Morning Star News, Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria on Wednesday (Jan. 8), the same day four students were kidnapped from a Catholic seminary in Kaduna state. Report is here.
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China and Rome: The Sham of Compromise and the Shame
The Catholic Thing, Robert Royal: China is a large, strange, complex, contradictory thing, even before you get to the large, strange, complex, contradictory, and murderous form of Communism that has come to dominate its various peoples. No one understands it … Continue reading
Pell Moved to Max Security Prison
CNA: Cardinal George Pell has reportedly been transferred out of the Melbourne prison in which he has been incarcerated for more than a year after a drone illegally flew over the prison grounds. More here.
Megachurch Preacher Affirms Real Presence of Jesus in Eucharist
ChurchMilitant, Jules Gomes: A star evangelical preacher has shocked Protestants after preaching on the Real Presence of Jesus in Holy Communion and rejecting the exclusively symbolic interpretation of the Eucharist. “I didn’t know that for the first 1,500 years of church history everyone saw it [the … Continue reading
Young Artist and Convert with a Medieval Flare
National Catholic Register, Jay Copp: [Daniel] Mitsui jokingly calls himself a “spirit of Nicea II Catholic.” His understanding of the role of religious art has its roots 1,200 years ago with that Church council, which reversed an earlier council’s suppression … Continue reading
Novus Ordo Optional Feast of Holy Name Only Mentions ‘Jesus’ Once
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Today, January 3, the Church calendar offers us the (optional) feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. At Mass the entrance antiphon reminds us, “At the name of Jesus, every knee should bend…” And then something … Continue reading
What About Baptism of Desire?
Cathoic Stand, Peter Darcy: Your guardian angel guides you and guards you. And luckily, for some of us sinners, they never, ever, stop trying to save our souls. We know from our earliest instructions in the faith that angels exist … Continue reading
Saint Thomas Becket vs the Demon
Ignitum Today, Father Carlos Martins: Want to hear a real demon story, one for which I can personally vouch? A good priest friend of mine — let’s call him Fr. George — is an exorcist. When he performs an exorcism on someone … Continue reading
China: 60 Churches and Other Catholic Venues Shut Down in Fuzhou Archdiocese
Bitter Winter, An Jin: To exert pressure on the clergy who refuse to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), the United Front Work Department (UFWD) and Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau in Fuzhou, the capital of the southeastern province of Fujian, organized a conference in … Continue reading
Moslems Save Lives of Christians from Jihadist Terrorists
ChurchMilitant, Ryan Fitzgerald: An Islamic terrorist group attacked a bus in Kenya Monday, but the jihadists weren’t able to target and kill the Christians because Muslims on the bus wouldn’t help identify them. Report is here.
Cardinal Marx Approves of Blessing Homosexual ‘Couples’
CNA: In an interview with the German magazine Stern, the Archbishop of Munich and Freising was asked, “What do you do when a homosexual couple asks you for an episcopal blessing?” Marx responded: “I can bless them both in the … Continue reading
‘Grave’ Business
The Hustle, Michael Waters: As Ben Franklin once quipped, death is one of the only certainties in life. And with that certainty comes an endless supply of customers. Every year, 2.8m people die in the US. Around 40% of them opt to be … Continue reading
‘All the Birds Were Singing in the Darkness’
Sad and beautiful. Reminded me of the passing of Brother Hugh. He died around midnight 1979, July 11. The birds were singing. Aleteia, Anna Whiston-Donaldson: I sat at a small table in the back of the bookstore, looking out at the faces … Continue reading
Israel Expanding Settlements Like Wild in Occupied West Bank
AsiaNews: Spending by the Israeli government on settlements continues to grow, reaching its highest level on a quarterly basis over the last decade. An ever increasing flow of money, despite a reduction in the territory because today the Golan Heights … Continue reading
Place Kicker for KC Chiefs Comes Back to the Faith Brings Teammates and Fiancee With Him
Note that Harrison Butker ended up with Kansas City not Carolina. National Catholic Register, Trent Beattie: Harrison Butker: “Our natural mothers point out things that we miss, and they have a deep concern for us. Mary takes this to a … Continue reading
