The Catholic Register, Michael Swan: Asia Bibi, the Catholic woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan, will be welcomed to a small town in Canada, where she will be reunited with her two teenage daughters, along with the … Continue reading
AsiaNews, Peter Zhao: Members of the United Front, police, representatives of the Religious Affairs Bureau entered the churches while Mass was being celebrated, interrupted the liturgical services, chased the faithful away, threatened them and decreed the closure of the communities. Msgr. … Continue reading
Why not? And his guardian angel. CNN, Amir Vera and Samira Said: We may never know what Casey Hathaway was doing during the three days he was missing. He was found on Thursday, cold but alive, in a mess of vines … Continue reading
The Spirit of Medjugorje, Father Ronan Murphy: In 1991, before entering seminary, I felt the call to go to Medjugorje, the first of many such visitations there, especially as a priest. In 1992, whilst returning from the International Cenacle of the … Continue reading
Please pray that she be granted asylum and find a way out of this country. National Catholic Register, Hannah Brockhaus: A petition to overturn last year’s acquittal of blasphemy charges against Catholic wife and mother Asia Bibi was dismissed by Pakistan’s … Continue reading
PhilstarGlobal: At least 27 people were killed when two bombs hit a cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, the military said Sunday, days after voters backed the creation of a new Muslim autonomous region. The first explosion occurred inside the Cathedral of … Continue reading
LiveAction, Nancy Flanders: Pro-abortion state governments in the U.S. are lining up to legalize abortion on demand out of fear that Roe v. Wade will be overturned. Vermont legislatures aren’t wasting any time pushing a bill to “recognize as a fundamental right the freedom of … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: On January 20, 1793, the National Convention condemned Louis XVI to death, his execution scheduled for the next day. Louis spent that evening saying goodbye to his wife and children. The following day, January 21, dawned cold and wet. Louis … Continue reading
Catholic Answers, Eric Sammons: I entered college as a fresh-faced, enthusiastic evangelical Protestant. I was eager to change the world for Christ. At my large public university, many campus groups offered ways to fulfill those plans. My freshmen year I … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Patrick Reilly: “What we lament and find sadly lacking in this choice by the student group is any reflection of what should be an environment of morality, ethics and human decency that one expects on a campus … Continue reading
CNA,, Courtney Grogan: Miraculous events have shaped Friar Juan Maria Crisostomo’s life to bring him to the radical poverty and simplicity of his vocation as a Little Friar of Jesus and Mary. Story is here.
AsiaNews: The Pakistani Supreme Court has set a hearing date for the petition to review the acquittal of Asia Bibi, reports the national newspaper Dawn. The case of the Christian mother, condemned to death for blasphemy in 2009, acquitted at the end of October … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Bishop Joseph Ma Yinglin of Kunming, in turn, pledged to “continue to make greater and better progress on the path of the development of Sinicization for gaining a satisfactory result for the 70th anniversary of the founding of … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Bishop Rick Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, said on his Twitter account that he would excommunicate a governor who supported legislation similar to the bill recently enacted in New York, and he “might do it for any Catholic legislator under … Continue reading
AsiaNews, Father Peter: I remember what Cardinal Joseph Zen (Chen Ri Jun) said: if the Holy See and the Chinese government really reach an agreement, allowing illegitimate bishops to lead their dioceses, the priests of the unofficial Church could freely follow … Continue reading
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