Catholic Culture: The Diocese of Asansol, located in an overwhelmingly Hindu and Muslim area of eastern India, now has 29,000 Catholics–twice the number it had when it was founded in 1997. “We are a growing Church, and each year around … Continue reading
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Israeli Law: Non-Jewish Immigrant Workers Have Three Months to Relocate New-Borns to Country of Origin
UCANews: The expulsion of a Filipino migrant worker’s wife and child from Israel could mark the start of a more hardline stance against the residence of children of non-Jewish migrant worker communities, writes Giorgio Bernardelli in the Vatican Insider. More … Continue reading
Stunning New Breakthrough in Cancer Treatment
Catholic Online: It is a commonly cited trivia fact, that everyone has cancer cells in their bodies all the time, but the immune system rapidly and routinely kills off the mutated cells. Patients develop cancer when their immune system does … Continue reading
Austrian Dissident Priest Group Pushing for Immediate Showdown
Catholic Culture: A group of dissident Austrian priests has announced plans to engage in open defiance of Church law. The Priests’ Initiative, which claims the support of 329 clerics, has argued in favor of administering Communion to Catholics who are … Continue reading
Hurricane Dominates Media News While Not-so-newsworthy Twelve Million Face Starvation in Africa
Dan O’Neil, president of Mercy Corps: Why is it that the US media takes a storm (bad as it might be) and beats it to death? Reporters dramatically leaning into the wind and rain … The real news is 12 … Continue reading
Hardline Official Moved From Tibet to Most Catholic Province of China
FaithWorld: The hardline Chinese official removed last week as Communist Party chief of restive Tibet has been made head of the province in the centre of contention over China’s Catholics, giving him an influential role in another sensitive religious issue. … Continue reading
Underground Priest Sentenced to Three Years Hard Labor For Refusal to Join Patriotic Association
AsiaNews: The Chinese government yesterday condemned Fr. Wang Chengli – diocesan administrator of the underground community in Heze Diocese (Caozhou) in Shandong province – to three years of “re-education through labour”, probably because he refused to join the Chinese government’s Catholic … Continue reading
Chinese Companies and Workers Creating Havoc in Vietnam
AsiaNews: Not only does China want to take 85% of the waters of Southeast Asia, but since 2010 it has been inacting an expansionist program in all developed countries of the continent. This is the opinion of experts in history, … Continue reading
GE Sells Out to China
CatholicOnline: General Electric has agreed to send several technologically advanced components and instruments to China as part of a plan to position the company strongly in the growing Chinese market. China’s booming economy and strong forecast means the Chinese aviation … Continue reading
Israel Using Unmaned Drones to Kill Palestinians, Women Push the Buttons
AntiWar.com: Here is a clip from Alison Weir summary article. It is a must read if you want the facts about what is going on today in the land where the Word was made Flesh 2000 years ago. If they … Continue reading
Chinese Communists Round Up Underground Bishop, Priests, and Dozens of Lay Leaders for ‘Re-education’
UCANews: Security officials have detained a number of underground Church leaders from Tianshui diocese in northwestern Gansu province during the weekend. They include diocesan administrator Father John Baptist Wang Ruohan; retired Bishop Casmir Wang Milu; Father John Wang Ruowang; as … Continue reading
Bishop Fellay and FSSPX to Resume Doctrinal Talks With CDF September 14
Rorate Caeli: None of this (really, not a single point) is news to our readers – but, since we like to keep a running record of reports, this is what Vaticanist Andrea Tornielli mentions now: Continue reading here.
A Day in Philly, Six Separate Shootings, Eleven Wounded, Four in Critical Condition
This is in one day. Philly.com: Six people were injured during a shootout – one critically – at a local league basketball game attended by 500 people in the city’s Kingsessing section Monday night, police said. More on this here. … Continue reading
Biden Tells China He ‘Fully Understands’ and Won’t ‘Second Guess’ Its One Child Policy
LifeNews: Vice-President Joe Biden is in China to attempt to revive the financial image of the United States after a first-ever downgrade in its financial rating. In attempting to explain some of the financial concerns the U.S. faces, Biden failed … Continue reading
Hollywood Catholic Actor Wants Movie on Siege of Malta and the Knights of St. John
CNA reports: Hollywood actor Matt Marsden said that young Catholics need to get involved in movie-making and other artistic ventures if they want to change the culture. Full report is here.