The Washington Post has an article featuring “a movement of younger, religiously conservative Catholic women who are trying to rebrand what may be Catholicism’s most-ignored teaching: its ban on birth control methods such as the Pill.” Unless the WaPo has … Continue reading
Zenit: Hungary’s Ambassador to the Holy See is rather perplexed by the negative reaction of some European figures and institutions to his country’s new Constitution — a document he sees as offering a possible impetus to a “Christian renaissance” in … Continue reading
UCANews: Two Chinese bishops not recognized by the government were freed by authorities on Easter Sunday, according to Church sources. Coadjutor Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou in eastern Zhejiang province and Bishop Peter Jin Lugang of Nanyang in central … Continue reading
A group of thugs, with the cooperation of the police, stormed a Christian orphanage in Hanoi, damaging the building and even beating the children who are guests of the center. The thugs seriously injured a priest, who spoke out in … Continue reading
Amidst all the tales of chivalry from the Titanic disaster there is one that’s not often told. It is that of Fr. Thomas Byles, the Catholic priest who gave up two spots on a lifeboat in favor of offering spiritual … Continue reading
Who would have guessed that Protestant America would be the scene of the showdown between the Catholic Church and the diabolical? God does have a sense of humor. Also, Michael Voris goes into the influence of Cardinal Burke, and rumors … Continue reading
This is slightly dated, but noteworthy: “Traditional Catholicism Is Winning” by ANNE HENDERSHOTT AND CHRISTOPHER WHITE. Excerpt: This aging generation of progressives continues to lobby church leaders to change Catholic teachings on reproductive rights, same-sex marriage and women’s ordination. But … Continue reading
This arrived today, from a friend: “100 years ago today, the last Mass was said on the Titanic, which happened to be Low Sunday, tomorrow’s Mass.” The Encyclopedia Titanica has an entry on Father Byles, the priest who offered the … Continue reading
(Rorate Caeli) From major French daily Le Figaro, in an article signed by its main religion correspondent, Jean-Marie Guénois. Rome and Écône on the verge of reaching an agreement by Jean-Marie Guénois Updated on April 13, 2012 20:37 (1837 GMT)| … Continue reading
(Vatican Insider) A major survey of the views of Irish Catholics reveals a strong divergence from Roman Catholic teaching on such issues as sexual morality, celibacy, women’s ordination, and homosexuality. Read more, in painful detail…
On his www.chiesa site, the often worth-reading Sandro Magister has published the work of an Australian-based theologian concerning the Rome-SSPX dialogue. The piece by theologian John R.T. Lamont, “A Theologian’s Questions,” was written for Magister’s site. I referred to Lamont as … Continue reading
LifeSite News: Coming only a few days after Easter, the resignation of Father Gerhard Swierzek, the pastor of a parish in the Archdiocese of Vienna, has been hailed by homosexualist activists in the Catholic Church as a victory. Fr. Swierzek … Continue reading
In reading the quotes from this news clip I see that there is no addressee named to whom these forty “prayers” are directed. So, I looked up the referenced promoter of the prayers, Faith Aloud, and, sure enough, the prayers … Continue reading
Yesterday, Thursday, April 12, 2012, a notice was posted on the Vatican Information Service (VIS) blog, announcing that the Pontifical Biblical Commission is soon to take up the subject “Inspiration and Truth in the Bible.” Here is the full text … Continue reading
side from celebrating the joys of Easter this Sunday past, the usus antiquior community in Hong Kong were also celebrating their 10th year as a community, marked by a Solemn Pontifical Mass at St. Teresa’s church, and celebrated by their … Continue reading
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