You don’t have to be a Fox News fan to enjoy this. (The New American) The National Organization for Women has put The Little Sisters of the Poor on a list of “Dirty 100” organizations waging legal battles against the … Continue reading
Category: Current Issues in the Church
Louisiana Diocese Tells Court Seal of Confession Can Never Be Violated
The Catholic World Report: The Diocese of Baton Rouge is protesting a decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court that the diocese contends requires one of its priests to violate the seal of confession. In May, the state Supreme Court ruled … Continue reading
In Brazil, Bread and Circuses, while Lions Eat Christians in Iraq, Syria, and Nigeria
The indignation expressed by Rorate Caeli deserves to be echoed. We are not a serious people. It’s one thing to have legitimate diversions, recreations, pastimes, and hobbies. It is quite another when games of football become an obsession and “news,” … Continue reading
Terrorists in Central African Republic Lay Siege on Cathedral Compound
CatholicOnline: The attack in Bambari, 236 miles northeast of the capital of Bangui, came shortly before French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was expected to visit. A grenade attack had injured seven French soldiers the previous week.Church officials said fighters from … Continue reading
Louisiana Supreme Court Decision Puts Seal of Confession in Jeopardy
The Times Picayune: The Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge has issued a statement decrying a decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court that could compel a local priest to testify in court about confessions he might have received. The alleged confessions, according to legal … Continue reading
On the Hermeneutic of Continuity
Robert De Mattei, Rorate Caeli: The ultimate criteria of judgment for a Catholic must be the one of the Church: to love and hate what the Church loves and hates: loving the truth in all of its uniqueness and integrity and … Continue reading
Papal Blasts From the Past
Leaving my apartment building last February 18, I fell on the icy front steps and broke both bones of my right forearm, the radius and ulna, about two fingers below the wrist bone. It wouldn’t be until six weeks later … Continue reading
For the Record: Pope Francis on the Church
(Vatican.va) Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our catechesis on the Church, we have seen that God gathered a people to himself in the Old Testament and in the fullness of time sent his Son to establish the Church as the … Continue reading
Masons Hold Conference Lauding Vatican II, Theologians Give Speeches
Rorate Caeli: The largest and most influential Masonic organization in Italy is the Grand Orient of Italy [Grande Oriente d’Italia]. Yes, it is the very same Grand Lodge whose Grand Masters always worked for the humiliation of the Apostolic See, from … Continue reading
Meriam Ibrahim Re-arrested at Khartoum Airport
Moslem persecution continues with a vengeance. Now they have arrested her husband and two children. NBC News: A mother who was freed from death row for refusing to renounce Christianity has been re-arrested just a day later while trying to leave Sudan, … Continue reading
Communist Authorities Say Bishop Ma Must Continue His ‘Repentance and Reflection’
UCANews: Auxiliary Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin, who has been under de facto house arrest since 2012, is to remain in detention. The influential bishop, who defied the government in July 2011 when he became the first bishop to publicly quit the … Continue reading
Italy’s Missio ad Gentes Journal Folds Due to No Mission
AsiaNews, Piero Gheddo (dean of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in Milan): This is not good news for us missionaries ad gentes and the Italian Church. The superiors of Italy’s missionary institutes have decided to end the publication of … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Lashes Out Against China’s Communist Government
Never a man to mince words, Cardinal Zen urges Catholics not to “kneel down” but stand tall, maintain dignity. UCANews: Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong sharply criticized the Chinese authorities’ recently released white paper that emphasized Beijing’s … Continue reading
Pope Laments Childless, Rootless, and a Tired Europe Without Memory
Rorate Caeli: When the elderly are discarded, when the elderly are isolated and sometimes pass away without affection, it is a very bad sign! … A people that does not take care of its elders, that does not take care of … Continue reading
Russia’s Eastern-Rite Catholics, Hope for True Union
Christopher Howse for The Telegraph: Vladimir Putin hardly seems a pattern of holiness, but he has aligned himself with the Orthodox Church as an institution. The Orthodox Church in Russia had a bad time of it under Soviet rule: mass … Continue reading