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A Catholic religious priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Spain has been suspended “a divinis” from his priestly duties after defying the orders of his religious superior to discontinue appearing on the franchise of the reality show...

An overwhelming vote from OTWOMD readers resounded their call for nuns to bring back the tradition of wearing their religious habits. A religious habit is a distinctive set of garments worn by members of a religious order (uniform in common...

The mistress of a controversial Congressman in the Philippines, Representative Iggy Arroyo, brother of the equally controversial first Gentleman Mike Arroyo, who died in London this week from Cardiac arrest, might be charged for misrepresenting the legal wife when she...

Have you seen the star wars anthology? I have seen all of them, in fact I have them on DVD and Blue-ray. Although I am one of the millions of fans who follow the Star Wars saga, yet it is...

While a Vatican bank official said in an interview with EWTN that countries facing economic crisis like the United States need to increase family members in order to sustain the demand for manpower resources that will eventually turn the economy around, the...

This is what makes our society crazy: bashing Catholics, the Catholic Church and the Pope is socially acceptable, even tolerated in some culture. The culture of anti-Catholicism has become so common, so widespread, so familiar, that people think that it’s...

Drastic measures to combat child abuse in Ireland has taken its toll by proposing extreme measures. Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny proposed a new law that would require priests to report any disclosure or knowledge of child abuse during confession....

Hi. I just want to ask something that’s been bothering me since the 90′s. Is the song “One of Us” by Joan Osborne anti-Catholic? My friends say its sacrilegious. It’s one of my favorite songs but I am not sure that patronizing...

A month ago I wrote an article about women wearing chapel veils during mass, a tradition long gone and long obsolete among Catholic women attending mass. We straighten the facts, cleared misconceptions, offered advantages and disadvantages in wearing veils and...

Have you heard the pejorative term “Cafeteria Catholicism”? basically it refers to Catholics who only select and choose Church teaching that fits them or their lifestyle. It was coined “cafeteria” because the pattern of belief is likened to a person...

Probably one of the most misconstrued issue within the Catholic Church is the treatment of homosexuals. It’s quite saddening when issues such as these are often misinterpreted and misunderstood by the media which puts the Pope and the Vatican in...

I attended Church today very early in the morning and I saw a group of women (mostly the girls in the family) wearing white veils or mantillas at mass. It was fantastic to behold. I felt I was transported back...

Did you know that the Pentecost Novena is the first ever Novena which the disciples prayed after Jesus’ ascension into heaven? He asked his disciples to come together in the upper room to devote themselves to constant prayer and for...

Okay, lets get the facts straight. According to some, Harold Camping, the doomsday preacher and broadcaster of Family Radio did not say that May 21, 2011 was the end of the world but instead is the beginning of the Judgment...

It seems that a world-famous scientist found himself an unlikely competitor in a 12 year old boy over heaven’s existence. Who could contradict or even discredit the wisdom God has given to innocent children? And with all the skepticism in the...

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the...

I found out Bin Laden’s eventual capture and death yesterday. Upon arriving home in the afternoon. It still took me half past nine to realize what I missed. The whole world was already rejoicing on the death of a notorious...

The director of the Vatican press office is welcoming today’s ruling from the European Court of Human Rights, which found that crucifixes can be displayed in Italy’s public schools. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said in a statement that the Holy...