Ant-War.com: Speaking to journalists today, Israeli Brigadier General Hertzi Halevy predicted another Israeli invasion of Lebanon would come soon, likely following in the wake of the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria. More on this here.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Beware the Litanies of the Dominicans!
From the Dominican Nuns of Summit, New Jersey, we have this news: The Dominicans are at it again! What are we up to now? Well, really, nothing we haven’t been doing…praying! But this time Dominicans all over the world received … Continue reading
The Presentation of Malitia and Guile in Melville’s Billy Budd
Through the kindness of the author, Professor Mitchell Kalpakgian, I was unexpectedly invited to comment on his own recent article in the April 2012 issue of New Oxford Review. What he wrote was a trenchant literary essay concerning Herman Melville’s … Continue reading
Russian Pro-Life Campaigner and Social Expert ‘Amazed’ by West’s Flirt with Socialism
Here’s a clip from Zenit interview with Alexey Komov: In Rome to address a conference to launch the Rome office of the Dignitatis Humanae Institute (Institute for Human Dignity) June 29, Komov stressed that socialism has “never worked in world … Continue reading
Fighting Hackers
The Catholicism.org site has been “hacked.” The hacker put code on our site that redirected viewers to a Brazilian YouTube channel, which features someone ranting against religion (in Portuguese). The site has been fixed twice now. Please say a prayer … Continue reading
Elderly Pro-Life Crusader Knocked Off Bike by Young Pro-Abort and Breaks Hip
LifeSiteNews: Days after Personhood USA president Keith Mason’s home was attacked in the night leaving his wife and children traumatized, a Personhood volunteer, 69-year-old Everett Stadig, was assaulted, sustaining a broken hip. More on this here.
Lesbian Teen Faked Threats That Sparked College’s ‘Solidarity Rally’
NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, July 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A lesbian student at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) won the sympathy of hundreds of students who rallied to her defense against anti-gay remarks before police say video evidence forced her to … Continue reading
China’s Religious Affairs Bureau Reacts Angrily to Vatican ‘Interference’
AsiaNews: Note against note; excommunication against excommunication, real pain against false pain; theology against base politics: in response to the note released by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on the ordination without papal mandate to be held in … Continue reading
Italian Sociologist Warns That Anti-Christian Intolerance in US Could Get Violent
CNA: The head of Italy’s new religious liberty watchdog group warned that present threats of “discriminatory legislation” in the U.S. could eventually result in violence against Christians in America. More on this here.
The Hearts of the Fathers
“And he shall go before him [the Lord God] in the spirit and power of Elias: that he may turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children and the incredulous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto … Continue reading
Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller, New CDF Prefect, Interviewed
(Rorate Caeli) The Church, a House of Many Rooms The new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Abp. Gerhard Müller, granted his first interview, after his appointment, to KNA, the German bishops’s news agency (in German). Dutch Catholic blog In … Continue reading
Bertone to Stay on as Vatican Secretary of State
Catholic Culture: Pope Benedict XVI has strongly signaled his support for Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in a highly unusual gesture clearly designed to end speculation that the Secretary of State might be replaced. More on this here.
Third Archbishop Di Noia Interview in One Week
For the record, we link to the article, A new chapter in the Society of St. Pius X saga, at the Vatican Insider site. In this interview with Archbishop Di Noia, to our knowledge the third since the announcement of … Continue reading
Pro-Life Activist’s Family Terrorized At Home in Middle of Night
LifeSiteNews: From the gunning down of a pro-life picketer in Michigan in 2009, to the filmed attack on pro-lifers in New Mexico in 2011, to another filmed attack in Washington last week, violent assault against pro-life Americans are on the … Continue reading
Subversive Theology Prof at Jesuit Marquette Says US Bishops in ‘Moral Schism’
And this laicized priest not only defends unnatural sexual vice, he considers infanticide (so-called partial-birth abortion) “a necessary procedure.” Campus Notes: Daniel Maguire, the theology professor at Marquette University, seems to like getting media attention. He certainly gets it… often! … Continue reading
