The American Conservative, Rod Dreher: If you take the liberal side of the dispute, a Catholic Church in Grand Rapids is the scene of a hate crime. If you take the orthodox side, then a Catholic priest has done his duty … Continue reading
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Strange: Chinese Police Openly Spying on (Stalking) Chinese Tourists and Citizens in Italy
Bitter Winter, Marco Respinti: Recently, The South China Morning Post published an odd video. It showed smiling Italian police walking side by side along the streets or Rome with Chinese police officers, smiling as well. It is something going on since … Continue reading
Ukraine, 1937: Martyred in Her Wheelchair for Hosting a Living Rosary
Aleteia In 1937, the Soviet communist regime accused Ukrainian Catholic woman Janina Jandulska of directing a “subversive political organization.” The only organization that she was involved in, however, was a Living Rosary prayer group, which she had joined at the … Continue reading
At White House Request Senate Blocks Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide
CNA, Matt Hadro: Congressional resolutions recognizing the Armenian genocide were reportedly blocked by Republican senators at the direction of the White House. Report is here.
Poland: 15 Year-Old Boy On Trial for Blocking LGBT March
ChurchMilitant: Legal trouble continues for the Catholic teen who stood up to the LGBT agenda in Poland. In August, Polish 15-year-old Jakub Baryła became a Catholic social media sensation when photo and video surfaced showing him blocking an LGBT parade in the … Continue reading
Bishops’ CCHD Grants Pro LGBT Ignatian Solidarity Network $750,000
Lepanto Institute, Michael Hichborn: Over the summer, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), an anti-poverty program run by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), provided a $750,000 Strategic National Grant to the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN). Shortly after … Continue reading
Dirty ‘Laundry’ on the Scapegoating of Cardinal Pell
Catholic World Report, Ed Condon: The Holy See’s relationship with a disreputable Swiss bank triggered an internal dispute between the Secretariat of State and Vatican financial authorities. At the center of the conflict was a multimillion-dollar line of credit used … Continue reading
Vatican Reaffirms Two State Solution After US OKs Israeli Land Theft & Unlawful Settlements
I did not know that Trump was reverting back to Ronald Reagan’s anti Palestinian policies. CNA: The Holy See on Wednesday reaffirmed its support of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, after recent shifts in U.S. policy threatened to … Continue reading
The Friends of the Cross vs the Spirit of Hollywood
This is a great essay on the value of suffering and it’s necessity. Return to Order, James Bascom: Few institutions today inspire more contempt among God-fearing Americans than Hollywood. Just the name of “Hollywood” conjures up images of glitzy, degenerate … Continue reading
China: The Heroic Stand of Msgr. Guo Continues Under 5 Days of Threats and Intimidation
AsiaNews, Bernardo Cervellera: For five days he has been under the supervision of public security personnel, under pressure. The Party wants to force him to attend a meeting of the “independent” clergy of Fujian. A member of Mindong: Pray for … Continue reading
Recently Published Histories of England Ignore Irish and Catholic Input
Catholic Herald Michael Duggan: At my elbow, as I write, is a small tower of books, all volumes of English history, stacked up in order of age. At the top of the pile are the three published most recently: from … Continue reading
Ephesians Explain: Diana Is Not a God But a Manifestation of God’s Love
Catholic Culture: Pachamama is not a divinity or idol that is worshiped, but is mother earth, honored as the “creation and manifestation of the love of God,” writes retired Mexican Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel. More on this update here.
List Grows of Prominent Pell Defenders
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Although a good deal of negative and angry opinion abounds, a number of commentators are beginning to voice doubts about Cardinal Pell’s conviction. More here.
Fed Court Travesty of Justice Awards Planned Parenthood $870,000
National Catholic Register: A pro-life organization said that “justice was not done,” after federal court found that pro-life advocate David Daleiden’s Center for Medical Progress caused “substantial harm” to Planned Parenthood by secretly recording meetings with abortion doctors and staff … Continue reading
Chinese Communists Step Up Persecution of True Catholic Church
Bitter Winter, Ye Ling: In its nationwide offensive to force Catholic conscientious objectors Those Catholics, particularly priests and bishops, who refuse to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association for reasons of conscience, although joining the Patriotic Association is both allowed and … Continue reading
