Phil Lawler sums up the fraudulent testimony in the accusations of two young men. Lawler does so without offending the reader’s sensibilities with the details of the graphic falsehoods. Catholic Culture: Cardinal Pell has been convicted of molesting two young … Continue reading
Crisis, Julia Meloni: On March 3, 2013, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor—an alumnus of the St. Gallen mafia—met with then-Cardinal Bergoglio over risotto and wine. It was the evening before the pre-conclave general congregations—as Murphy-O’Connor recalls in his memoirs—and the old friends were discussing … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pronechen: It happened February 1646 in the Philippines. Warships of the Dutch Republic, which had recently fought a decades-long war in Europe with Spain, were in the South Pacific attempting to wrest complete control of the … Continue reading
How many are the days of the years of thy life? He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of … Continue reading
CNA, Christine Rousselle The movie “Unplanned,” which tells the true story of former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson’s conversion into a pro-life activist, has been given an R rating by the Motion Picture Association of America, a decision the … Continue reading
Yes, as Mark Rubio put it: It is “unconscionable” that “protecting innocent, newborn abortion survivors is now a partisan issue.” And further he said that it is now “crystal clear” that Democrat Senators “support the legalization of infanticide.” CNA: The … Continue reading
Breitbart, Thomas D. Philips: The Education Bureau of the Chinese district of Lishan has launched a campaign to eradicate religious belief in kindergartens, which includes having the schoolchildren sign a commitment statement promising to avoid religious activities. Both pupils and … Continue reading
Renew America, Matt Abbott: The following e-letter (slightly edited) was recently sent to supporters of the pro-life organization LifeTree by its executive director, Elizabeth D. Wickham, Ph.D. Dear friends, Many of us remember being with Bishop Rene Henry Gracida on the Feast … Continue reading
Scott Smith Blog: First, they said Genesis, Eden, and Adam and Eve were just a “miserable myth”. Then something strange started to happen … Evidence started to stack up that all mankind originated in the same place: the “Out of Africa” … Continue reading
Settimo Cielo, Sandro Magister: On the opening morning, February 21, of the summit between Pope Francis and the leaders of the worldwide Church on the issue of the abuse of minors, the big no-show was the word “homosexuality.” And this in … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Cardinals Raymond Burke and Walter Brandmüller have issued a public challenge to bishops to speak out about the current crisis in the Church. In an open message directed primarily to the presidents of the world’s episcopal conferences, who … Continue reading
Agenzia Fides: Referring to the specific situation in Iraq, Patriarch Sako repeated that Iraqis has experienced a real chaos since the fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein (2003), which has caused a situation of political-institutional emptiness where the plagues … Continue reading
Good explanations here based on the teaching of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Catholic Answers, Karlo Brousard; Critics of the doctrine of hell often argue that it’s unjust, because eternal punishment exceeds the temporal nature of a mortal sin. Why should any sin we commit on earth, … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Doreen Abi Raad: By the time he was 7 years old, growing up in Baghdad, Iraq, as a Sunni Muslim, John Paul — the name he later took when baptized — was starting to pray Islamic prayers, … Continue reading
Catholic World Report, Patrick Kenny: The eyes of the world will once again be drawn to the painful reality of clerical crimes when Vatican Summit on the Protection of Minors meets this week in Rome. The damage such crimes have caused … Continue reading
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