Or, try this. Celtic presence in America before Leif Erickson, before Brendan the Navigator, even before the Incarnation? This article here by Michael McCormack on the First Christmas Card is quite convincing. Father Longenecker: Something inside me thrills when the received … Continue reading
The Epoch Times, Paul Huang: “Finally they got rid of him! But Greece is not further away from Rome than Hong Kong!?” Joseph Zen wrote in his blog in response to Pope Francis’ decision to remove Hon. Now age 85, Zen undertook … Continue reading
In response to an inquiry from me regarding the source of the following quotation, TIA editor Atila Sinke Guimarães kindly answered me as follows. TIA: The Editor asks: Homer, In the first part of your article, which we posted recently, you mentioned: In September … Continue reading
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: “[Pope Benedict XVI]:The missionaries of the 16th century were convinced that the unbaptized person is lost forever. After the [Second Vatican] Council, this conviction was definitely abandoned. The result was a two-sided, deep crisis. Without this attentiveness to … Continue reading
UCANews, Michael Sainsbury: Father Joseph Shih, the former head of the China section of Vatican Radio, has sent a message to Pope Francis saying that the church needs to have “healthy realism” in its dealings with the Chinese government. More here.
The Stream, Grace Carr: After finding out that the union’s president and other officials had allocated union dues to attend the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., Carter posted on Facebook and sent an email to President Stone explaining that she was … Continue reading
Ignitum Today, Michael Goo: As a typical Singaporean Chinese, I was raised with a mixture of Buddhism and Taoism. I came to know and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ when I was very young and studying in the Canossian School for … Continue reading
First Things, Professor Josef Seifert: If one considers the transformation of Plato’s Academy, champion of eternal truth, into a center of radical skepticism against which St. Augustine wrote his Contra Academicos, or contemplates the splits and changes that have occurred in all … Continue reading
And, no, God does not “love mother nature” as you put it in your review. He loves mankind. All of non-rational creation was made for man, to serve man, to lead man to know the wisdom, goodness, and beauty of … Continue reading
CNA: German pharmaceutical company Bayer announced recently that it has suspended from all non-US sales the Essure coil, a controversial form of birth control which has received the strictest possible FDA warning for its side effects, which include chronic pain, bleeding, … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: Members of a Catholic youth group were reportedly beaten, raped and shot while they were bringing aid to earthquake victims in south Mexico. Story here.
California Catholic Daily: A group of California Catholics has questioned their diocese’s plan to host a dissident priest to keynote a lay ministry event. Jesuit Father Greg Boyle is scheduled for a presentation on October 14 at the Diocese of Orange Institute for … Continue reading
Catholic Herald: The new Bishop of Innsbruck, Hermann Glettler, has said he supports the ordination of women to the diaconate, and is open to giving Communion to the divorced and remarried. More here.
Fatima Network Perspectives, Christopher Ferrara: Not that anyone should be surprised, but the appointment of the pro-“gay,” pro-Holy Communion for public adulterers Archbishop Vincenzio (“obscene mural”) Paglia as head of the reconstituted Pontifical Academy for Life has had the desired result. … Continue reading
Catholic Herald, Michael Davis: The Medjugorje movement is very much in tune with the Second Vatican Council. Devotees are prone to uplifting guitar music borrowed from charismatic Protestant revivals. They go in for those warped, El Greco-style crucifixes. They photoshop … Continue reading
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