Catholic World Report: The name “Luceros,” which means “bright stars,” came out of the experience in Salta. “It’s to be a light in the night, to not hold back the lamp so it can be raised high, to shine down light. … Continue reading
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Portland Archbishop: No Communion for Adulterers or Active Homosexuals
What would seem to be a given in Catholic sacramental discipline isn’t anymore. That, sadly, is a fact we all know today. Just south of Portland in the diocese of San Jose, California, active homosexuals are welcome (no exclusivity there), … Continue reading
Joseph Pearce and the ‘Boromir’ Option
The Imaginative Conservative, Joseph Pearce: In a recent essay for the Imaginative Conservative I wrote about what I called the Mercutio Option, based on the character in Romeo & Juliet who cursed both the warring factions in Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues, suggesting that, … Continue reading
Impasse: Communists Demand No Vatican Control Over Church in China
UCANews: Though some people may suspect Bishop Shao’s situation as the obstacle that led to the recent impasse, a church commentator in China who asked not to be named said, “Bishop Shao is not the first and only Chinese bishop under detention in recent … Continue reading
Abortion Bill in Oregon Requires Insurance Companies to Cover Abortions for All for Any Reason
CNA: A new bill in Oregon would expand the state’s already-liberal laws, requiring insurance companies to pay for abortions and other reproductive services at zero cost to the patient. House Bill 3391, or the “Reproductive Health Equity Act Of 2017”, … Continue reading
More on Cardinal Meisner’s Witness to Fatima and His Efforts to Defeat the Crisis in the Church
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: As we reported earlier this week, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, one of the four dubia cardinals, passed away on 5 July. The German cardinal fell peacefully asleep while praying his breviary in preparation for offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the morning. Full … Continue reading
July 9, Feast Day of Martyred Opium Addict St. Mark Ji Tianxiang
Aleteia, Meg Hunter Kilmer: St. Mark Ji Tianxiang was an opium addict. Not had been an opium addict. He was an opium addict at the time of his death. Story is here.
Nepal: 50,000 Hindu Dalits Convert to Catholic Faith
AsiaNews, Christopher Sharma: “We have come together to convert to Christianity to save ourselves. We have all practiced Hindu faith for generations since it was mandatory, but today the country is secularized and Hindu faith can not save us. Those … Continue reading
Prayers: Yet Another Priest Murdered in Mexico, 18 in Last Six Years
CNA: Authorities are investigating the murder of another Catholic priest in Mexico who was bound and stabbed to death in his room. According to local media, Father Luis López Villa, parish priest of San Isidro Labrador in Mexico State, was found … Continue reading
Cardinal Meisner Spoke With Cardinal Mueller the Day Before He Died
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: In the wake of the sudden and sad death of Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has just revealed in a new 5 July interview … Continue reading
Tribute to Writer Tito Casini, the Man Who Exposed Liturgical Anarchist Arch Bugnini’s ‘Strange Connections’
Rorate Caeli: So many great names of the past deserve to be remembered! So many great men and women who shaped the debate in their nations and throughout the world. We now honor the memory of a great Italian, poet and … Continue reading
Bishops Conference of France Eulogizes Abortion Activist Simone Veil
The outrageous accolade comes as a Tweet from the French Bishops’ Conference. If this is the work of a saboteur then the bishops must expose the crime. Rorate Caeli: Simone Veil, who died last week in Paris, was a woman … Continue reading
Colonial America’s Fear of Canadian French Catholicism, and the Quebec Act
[I wrote the story of Frances Allen for our website here] National Catholic Register, Stephanie Mann: In describing the conversion of Sister Frances Margaret Allen I concluded: “Like all converts, Fanny Allen had to overcome many obstacles, including the almost inbred fear and … Continue reading
RIP Cardinal Meisner, Signer of the Dubia
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Joachim Meisner, the archbishop emeritus of Cologne who was a strong defender of the Church’s doctrine and orthodoxy, has died at the age of 83. The German cardinal died “peacefully” after falling asleep while on vacation in Bad … Continue reading
After ‘Pulling the Plug’ Comatose Patient Cries Out ‘I’m a Fighter’
And she is now doing fine. She had heard everything while in a coma, EVERYTHING. Even the decision to take her off life support. So Share This, Heather Laskin: She might not call it a miracle, but everyone else who has … Continue reading
