LifeSiteNews, Maike Hickson: Austria’s bishops, led by Vienna’s Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, are indignant over a retired bishop’s passionate defense of Catholic teaching in opposing Church “blessings” for homosexual unions. More here.
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Not for the Headline, Just a Simple Act of Charity That Angels Would Admire
Ignitum Today, Jean Elizabeth Seah: One afternoon, I was on a bus to the city when a disheveled young man boarded the bus. He was in gray pajamas, barefoot, and looked like he hadn’t had a shower in awhile. “Can I … Continue reading
Olympic Speed Skater Who Is Now a Franciscan Nun
She found her vocation at Fatima Get Religion, Julia Duin: There’s no shortage of Olympic-athletes-and-their-faith stories coming out these days and for the most part, they’re decent stories. There’s Gina Dalfonzo’s wrap-up of Christian athletes at the event for Christianity Today; a piece on … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Furious With Cardinal Parolin’s Ostpolitik With Communist China
Catholic Culture: “The Communists want to enslave the Church” in China, Cardinal Joseph Zen has warned in a new statement warning against a proposed Vatican deal with Beijing. Escalating his criticism of Vatican negotiators, Cardinal Zen took aim at a … Continue reading
Turin Archdiocese: Retreat for Homosexual ‘Couples’
en News: The archdiocese of Turin, Italy, will give “lessons of faithfulness” to gay couples during a so-called retreat during Lent, writes La Stampa (February 3). The retreat will take place on February 24/25 in a monastery of the Daughters … Continue reading
Zen Won’t Bend: ‘It’s a Surrender and They Have No Right to Surrender’
Catholic News Agency: Cardinal Joseph Zen again had harsh words for the Vatican on Friday, saying that the proposed deal between the Vatican and the Chinese government-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association was not in the best interests of Chinese Catholics. More here.
China Expert Demolishes Lies of Bishop Sorondo
California Catholic Daily: A leading commentator on the Church in China said a Vatican official’s proclamation that the Communist state “is the best implementer of the Church’s social doctrine” is making “a laughing stock of the Church.” Read in full here … Continue reading
Olympic Bobsledder Speaks About His Catholic Faith and Values
National Catholic Register, Trent Beattie: It is common for bobsledders to reach speeds of 80 to 90 miles per hour in international races. While this may make for thrilling competition, Olympic gold medalist Curt Tomasevicz— no stranger to flying on ice — … Continue reading
Daughter of Perverse Parents Says Problem Was Same-Sex Acts and Pederasty
LifeSiteNews, Matthew Cullinan Hoffman: The daughter of famed science fiction author Marion Zimmer Bradley has written an autobiographical account revealing the horrors of growing up in a home raised by LGBT parents who repeatedly sexually abused her and her brothers. … Continue reading
Bishop Sorondo’s Wonderful China: Children Not Allowed to Go to Church
Catholic Herald: Since China’s new regulations for religious affairs took effect on February 1, minors have been banned from entering places of worship in several regions. A priest in Hebei province who asked to remain anonymous told ucanews.com that authorities had asked clergymen … Continue reading
Two More Priests Slain in Mexico, That’s 21 in Past Five years
Catholic Herald: Fr Ivan Anorve Jaimes and Fr Germain Muniz Garcia were attacked on the morning of February 5, as they drove between the cities of Taxco and Iguala in Guerrero state, 100 miles south of Mexico City. Guerrero state officials … Continue reading
Good Interview With Bishop Marian Eleganti On the Problems With Amoris Laetitia
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Editor’s Note: The following interview with Bishop Marian Eleganti O.S.B was conducted by Dr. Maike Hickson on behalf of OnePeterFive. Eleganti is Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Chur, Switzerland and the Youth Bishop of the Swiss Bishops’ … Continue reading
Senior Vatican Official Says China Is the Best Implementer of Catholic Social Doctrine
What a liar! As the blood of the aborted babies, by compulsory law, cries out under this atheistic government’s genocidal slaughter of the children, this wretched bishop praises these killers. And with impunity!!! Catholic Herald: “Right now, those who are … Continue reading
Desperation in Gaza: US Cuts Funds While Israeli Blockade Reinforces ‘Open-Air Prison’
AsiaNews: “Gaza is on the brink of collapse,” warns Sister Bridget Thige, the new director general of Caritas Jerusalem, who has been involved for years in projects to help the people of the Gaza Strip, afflicted by poverty and continuous wars. … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Refuses to Be Silent
AsiaNews; Some people who care about me advised me not to speak more, or rather to pray more. Of course to pray more is absolutely correct, and all our hopes should be on God, and entrusted to the intercession of … Continue reading
