We posted this as a news item back in 2009. But, being that yesterday was the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I decided to post it again, anew. As with her Son, and because of Him, Mary is … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2012
Drury Hotel Founder: From Farm to Hotels, Always a Catholic First
CNA Interview: Missouri business executive Charles Drury, who helped found the hotel chain that bears his name, attributes his success to a firm reliance on God and a willingness to value family over material possessions. Read full interview here.
Rome Moscow 1962 Alliance
It’s old news to traditional Catholics, but good to see the record posted now on Catholic World Report website. Edward Pentin doesn’t mention the masonic connection however. Though there certainly were many communists who infiltrated the Church in the 50s, … Continue reading
Beguiled Boxing Champ Manny Pacquiao TKO’d
UCANews: Manny Pacquiao’s glorious boxing career came badly unstuck last week. His mother blames the Protestants. Read more here.
Scot Bishop Calls ‘Get With the Program’ Cameron ‘Disciple of Nero’
LifeSite News: In a two-page letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, Joseph Devine, the Catholic bishop of Motherwell in Scotland, has compared Cameron to Nero, the Roman emperor who persecuted Christians, for his determination to bring forward “gay marriage.” More … Continue reading
New Orleans Hornets to Change Name to Eucharistic Symbol ‘Pelicans’
Patheos: I suspect most fans won’t be aware of this—and it’s probably not the sort of thing franchise owners would publicize—but the folks changing the name of the New Orleans Hornets to the New Orleans Pelicans are giving the team a profoundly … Continue reading
Christmas Miracle
CNA: After spending ten years in a comatose state, a young Italian man named Maximiliano Tresoldi woke up on Christmas of 2000 to dry the tears of his mother, Lucrecia. Read more here.
NC Judge Rules Against Pro-Life License Plate. Why?
Because NC doesn’t have a pro-abortion license plate. Yes, that’s right, when it comes to abortion, according to this judge, both sides must be heard. More here.
Government-Controlled Bishops Conference Revokes Bishop Ma’s Appointment
UCANews: The government-sanctioned Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church of China (BCCCC) has revoked Thaddeus Ma Daqin’s appointment as “Coadjutor Bishop” of Shanghai, according to Church sources. Full report here.
International Congress on Church in America Opened Yesterday
Vatican Information Service: Among other things Pope Benedict told the assembly there was this call for a more zealous missionary spirit: “The love of Christ impels us to devote ourselves without reserve to proclaiming His name throughout America, bringing it … Continue reading
Fear, Holy and Unholy
Advent may not seem the time for considering fear. But if we are thinking with the mind of the Church as expressed in her liturgy, we look forward to two “advents” of Jesus: His coming in mercy, which is mystically … Continue reading
Czestochowa Icon Safe after Attempted Vandalism
AFP – Polish police detained a 58-year-old man Sunday after he threw vials of black paint at the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, an ancient Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary believed to work miracles. A protective pane of glass over … Continue reading
Holy Fear
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear, O my God. Take from this soul what is wild and untame. Gently lead me from the paths that I’ve trod. Place in my heart a great awe for Thy Name. I do … Continue reading
Old, Liberal, Heretical Priests Don’t Give Up
NBC News: A Milwaukee-area Catholic priest was stripped of his priestly duties after he presided over a Mass with a woman priest last month in Georgia. More here.
Pére Marquette’s Prayer to the Immaculate Conception
Pére Jacques Marquette, S.J., is best remembered as the French explorer, who, along with Louis Joliet, discovered the Mississippi River in 1673. The fact that he was first a Jesuit missionary priest, whose work as an explorer was subjected and … Continue reading
