Catholic Family News
Encyclopedia
Catholic Family News is a Traditionalist Catholic
monthly publication, edited by traditionalist Catholic
journalist John Vennari, printed and published in the Western New York/Southern Ontario region. Catholic Family Ministries, which publishes the monthly Catholic Family News (CFN), is run by John Vennari.
Catholic Family News has no official affiliation with the various traditionalist groups, but is sympathetic regarding the Society of Saint Pius X. SSPX publishing house, Angelus Press, advertises in the newspaper.
Frequently critical of the post-Vatican II liturgical and doctrinal changes in the Church, CFN recognizes the validity of properly-celebrated New Rite sacraments, rejects the sedevacantist position, and promotes the proper collegial consecration of Russia, as requested by Our Lady of Fatima
.
The paper also includes devotional materials, and articles on historic Roman Catholic teachings and persons. Inspirational articles have appeared on Sister Annella Zervas
, O.S.B., Blessed Theodore Romzha
, Mother Agnes Hart, and Father Leo Heinrichs
, O.F.M..
Regular monthly features include "The Popes Speak," reprints of encyclicals and other papal documents.
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
monthly publication, edited by traditionalist Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
journalist John Vennari, printed and published in the Western New York/Southern Ontario region. Catholic Family Ministries, which publishes the monthly Catholic Family News (CFN), is run by John Vennari.
Catholic Family News has no official affiliation with the various traditionalist groups, but is sympathetic regarding the Society of Saint Pius X. SSPX publishing house, Angelus Press, advertises in the newspaper.
Frequently critical of the post-Vatican II liturgical and doctrinal changes in the Church, CFN recognizes the validity of properly-celebrated New Rite sacraments, rejects the sedevacantist position, and promotes the proper collegial consecration of Russia, as requested by Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Fátima is a famous title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary as she appeared in apparitions reported by three shepherd children at Fátima in Portugal. These occurred on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on May 13...
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The paper also includes devotional materials, and articles on historic Roman Catholic teachings and persons. Inspirational articles have appeared on Sister Annella Zervas
Annella Zervas
The Servant of God Sister Mary Annella Zervas was an American Benedictine nun who died after a three year battle with the skin disease Pityriasis rubra pilaris. She is known for the most part simply as "Sister Annella".-Early life:Anna Cordelia Zervas was born in Moorhead, Minnesota...
, O.S.B., Blessed Theodore Romzha
Theodore Romzha
Blessed Theodore Romzha was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1944 to 1947. Assassinated by Stalin's NKVD, he was beatified as a martyr by Pope John Paul II on June 27, 2001.-Early life:...
, Mother Agnes Hart, and Father Leo Heinrichs
Leo Heinrichs
Father Leo Heinrichs, O.F.M. was a German-born Roman Catholic priest of the Franciscan Order. While assigned at St...
, O.F.M..
Regular monthly features include "The Popes Speak," reprints of encyclicals and other papal documents.
Further reading
- Catholic Family News (masthead). Niagara Falls, NY: Catholic Family News. December 2006, p. 2.