The Lord's Prayer and Sodom & Gomorrah

By Wally AridaEmailed July 26, 2007Dear Friends,St. Francis de Sales once said, "While those who give scandal are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder, those who allow scandals to destroy their faith are guilty of spiritual suicide." While he said this several centuries ago during some of the darkest days of the Catholic Church, it's still timely today in light of the recent settlements

"Reclaiming our Catholic identity in today's secular world"

Dear Friends,Please join us in welcoming Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pomona, CA and St. George Catholic Church Church in Fontana, CA to the ParishWorld.net family. Soon their parishioners will be able to enjoy their own dynamic and vibrant ParishWorld community websites that will be their daily resource for evangelization, inspirational stories, universal Catholic news and local community

"The one, true church, the one that Jesus Himself founded"

Dear Friends,Last week, Pope Benedict loosened restrictions on the celebration of the Tridentine Mass. People were just begining to discuss why he would boost the Latin Mass when he made yet another announcement. This week he reaffirmed to the world that the Catholic Church is the one, true church, the one that Jesus Himself founded.As expected, this declaration flamed discussions regarding

"Red, White, Blue and Catholic too!"

By Wally AridaPosted July 5, 2007Dear Friends,Freedom, Catholic Deacons and Christian determination are our main story clusters in this edition.This week we celebrate our Independence Day as a nation. It's a great time to ask ourselves this week's Burning Question: "What is Freedom? What does it mean to us?" Surely, it's more than fireworks, parades and hotdogs. We ask you to reflect upon it and

Latin Mass, Evan Almighty and the Internet

By Wally AridaPublished June 28, 2007Dear Friends:What a busy week it has been for us. We've been working diligently on many new things to further improve your favorite Catholic lifestyle magazine. And thanks to your support, we are today the fastest growing Catholic lifestyle magazine in the United States.Every week through ParishWorld.net more and more people are discovering that evangelization

Marrriages, Baptisms and St. John the Baptist

By Wally Arida E-Mailed June 22, 2007Dear Friends,June is traditionally the month when many among our friends and family choose, or have chosen, to get married. And this Sunday is the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. So we thought we should focus this week's edition of your ParishWorld.net on these two things: Marriages and Baptisms.So who is this man we call St. John the Baptist

"God is not against the rich!" and other great stories

BURNING QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What three commandments require restitution when violated? Tell us what youthink. Post a comment today.THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BLOG: "The Cross at Cahuenga" - Shining God's love down upon Hollywood - by Hope FrancesDear Friends,The Pope's Islamic comments, Catholic Hollywood and our new Spanish language blogs top our ParishWorld list this week.We are happy to announce