ChurchPop: This is so cool! NASCAR driver Johnny Sauter recently won the Jag Metals 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. In a post-race interview, he added a few things you don’t normally hear: “I just thank the Sacred of Jesus and the Blessed … Continue reading
CNA: “The Rosary is what gave us the strength for years because we didn’t have the sacraments or priests; but the faithful prayed every day at least one Rosary in the early morning and another one at night,” and at the … Continue reading
Let us continue to remember Asia Bibi in our prayers. Agenzia Fides: Asia Bibi’s death penalty, the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and awaiting trial before the Supreme Court; resignation of the Minister of Justice Zahid Hamid; release of … Continue reading
Vatican Radio: In Yemen, an air raid by the Saudi-led military coalition fighting against the Houthi movement has shut down the nation’s main airport further isolating the country where millions are on the brink of famine. See here.
Yet, Pope Francis tells the Conference that euthanasia is “always” wrong. How is it that a Pontifical Academy then is giving a platform to pro-euthanasia speakers? This is not exactly “doublespeak,” rather it seems to me more like the politician … Continue reading
AsiaNews: For the first time in history, Lebanese President Michel Aoun has described Saudi Arabia as an aggressor against the “independence and dignity” of his country during a meeting last night with the National Media Council and the owners of the … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: In wishing to honor two recently deceased cardinals, the American cardinal makes a final plea to the Holy Father for clarity, saying the “grave” situation is “continually worsening” and that it is “urgent” the Pope “confirm … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Kathy Schiffer: Vittorio Messori, in his book Kidnapped by the Vatican? The Unpublished Memoirs of Edgardo Mortara, quotes from Mortara’s own testimony: When I was adopted by Pius IX, the whole world shouted that I was a victim, a … Continue reading
AsiaNewsit: Fr. Wei Heping, 41, died in mysterious circumstances, his body dumped in a river in Taiyuan (Shanxi). For the police claim he committed suicide. Family members are not allowed to even see the autopsy report. For Card. Zen the Holy … Continue reading
We shall see. Don’t be surprised. The Catholic Herald: Catholic schools will be asked to remove the terms “mother” and “father” from admissions forms, after a government ruling that the terms could be too restrictive. The Catholic Education Service has … Continue reading
en.News: Catholic youngsters prayed a rosary of reparation during a commemoration of the German heresiarch Martin Luther in the church Notre Dame des Blancs Manteux in Paris on October 31. Report is here.
I got this off of New Advent website linking to an article at Atlas Obscura by Ciara Giaimo on “weird” things found in the Rockn’Roll Hall of Fame archives. What’s the weirdest thing in the archives overall? I tossed this … Continue reading
There is no record of it in the Gospels. But there certainly are episodes in the Gospels wherein we can picture Our Lord smiling: when He blessed and embraced the little children; when He dubbed James and John “sons of … Continue reading
AsiaNews: In a remote corner of Coloane Island (Macau), there was a leper colony abandoned by everyone. The despair was such that some, among the hundreds of lepers present there, killed themselves. In August 1963, Fr. Gaetano Nicosia asked to be … Continue reading
And with impunity, in this life. LifeSite News, Matthew Cullinan Hoffman: German Catholics are protesting a program endorsed personally by the archbishop of Berlin that gives “practical tips” to Catholic sex educators on how to teach children about their “sexual … Continue reading
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