In the ultimate political/cultural gaffe in heavily Cuban Miami, the raw and ribald Ozzie Guillen created a firestorm of controversy when he praised Fidel Castro. The colorful character is a Santeria adept, that is, a pagan. The LA Times covered … Continue reading
‘Materially and formally’ cooperating with sin: Cardinal Burke explains why Catholic employers can’t obey Obama administration’s contraception mandate. See California Catholic Daily.
By posting this news item I will probably get a few critical comments, especially with the CNA link and the use of the term “full communion” for the conversion of baptized Protestants. So, let me state simply that I do … Continue reading
CNA: The Cuban Commission on Human Rights reported that 43 dissidents have been detained by the Communist government in a new wave of repression launched on April 2 in the city of Santiago. Read more here.
CNA: Officials at the Pontifical Academy for Life are offering two different and contrasting explanations for canceling a controversial summit that would have included embryonic stem cell researchers. Read full article here.
As a treat for Easter, the brothers watched the film Katyń, which recounts the horrible massacre of some 22,000 Polish officers and intelligentsia in the forest of Katyn, not far from the western Russian city of Smolensk. The film, directed … Continue reading
AsiaNews: This Easter, 3,500 adult catechumens in the Hong Kong diocese will receive the Sacrament of Christian Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion) at various parishes at the Holy Saturday Vigil today, April 7. Read more here.
AsiaNews: The Easter holiday will be “very discreetly” celebrated this year in unofficial (underground) communities in China. Many community leaders, bishops and priests, were in fact called in by the police for a “conversation” and even underwent weeks of indoctrination … Continue reading
(Eponymous Flower) Most of the world isn’t going to understand the significance of the Mass, that it’s the unbloody commemoration [representation, actually] of the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary, the most sacred event a Catholic can experience in this life. … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Edinburgh, Scotland will use his Easter Sunday homily to encourage Christians to wear a cross, the Scotsman has learned. More on this here.
Catholic Culture: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who has clashed repeatedly with the nation’s bishops since becoming president in 1999, attended Mass on Holy Thursday and prayed that he be cured of cancer. Weeping, he said, “Give me life even if … Continue reading
It is very sad that practicing Catholics who know and work with naturally virtuous non-Catholics, such as Mr. Colson, are afraid, due to human respect, to ask such people to become Catholic. I do not understand this. Father Feeney considered … Continue reading
The divinity of Our Lord and Savior is manifestly evident in every page of the four Gospels and most especially so in that of Saint John: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the … Continue reading
April 1-8, 2012 [Get Directions] Palm Sunday: Low Mass: 7:30 am; Rosary: 9:00 am; High Mass: 9:30 am Monday through Wednesday: (schedule as usual) Mass: 7:30 am; Rosary (after school): 3:00 pm Maundy Thursday: Rosary: 6:30 pm; High Mass: 7:00 … Continue reading
This event, sponsored by IHS Press Group, promises to be very informative. The IHS Press Group cordially invites you to the first conference in the Rebuilding Christendom™ series. This packed, three-day event is an inaugural gathering of Catholics and others … Continue reading
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