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Retired Imperial Valley Police Chief Spreads Devotion
“I do it because it's a blessing,” Madueño said. “I never regret it. I love it.”
How Catholics Are Giving Thanks this Thanksgiving
With lockdowns and all kinds of restrictions all across the state of California, Catholics in the El Centro and Brawley area are finding ways to creatively bring family together and keep the faith for Thanksgiving.
JP2 Radio readies for new decade
IMPERIAL VALLEY –It happens every morning. With the turn of a key or push of a button a car engine fires on, mechanical parts begin whirring...and you turn on your radio.
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Exaggerations and Eucharistic Miracles
Two new forensic science papers raise concerns about Eucharistic miracle investigations. The main author, Dr. Kelly Kearse, is a faithful Catholic, Eucharistic minister for over 20 years, and science teacher at Knoxville Catholic High School in Tennessee. Kearse is also an immunologist who trained at Johns Hopkins, worked as a
A Fly Fisherman’s Carol
As I scuttled down the rocky bank amid the chilly, biting air of a cloudy November morning, my ears perked to the sound of the rushing water coming from the stream below. The musical dance of the crystal-clear water weaving in, out, and over the rocks and boulders served as
St. Thorlak of Iceland
The Scandinavian island nation of Iceland celebrates its national patron, St. Thorlak Thorhallsson, on Dec. 23. Although Iceland's national assembly declared him a saint in 1198, only five years after his death, this “unofficial” canonization did not become an official part of the Church's liturgical calendar until Pope John Paul
In Christmas message, Pope Francis criticizes gossip among Vatican staff
Pope Francis has told Vatican bureaucrats to stop speaking ill of one another, as he once again used his annual Christmas greetings to admonish backstabbing and gossiping among his closest collaborators. A wheezing and congested-sounding Francis, who just turned 88, urged the prelates to speak well of one another and
What we know about the deadly Christmas market attack in Germany
Four women and a 9-year-old boy were killed and 200 people were injured when a Saudi doctor drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg – an attack that has left Germans mourning the victims and with a shaken sense of security. Prosecutors
The official and unofficial duties of Ambassador to the Holy See
President Trump has chosen Brian Burch, the head and co-founder of CatholicVote, to be U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. And it is upsetting all the right people. And what most upsets Burch’s critics is how effective he—and CatholicVote—were in helping to elect Donald Trump. And – adding insult to injury