Bravo! Catholic schools have also pulled out of the parade. Catholic Online: Every year, the City of Norfolk hosts a St Patrick’s Day Parade. A local Knights of Columbus Council have sponsored the parade for decades.This year, a local regional Knights … Continue reading
Category: Current Issues in the Church
German Cardinal Takes Issue With Cardinal Marx and Bishop Bode
LifeSite News: German Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, who headed the Papal Council Cor Unum until 2010 and was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, has publicly opposed the words and direction of the German Bishops’ Conference. In a Letter … Continue reading
New Bishop for San Diego Won’t Deny Communion for Pro-Abort ‘Catholic’ Politicians
Whispers in the Loggia: It’s being called the “Cupich appointment of the West,” and not without reason – resolving the highest-profile vacancy on the current US docket, at Roman Noon tomorrow the Pope is slated to name Bishop Robert McElroy, … Continue reading
Send a Message to the Knights of Columbus: Don’t Dishonor St. Patrick!
Last December, in a shocking defeat for Catholic religious freedom rights, a minority on the board of the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council—the organizers of Boston’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade—dispossessed the majority, surrendered to political pressure orchestrated by Mayor Martin … Continue reading
Sam Singer: Who Is This Man Out to Get Arch. Cordileone?
“Everyone is praying that the Pope will remove the San Francisco Archbishop and these priests,” Singer said in a Google+ post on Feb. 18, Ash Wednesday. Who is “everyone”? Who is Sam Singer? And his Association? Who hired him to … Continue reading
America’s Shifting Religious Demography
According to the Washington Post, a new study has revealed some dramatic changes in the sociological map of American religiosity. Here are some highlights, taken verbatim from the Post’s article: Last year, for the first time ever, Protestants lost their … Continue reading
Hindu Leader’s ‘Insult’ to Mother Theresa Ought to be the Goal of Every Missionary
UCANews: Christians across India have expressed outrage over remarks from a Hindu leader suggesting that the main objective of Blessed Teresa’s service to the poor was converting people to Christianity. Over 150 people cutting across religious lines gathered in Chhattisgarh, … Continue reading
Saint Gregory of Narek was a Catholic
This morning, I telephoned an old Armenian Catholic friend to ask him about Saint Gregory of Narek, recently proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Francis. Joe speaks fluent modern Armenian and reads the old classical Armenian literature. He was, for a … Continue reading
Indian Shrine Honors the Martyrs of 2008 Killed in ‘Odium Fidei’
AsiaNews: Christian residents in the village of Tiangia (Odisha) have erected the first monument to honour seven martyrs, victims of anti-Christian pogroms in Kandhamal in 2008. Mgr John Barwa SVD, archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, blessed the memorial plaque on 13 February, in … Continue reading
The Twenty-One Slain Copts: Martyrs?
The savage infidels who call themselves ISIL have added to their brutal crimes recently by simultaneously beheading twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christians on a beach in Libya. This grievous crime against defenseless civilians should rouse our just indignation. Further, such a persecution of … Continue reading
Heretics and Holy Confessors: the Conclave of 1549, Battles Among the Cardinals
Roberto di Mattei: Rorate Caeli: The Conclave that opened on November 30th 1549, after the death of Paul III, was certainly one of the most dramatic in the history of the Church. The English Cardinal, Reginald Pole (1500 – 1558) … Continue reading
Cardinal Kasper Includes Martin Luther Among Saints of ‘Great Gospel Tradition’
Catholic Culture: L’Osservatore Romano has published excerpts from a new book by Cardinal Walter Kasper on Pope Francis. Pope Francis, writes the retired president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, is a radical in the sense of emphasizing … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen: Rumors of Better Vatican/China Relations False
AsiaNews: A Hong Kong Communist Daily started spreading the news that the Sini-Vatican Agreement is close at hand. Then the voice of the Secretary of State of the Pope adds weight to the news: “Yes, the prospects are promising. Both … Continue reading
200,000 Christians May Be Slaughtered in Nigeria by Moslem Terrorists If Something Is Not Done
NBCNews: Boko Haram forces appear poised to attack Maiduguri, a city of 2 million in northeast Nigeria — meaning that 200,000 Christians could be at risk of slaughter by the Islamist terror group, say U.S. intelligence officials and experts on … Continue reading
Destroyer of FFI Guilty of Defamation Must Pay Victims 20,000 Euros
20,000 Euros is a bit more than 20,000 dollars. Let’s wait and see if he gets his just due from Pope Francis. Rorate Caeli: The chickens have come home to roost for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Commissioner of the Franciscan Friars of … Continue reading