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Alternative news sources for secular news. Here is a list of online news sources that don’t reheat the standard New-York-Times-CNN-BostonGlobe-HuffPo-etc-etc-approved version of what goes on in the world. We in no way endorse the editorial policies of these organizations, but neither could we do the same for the common media outlets.
- Aljazeera
- Andrew Cusack (not news per se, but has many news items and links)
- American Spectator
- Human Events
- Info Wars
- Information Clearing House
- Interfax (and Interfax Religion)
- Israel-Palestine: The Missing Headlines
- RT (Russia Today)
- The American Conservative
- The New American
- Vatican Information Service
Homoactivists Press Case Against T-Shirt Co
(WND) A human rights official in Kentucky says it might be perfectly fine for a printing company run by “gays” to refuse to print anti-”gay” literature, but a Christian company refusing to print T-shirts for a “gay” event would not have that same right. The statements come from Raymond Sexton, executive director for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission, in a dispute raised by … More →
Cuba Declares Good Friday a National Holiday
Catholic Culture: Acceding to a request by Pope Benedict, Cuba’s Communist government has declared Good Friday this year to be a national holiday. The government will later decide whether to make the holiday permanent. Read more here.
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Pro-Medjugorje Cardinal Permits ‘Really Impressive’ Active Homosexual to Serve on Parish Council
Catholic Culture: Overruling one of his parish priests, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna has permitted a homosexual in a registered domestic partnership to serve on a parish council. Read more here.
Contractor Quits, Wasn’t Told he was Pouring a Foundation for Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com: Planned Parenthood is in the process of building a new mega- abortion facility next to an adoption agency in Forth Worth, Texas. Full report here.
Two College Students Received into the Church by H.E. Raymond Burke
Rome, Italy, Mar 30, 2012 / 04:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, head of the Vatican’s highest court, described the beauty of receiving two young Americans in Rome into the Catholic Church. “Today we are privileged to witness in a most beautiful manifestation the work of God’s grace flowing from the glorious pierced Heart of Jesus through the mediation of the Immaculate Heart … More →
Ukrainian Catholic Priests Excommunicated for Attempting to Establish Rival Church
CNA reports: The Vatican’s doctrinal office has confirmed the excommunication of four priests expelled from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, who asserted themselves as rivals to its bishops. Read more here.
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Indian State Targets 32 First Communicants Under Anti-Conversion Law
Accusations have been made of the forced conversions of 32 children and teenagers who have celebrated First Communion and Confirmation in Gujarat. In Anand district local authorities have opened an investigation into the Catholic priests of the two communities in the area of Khambhat. The complaint comes from Petlad association for human rights under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act 2008, the state anti-conversion law. … More →
Humanitarian Disaster Looms as Thousands of Syrians Escape into Lebanon
AsiaNews: “On the Syrian border, the situation is worsening day by day. In the next few weeks we expect new waves of refugees. If action is not taken quickly there is the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe.” This is what Fr. Simon Faddoul told AsiaNews; Fr. Simon is the President of Caritas Lebanon, which for days has been welcoming, caring for and feeding thousands of … More →
Scalia Invokes Eighth Amendment on 2700 Page Obamacare Bill
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Pope Ends Cuba Visit Today, Will Meet With Fidel Castro
Catholic Culture: Pope Benedict XVI met at length with Cuban President Raul Castro on March 27 as he neared the conclusion of his visit to the island nation. On Wednesday, March 28, he will meet with Fidel Castro before returning to Rome. Read more here.
Greek-catholic Patriarch: Orthodox connivance with Stalin undermines our relations
(Asia News) The Major Archbishop of Kiev, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, invites Russian Orthodox to recognize their complicity in the persecution of Catholics in the USSR. For the Moscow Patriarchate the Uniate situation is the biggest obstacle to the meeting between Kirill and Pope. Read more… Catholicism.org note: The Ukrainian Catholic Church, numbering some ten million souls worldwide, is headed by the Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia (currently, … More →
¡Viva Cristo Rey! Holy Father Breaks Taboo
(Eponymous Flower) Upon the “Angel of the Lord” the Pope recalled the anti-Christian persecution in Mexico and the armed struggle of the Cristeros, who fought for the freedom of the Church and religion in a bloody war 1926-1929. Benedict’s desired address breaks a central taboo in Mexico. In political and public life in the Middle-American country it was virtually forbidden to speak of the horrific … More →
Buchanan on Growing Tension over Trayvon’s Slaying
Douse the flames, Mr. President! Pat Buchanan: Why doesn’t Obama give a Tucson-type speech over Trayvon incident? Barack Obama’s statement that the death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy that cries out for a more thorough investigation was the right and necessary thing to say. But it fell far short of what was needed: a presidential call for a halt to the rhetoric that is … More →
