AsiaNews: The disciplinary arm of the ruling Chinese Communist Party has banned its members and government officials from celebrating Christmas, likening the practice to “spiritual opium” for its members. A notice issued by the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Hengyang city … Continue reading
The university issued document issued to all employees at the college does promote “winter celebration.” The old pagan Yuletide might be OK or a picture of Odin perhaps. Better yet, a solstice celebration with white-robed druids posing at Stonehenge. That … Continue reading
Algemeiner: “The president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I report back on those countries who voted against us. We will take note of each and every vote on this issue,” Haley wrote. She echoed that call … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli, Roberto de Mattei: The Renzi-Gentiloni governments will go down in history as those that imposed two of the most wicked laws in the Italian Republic: pseudo-homosexual-marriage, called “Civil Unions” (May 20th 2016) and euthanasia, under the name of the … Continue reading
Who Are We? No other women in the Bible share our names. We are praised by Saint Paul in the New Testament for having “faith unfeigned,” which is to say, “without guile” or “genuine.” We are Jews, but our husbands … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: I am a Turkish Catholic, a convert to the faith from Islam. Ever since I joined the Church, I wanted the Traditional Latin Mass to be celebrated in our diocese. After much prayer and constant petition for 3 years, … Continue reading
Diocese of Westminster: ‘Today I congratulate the Rt Rev Sarah Mullally DBE on her appointment as the Bishop of London. I assure her of my prayers as she prepares to take up leadership in the thriving Diocese of London.” See here.
Interesting question answered here that will help many in their duty of formation of right conscience. 1Peter5, Carlos Casanova:; The canonical dimension of the Church excludes that a person acts according to his certainty against the judgment of the Church judge … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Father James V. Schall: The first lines of Belloc’s 1936 book, The Characters of the Reformation, are these: “The break-up of united western Christendom with the coming of the Reformation was by far the most important thing in history … Continue reading
Father Raniero Cantalamessa:Teilhard de Chardin is particularly inspired when he applies his vision to the sacrament of the Eucharist. Through the work and daily life of the believer, the Eucharist extends its action throughout the entire cosmos. Every Eucharist becomes … Continue reading
Nine Underground Bishops have died in 2017. AsiaNews: Msgr. Matthias Yu Chengxin, bishop coadjutor emeritus of Hanzhong (Shaanxi) died on December 7th at the age of 90. His funeral was celebrated yesterday in the church of Xiaozhai (county of Chengguo), coinciding … Continue reading
UCANews: Hindu activists have beaten eight priests and torched their vehicle outside a central Indian police station. The assault victims had been attempting to assist 30 seminarians and two priests arrested on Dec. 14 for allegedly trying to convert non-Christians. Trouble … Continue reading
CNA: The Supreme Court of Guatemala has ruled that the distribution of a manual promoting abortion must be stopped. The manual, “Human rights, sexual and reproductive rights and healthcare for girls and adolescents,” had been financed by the UN Population Fund. … Continue reading
Live Action News, Kristi Burton Brown: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that Planned Parenthood is officially under federal investigation. Investigations in 2016 by the House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives and the Senate Judiciary Committee resulted in Planned Parenthood being … Continue reading
ChurchPop: This is certainly surprising! During a recent Friday night service, a pastor at New Life Church, an evangelical Protestant megachurch in Colorado Springs, CO, reportedly led the congregation in something you wouldn’t normally expect: the Sign of the Cross and a prayer … Continue reading
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