “plausible scientific basis” for two of Jesus Christ’s most iconic and biblically recorded miracles — along with a timeline for one of them — that occurred in the Sea of Galilee, known today as Israel’s Lake Kinneret. The study shows a precedent of mass … Read more
Ralph Fiennes was hanging out with a Catholic cardinal. The “English Patient” actor was preparing for his next role, as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in the pope movie “Conclave,” in theaters Oct. 25, and wanted to spend time with the real deal. Head-first Fiennes went a bit further than that. “I get a text from Ralph, … Read more
A group of Aussie schoolgirls have gone viral after they stormed McDonalds while dressed as Ronald McDonald, causing utter mayhem. Videos showing the muck up day prank have amassed millions of views after the students from Sacre Coeur in Glen Iris, Victoria shared them on TikTok. At least 100 girls donned the iconic yellow and red … Read more
A tomb of a medieval Catholic saint was recently opened last month for research – and the condition of her body stunned those who found her. In an Aug. 28 press release translated from Spanish to English, the Diocese of Avila announced the recent opening of the tomb of St. Teresa of Jesus. The saint, also known … Read more
Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who designed a website documenting various Eucharistic miracles and led a faithful life before his death at age 15, will be canonized, the Vatican announced on Monday, July 1. Acutis was one of 15 people approved for canonization at an Ordinary Consistory of Cardinals on Monday, according to the Vatican News website. … Read more
She made sure they did “The Right Stuff.” New Kids on the Block singer Joey McIntyre’s mom wanted to ensure that the world-famous boy band kept it clean and wholesome. “My mother was a staunch Catholic. I mean, she actually called the record company [because] there was a little too much cleavage in one of … Read more
Christians of many denominations abstain from meat for all or part of the liturgical season of Lent. For Roman Catholics, “all Fridays through the year and the time of Lent are penitential days and times throughout the entire Church.” In addition, “abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the conference of bishops … Read more
Mark Wahlberg was on Hallow-ed ground Sunday night. Wahlberg, 52, teamed with Jesus Christ — aka actor Jonathan Roumie from TBN’s “The Chosen” — to encourage prayer in a 30-second Super Bowl LVIII commercial for the Catholic app Hallow. “God, we take this moment just to give You thanks,” Walhberg’s voice said in a teaser for … Read more