Catholic Herald: Kidnapped Indian priest Fr Tom Uzhunnalil has been freed from captivity and flown to Oman, the country’s government has said. Story here.
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Bizarre: Clinton Honeymoon in Haiti and the Voodoo Affair
Spirit Daily: Whether tongue in cheek or only partly so, in her new book, Hillary Clinton says that the private-server scandal during the election was so frustrating “that she was ‘tempted’ to construct voodoo dolls in the images of ‘certain members’ … Continue reading
Diane Feinstein to Catholic Judge Nominee: ‘The Dogma Lives Loudly Within You’
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Because some senators didn’t like [Amy] Barrett’s religious views. “The dogma lives loudly within you,” said Senator Dianne Feinstein. Feinstein evidently meant for that sentence to sound sinister. I can only say that I wish people would … Continue reading
Ostpolitik: ‘Ecclesiastical Treason’ and the Current Dailogue With Communist China
Fatima Perspectives, Chris Ferrara: One of the keynotes of Father Gruner’s assessment of the crisis in the Church from the Fatima perspective was his exposure and condemnation of the disastrous post-Vatican II policy of Ostpolitik (the politics of the East), according to … Continue reading
Cardinal Caffarra Confirmed Dubia Cardinals Are Under Surveillance
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Today, 12 September, the Spanish-speaking Catholic website Infovaticana published an important report about Cardinal Carlo Caffarra. It is of such worthiness that Giuseppe Nardi, the Vatican specialist of the German website Katholisches.info, has already reported on this story, which affirms that … Continue reading
9/11: The Heroes of Flight 93
The American Catholic, Donald R. McClarey: Passenger Thomas Burnett, Jr. called his wife and she told him about the other planes that had hit the Twin Towers. He called her back after their first conversation and told her: “We’re going to … Continue reading
As Cardinal Pacelli, Pius XII’s Warning Against Partisans of Novelties Bent On ‘Modification’ of Faith and Liturgy
Tradition in Action: In 1933 when Card. Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pius XII, was Secretary of State of Pope Pius XI, he met his friend Count Enrico Galeazzi, who became one of his close assistants. Read text here.
Dossier Published By Vatican Publishing House Lists All Bishops in China, Licit and Illicit
L’Espresso, Sandro Magister: Francis is the first pope to have flown over China. But whether he will set foot there remains to be seen. In August Libreria Editrice Vaticana has made public a dossier that is a brutal cold shower for those … Continue reading
The Priest Who Was Ordered To Find the Real Private Ryan
Aleteia: Among those soldiers who landed behind German lines in Normandy on June 6, 1944 was the legendary chaplain of the unit, Fr. Francis L. Sampson (1912-1996). It was he (and not the character played by Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan), … Continue reading
More on Sudanese Catholic Refugee Meriam Ibrahim
I had posted her story from Life News here three years ago when she was granted asylum in New Hampshire. What follows is a recap and update from World Watch Monitor. Her name is given both as Mariam and Meriam. … Continue reading
Thomas More College: Center For the Renewal of Christian Culture
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: “Sometimes a single encounter with what is healthy and ordinary—I use the word advisedly, with its suggestion that things are in the order that God by means of his handmaid Nature has ordained—is enough to shake … Continue reading
Mother Dies of Cancer After Refusing Chemo to Save Life of Pre-Born Baby
FoxNews; A Michigan woman who chose to forego cancer treatments that would have prolonged her life but ended her pregnancy died Saturday, three days after giving birth to her sixth child. Story here.
Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes Key West, a Refuge From Hurricanes
Aleteia, John Burger: As of Saturday morning, forecasts suggest that Hurricane Irma will devastate Florida’s west coast, with wind and storm surge from the Florida Keys through Naples and Fort Myers and up the coast to Tampa. “In the Florida … Continue reading
Artist James Tissot: From the Risqué to the Divine
Catholic Herald, Laura Freeman: Ladies in hammocks,” fumed the art critic for the Spectatorafter an exhibition of James Tissot’s paintings in 1877, “showing a very unnecessary amount of petticoat and stocking, and remarkable for little save their indolence and insolence.” The … Continue reading
September 9, Feast of St. Peter Claver, Slave of the Slaves
Pope Francis will visit his tomb in Colombia on the 10th. CNA has a summary of the saint’s life here. I wrote a short biography of Saint Peter Claver here. CNA: During his trip to Colombia, Pope Francis will visit … Continue reading
