CNA: A group devoted to John Bradburne, a lay missionary to what is now Zimbabwe in the 1970s, is raising money to fund an investigation into his life and virtues, in view of opening his cause for beatification. Story here.
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China: Bishop Arrested in April, Fate Unknown
AsiaNews: The Hong Kong Justice and Peace Commission has launched a campaign to get Chinese authorities to free Mgr Augustine Cui Tai, coadjutor bishop of Xuanhua (Hebei). The prelate disappeared in the hands of the police in mid-April 2018 and, since … Continue reading
Oh How the World Needs Dedicated Catholic Sisters!
The Remnant, Susan Claire Potts: When I was a little girl, ten years before I became a Catholic, I had enough Christian sense to know that a person was supposed to go to church on Sunday. My parents weren’t that interested…they … Continue reading
Catholic Darwiniacs
Fatima Perspectives, Chris Ferrara: The late Joe Sobran, writing back in 2010, coined the term “Darwiniac” to describe the fanatical ideologues who promote Darwinian and Neo-Darwinian evolutionism in the public schools and who succeeded in persuading a federal judge that … Continue reading
Blasphemous Cartoon Posted in Irish Newspaper, Celebrating Infanticide
The blasphemy was drawn by a cartoonist named Tom Halliday. The Sunday Irish Independent is controlled by Ireland’s richest native born citizen, Denis O’Brien. He, the most powerful media man in Ireland, is worth about seven billion. He is a … Continue reading
The Use Of the Word ‘Brother’ In Hebrew Language
Catholic Herald, Dave Armstrong: We are required to believe in Mary’s perpetual virginity, meaning that she was always a virgin and had no other children, and that Jesus’ birth was a miraculous one, not in any particular hypothesis accounting for … Continue reading
Father Greeley’s ‘Secret’ Info on Homosexual Cabal Among Whom Were Some Priests
Was Father Alfred Kunz (+1998) a victim of these organized predators? Catholic Culture: Matt Abbott reminds readers on the Renew America site that in his book Furthermore! Memories of a Parish Priest–published in 1999, well before the sex-abuse scandal reached its peak—the late … Continue reading
87% of Young Irish Vote In Favor of Murder of Pre-Born
This figure is from exit polls, see here. Just look at the photos of cheering young apostates. We can only conclude that a principal reason for the defection of the young is their cynicism of a corrupted clergy and the … Continue reading
Padre Pio: Abortion and Apostasy
This post was issued before the appalling result became known of Ireland’s landslide vote in favor of the murder of babies. Spirit Daily (from the Apostolate of Our Lady of Good Success): All hell has seemed to be unleashed on … Continue reading
Remember Dr. Senior and the Great Books Program at Kansas U? Over 100 Converts!
ChurchPop: FOCUS missionary Ethan Stueve recently tweeted about an amazing story: in the 1970s there used to be a humanities program at the University of Kansas that got shut down because too many of its students were converting to Catholicism. Account is here.
Venerable Sister Angela Maria ‘Angel of Auschwitz’
Aleteia, Larry Peterson: Maria Cecilia Autsch was born in Rollecken, Germany, on March 26, 1900. She was the fifth of seven children and her dad, August, worked very hard as a machinist to keep his family fed. He and his … Continue reading
Pope Says Equating Islam With Terrorism Is a Lie
Vatican Insider, Andrea Tornielli: “It may be on the lips of many, but that equation is a foolish lie.” This is how Pope Francis defined the equation that many make between Muslims and terrorists. He did so in the extensive interview … Continue reading
NJ Firemen Save Tabernacle From Burning Church
ChurchPop: A few days ago, a four-alarm blaze engulfed the chapel at Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon, NJ, an all-girls high school run by the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. The fire alarm went off at 1:29am on May 18th, and … Continue reading
Student Who Defended True Marriage Banned From Catholic College
LifeSite News, Claire Chretien: The student who was threatened with rape for articulating Catholic teaching on marriage at Providence College graduated this weekend, and was then banned from campus and served a restraining order. This happened after he reported to the school … Continue reading
Andrea Bocelli In Praise of Our Lady of Fatima
ChurchPop: Famous opera singer Andrea Bocelli recently performed at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, Portugal, as part of an on-going celebration of the 100th anniversary of the apparitions there. See here.
