The “and Worse” in my title is due to the filthy image at the top of the ad, two hands, a man and a boy’s creeping towards each other. This is sicker than sick. Fr. Z: The Enemy is getting bolder. … Continue reading
Category: News
NFL Tight End Ben Watson a Champion for the Pre-Born Babies
LifeNews, Karen Ingle: If not for then-Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson and his wife Kirsten, Maryland’s Severna Park Pregnancy Clinic staff might today be defending life without their strongest weapon. The clinic’s long-lived ultrasound machine lingered just one mechanical failure away from … Continue reading
Moral Theologian Says ‘The Homosexual Network’ in the Church Is Top Issue
LifeSiteNews, Lisa Bourne: Professor Janet Smith, a moral theologian at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, addressed the subject of homosexual networks in the Church on Facebook this week, saying that doing away with them is necessary to restore the priesthood. “Many … Continue reading
What’s Up With Bill Donohue and His Catholic League?
Church Militant: Donohue makes half a million dollars in salary and benefits as head of his non-profit, which sits on $35 million in assets. Describing itself as “the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization,” the Catholic League is registered as a 501(c)(3) charity, whose public charity status … Continue reading
FDA Using Aborted Baby Tissue for Experiments
The Stream, Grace Carr: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has paid ABR $257,000 since 2009, according to Politico. The FDA has also paid ABR roughly $73,000 since 2009, mostly for thymus and liver tissue. “Students for Life condemns the wanton disregard … Continue reading
China: When Your Bishop Sends Orders to Remove the Cross and ‘Catholic Church’ Sign From Church
AsiaNews, Father Shan Ren Shen Fu: As the saying goes: “To do something you have to publicize it!” Just like in business: who can not hang a sign in front of his shop? As a sign, on the roof of the … Continue reading
German Bishops Website Touts ‘Catholic’ Youth Group for Reward They Received For Marching in a ‘Gay Pride’ Parade
LifeSiteNews, Maike Hickson: A diocesan Catholic youth group recently won an award after participating in a pro-LGBT parade, earning a laudatory article on the German bishops’ website. Report is here.
Honduras: All Homosexual Seminarians Expelled From Seminaries Except for Maradiaga’s Archdiocese
Fr. Z’s Blog: A while ago, the best English language Vaticanista these days, Edward Pentin wrote about the rampant homosexual network in the seminary in the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the See of one of Francis’ key players, Oscar Card. Rodriguez … Continue reading
China: Communists Demolish Catholic Church, Another One Slated for Same
CNA: A Catholic church in Jinan province, China, has been demolished by government agents, the latest in a series of church demolitions in China. About 40 police and government workers entered Liangwang Catholic Church on the morning of July 17, … Continue reading
From Legionary of Christ to Promoter of Father Martin: Cardinal Farrell’s Peculiar Rise
L’Espresso, Sandro Magiater: As has been known for days, with a terse statement Pope Francis has announced that Theodore McCarrick, 88, archbishop emeritus of Washington, is no longer a cardinal, is under house arrest, must lead a life of prayer and penance, … Continue reading
Ecuador: National Assembly Unanimously Upholds Right of Parents to Educate Children Without State Interference
Also in conjunction with this victory from the National Assembly, just three days prior, hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians marched for the pre-born right to life and against the attacks on true family and marriage. See here. CNA: The National … Continue reading
Vatican Cardinal Says Protestant Spouses of Catholics Can Receive at Mass Anytime They Attend
Catholic Culture: Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio has said that the German bishops’ policy, allowing for Protestant spouses of Catholics to receive Communion on a regular basis, is consistent with the laws of the Church. Cardinal Coccopalmerio— who recently retired from his post … Continue reading
Interview With Pat McCaskey of ‘THE’ Bears
Yes, when one talks about the football team from Chicago, I’ve been told that they ought to be called THE Bears. I, however, am a Patriot fan. National Catholic Register, Trent Beattie: Do you have a favorite devotion, such as … Continue reading
DOJ Task Force May Investigate SPLC
Let’s hope so. I just read this morning that in her divorce proceedings against her husband Morris Dees, founder and head of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Maureene Dees accuses Morris of trying to sexually molest her daughter, his step daughter. … Continue reading
Scientism Is Not Science
Brother Francis wrote an article on Scientism in 1946 for From the Housetops magazine before the order of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was founded. You can read it here. National Catholic Register, Joseph Pearce: Science is good … Continue reading
