Lucia says that the conversion of Russia did not mean the conversion to Catholicism — but the change from a godless regime. [Just last week, Orthodox priests publicly blessed a Soviet space vehicle.] This is the worst of the misinformation. … Continue reading
Sad fact: The Catholic population in war torn countries like Iraq is in grave decline. Eight parishes were recently closed in Baghdad because there are so few worshipers. Catholic Culture: The Christian population in nine Middle Eastern states is 14,526,000, down … Continue reading
Aleteia, Larry Peterson: His Muslim captors sensed and actually revered the sanctity of their prisoner. They told him if he would never say anything against Mohammad they would give him his freedom. He said he could never make such a … Continue reading
Fatima Perspectives, Christopher Ferrara: With each passing day, Father Nicholas Gruner’s assessment of the post-Vatican II state of the Church, viewed in light of the Message of Fatima and the Third Secret in particular, receives further vindication. Now the estimable Roberto … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Interview with Trent Beattie: I like to pray the Rosary, which helps to make me aware of the people closest to me and how I can be present in their lives. Being a college athlete can easily make … Continue reading
CNA: Just four days before he died, Riche had written a long letter to his friend and fellow Jesuit, Totet Banaynal SJ: “I know where my heart is. It is with Jesus Christ, who gave all for the poor, the sick, … Continue reading
Fatima Perspectives, Chris Ferrara: No one, not even a Pope, can alter the constant teaching and integrally related discipline of the Church on the “intrinsic impossibility” of absolution and Holy Communion for public adulterers in “second marriages” who intend to continue … Continue reading
I hope he is as tough as his George Foreman looks. Pray for him. Church Militant, Stephen Wynne: The Church in Nigeria is thriving. The number of Catholics is now at more than 24 million, and conversions are on the rise. Vocations … Continue reading
LifeSite News, John Henry Westen: Andrea Grillo a lay professor at the Pontifical Athenaeum of St Anselmo in Rome, billed by La Croix as “close to the Pope,” is intimately familiar Summorum Pontificum. Grillo in fact published a book against Summorum Pontificum before the … Continue reading
AsiaNews, Wang Zhicheng: In an unprecedented show of military power, Chinese President Xi Jinping has addressed his troops to say that China has “the confidence and the ability to defeat all the armies who dare to offend.” And following in the … Continue reading
In the 1650’s 100,000 Irish children were sent by the English to the West Indies and Virginia as slaves. 52,000 Irish women, whose husbands had been killed by the English during the 1640s, were shipped as slaves to Barbados and … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Although in a low key – perhaps because of talks with the Vatican – the slogan for an “autonomous” and “independent” Church (from the Holy See) is completely subjugated to Party politics. Official bishops die like “state officials” far from the … Continue reading
Fatima Perspectives, Christopher Ferrara: [Excerpt] The same process of correction must be applied to the many problematical statements in the documents of Vatican II, a Council whose ambiguous “pastoral” texts are unlike those of any other Council in the history … Continue reading
Fatima Perspectives, Christopher Ferrara; [Cardinal] Ezzati’s position, falsely separating politics from the moral law, is so blatantly a betrayal of his high office in the Church that, as CR notes, even a militantly atheist academic, Professor Carlos Peña, a professor … Continue reading
1Peter5, Steve Skojec: Thanks to a tip from a reader this morning, I headed over to the official website of the Conference of Jesuit Provincials in Latin America and the Caribbean. While there, I did some looking around. I followed the link to their … Continue reading
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