December 15 interfaith event. And, lunch will be served. Looks like that’ll be a freebie! No meat, however, allowed for the Sikhs. Nevertheless, rules be gone, there’s a lot of carnivoring going on the UK Sikh temples. Oh, you are … Continue reading
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Trump’s Christmas Tree Speech Heralds the Coming of the Son of God
“More than 2,000 years ago, a brilliant star shone in the East. Wise men traveled far, far afield. I mean, they were a long distance away. And they came and they stood with us under the star, where they found … Continue reading
‘Enhance the Ecumenical Dimension . . . in the Realm of Interreligious Dialogue’
Wonderful! The Catholic Church is not one of the 350 members of the World Council of Churches. The Orthodox are members; in fact, they are the only members that are churches. Without the Holy Eucharist there cannot be a “church.” … Continue reading
Ours Was a Catholic America
First Things, James Matthew Wilson: As a student in the fourth grade of Saint Thomas Aquinas School in East Lansing, Michigan, I looked about me and saw a great landscape whose meaning lay in the saints who had moved across … Continue reading
Lepanto Institute Challenges CCHD Head to Public Debate
ChurchMilitant, Stephen Wynne: Lepanto Institute founder and president Michael Hichborn is challenging the head of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) to a moderated public discussion. Report is here.
1933, 3000 Iraqi Christians Slaughtered by Moslems in Village of Simile
David Alton: I was in Simile today – where ancestors of ISIS cut the throats of up to 3000 men, women and children. No memorial has ever been erected to these Assyrian Christians and the site of their bloody end … Continue reading
Acclaimed Atheist Poet Embraces thw Faith
CNS, Mark Judge: “If you’re there, you have to help me.” Those are the words that poet Sally Read said to an icon of Jesus in 2010. Read, a British poet and atheist, had stopped into a church in Santa … Continue reading
Whatever Happened to the Trump Pledge to Enforce Anti-Porn Laws?
The Stream, Mary Margaret Olohan: Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks sent a letter Friday urging Attorney General William Barr to enforce laws restricting the use of obscene pornography. The letter, signed by Banks, Republican North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, Republican … Continue reading
Brazil: Prince Bertrand Blasts Amazon Synod as Pantheist ‘Conspiracy’
ChurchMilitant, Jules Gomez: Brazil’s Catholic royalty is condemning the Amazon Synod’s final document as an “enormous conspiracy” of emergent pantheism against Catholic tradition, Western civilization and the conservative government of President Jair Bolsonaro. Report is here.
Nativity Scenes Being Championed Nationwide in the Public Square
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pronechen: When Christmas shoppers browse around Lakeside Mall in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana, many take time to admire the large Nativity scene on display. For the last six years, children and adults have … Continue reading
Atheist Convert Roy Schoeman’s Mystical Encounter With Our Lady
ChurchPop: What an incredible story! Shalom World interviewed former Harvard Professor Roy Schoeman regarding his Catholic conversion story. The business professor revealed how a series of mystical encounters led him to Catholicism, including an intimate experience with the Blessed Virgin Mary. … Continue reading
Hungary: Orban and Putin Stand Up Against Persecution of Christians
Church Militant, James Baresel: While much of the Western world responds to persecution of Christians in the Middle East by dithering (at best), prominent Eastern Europe politicians and members of the Trump administration are forcefully speaking out and backing up words with actions. This past October, … Continue reading
Only Catholic Priest Who Played in a Major League Baseball Game
Yes, in 1912, Allan Travers, who would become a Jesuit priest, pitched for one game for the Detroit Tigers against the Philadelphia Athletics. He was five years older than Father Feeney. Perhaps they knew each other. Both studied at Woodstock … Continue reading
China: Cardinal Zen Says Church on Brink of Schism
L’Espresso, Sandro Magister: Zen: Recently I learned that the Holy Father, on a flight back from (I don’t remember where) said, “Sure, I don’t want to see a schism. But I’m not afraid of a schism.” And I’m going to … Continue reading
Ethiopia: Astonishing Eleven 800 Year-Old Churches of Lalibela
60 Minutes, Scott Pelley: If faith is a mystery, there are few places in the Christian world where the mystery is deeper than in Lalibela. 800 years ago, an Ethiopian king ordered a new capital for Christians. At 8,000 feet, … Continue reading
