CNA reports: Cuban doctor and former political prisoner Oscar Elias Biscet noted that while Pope Benedict’s recent visit to the country was a success, religious freedom among the island’s people remains stifled. In an interview with Peruvian newspaper El Comercio, … Continue reading
AsiaNews: “I believe in Christ. I welcomed him” for “he is my saviour,” said Vincent (not his real name for security reasons), a former Bangladeshi imam who is now Catholic and for this reason has endured persecution for a long … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: As reported last year on Rorate the Archbishop of Colombo in Sri Lanka, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, has restored in his archdiocese the practice of communion on the tongue only and while kneeling. Last month, on the Feast of … Continue reading
This Thursday, the Church celebrates that sacrosanct night when the High Priest of the New Law, Christ our God, instituted the Blessed Eucharist (εὐχαριστία – Eucharistia). This great Gift of God, which goes under various names considered under its different … Continue reading
I have written on this persistent crisis in our Mancipia newsletter in 2007 and linked to other articles elsewhere on our website. Solutions have been proffered but have never gone beyond lab reports. Perhaps nature will take care of itself … Continue reading
Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online: Police can watch your every move via your cell phone. More importantly, the practice is becoming routine, even in non-emergency cases and there is virtually no oversight of the practice. Even small, rural departments are tapping … Continue reading
LifeNews.com: President Barack Obama today, during a televised press conference, said in no uncertain terms that he doesn’t believe the Supreme Court will overturn Obamacare, the abortion funding and rationing law pro-life groups oppose. More on this here.
Catholic World News quotes Cardinal Dolan saying some very spot-on words regarding contraception in light of the HHS Mandate: Cardinal Dolan conceded that the Catholic Church has “an internal catechetical challenge—a towering one—in convincing our own people of the moral … Continue reading
(www.RemnantNewspaper.com) When the leftist MSNBC cable network fired Pat Buchanan as a commentator in February, the Beltway Right reacted in character. It focused mostly on the issue of “free speech;” i.e., that the left only wants free speech for its … Continue reading
It’s not our fault at SBC. We’re trying, but our state of New Hampshire is at the bottom of the list, along with our westward neighbor, Vermont. Mississippi gets top billing as “Most Religious State.” See the results at Gallup.
The IHM School site has a photo gallery from the March 25 profession of two of our sisters. Please join us in thanking God that Sister Maria Rosaria and Sister Marie Gabrielle took their final vows as Slaves of the … Continue reading
(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 … Continue reading
Soon after the HHS contraception mandate was handed down, the prior of Saint Benedict Center, Brother Andre Marie, posted on this website some lines about there having arisen “a teaching moment,” an opportunity for the bishops of the country to … Continue reading
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.
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.
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