Liturgy Guy, Brian Williams: For the past two years the Fort Hood Traditional Latin Mass community has celebrated All Souls Day with an outdoor Mass offered on the hood of a Korean era Army Jeep. While the Mass is offered for the … Continue reading
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Catholic Indian and Negro, Col. Louis Cook, a Heroic Colonial Patriot
National Catholic Register, Anthony Gerring: During the cold winter months of February 1778, a 17-year-old Frenchman named Peter Du Ponceau joined the soldiers at the Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, encampment of Gen. George Washington’s Continental Army. Du Ponceau had arrived with … Continue reading
Congressman Scalise Still Critical
NBCNews, John Torres, MD: After a second surgery on Thursday, Rep. Steve Scalise’s condition has improved, although he remains in critical condition and will need further treatment. More here.
Pat Buchanan: Danger of Civil War in USA
This article was written before the deranged anti-Republican gunman shot four of “the enemy” at a base ball park in Virginia on Wednesday. Republican majority-whip Congressman Steve Scalise was seriously wounded but is recuperating after surgery. Patrick Buchanan Blog: President … Continue reading
African Refugees Embracing the Faith in and Near Rome
National Catholic Register, Victor Gaetan: Earlier this year I met migrants from Africa living in and near Rome, spiritually sustained by a humble priest, willing to meet anyone, any time, for counsel, encouragement, catechism, and sacraments. Read the rest here.
Pro-Life and Family Congressman, Steve Scalise, One of Five Shot at Baseball Park
CNA, Mary Rezak: Republican House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, 51, was among multiple persons shot in an incident at a Congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday morning. More on this here. And here.
45 New Members for Overhauled Pontifical Academy for Life, One is Pro-Abortion
Catholic Culture: Pope Francis has appointed 45 new members of the Pontifical Academy for Life, having eliminated all of the Academy’s members earlier this year. Pope Francis has revised the statutes of the Pontifical Academy for Life and encouraged a … Continue reading
70th Anniversary of Operation Vistula
Catholic Culture: The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has recalled the 70th anniversary of Operation Vistula, in which the Communist governments of Poland and the Soviet Union forcibly deported over 140,000 Ukrainians from their homes in Poland. More … Continue reading
While Crdl Tobin and Fr. Martin Delude Homosexuals, Crdl Sarah Defends Truth
LifeSite News, Doug Mainwaring: Cardinal Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, issues both a stunning admonishment and an impassioned plea to his fellow bishops and priests in his foreward to Why I … Continue reading
Abuse of the Elderly: AARP and Obamacare Cronyism
The Federalist, Christopher Jacobs: Over the past few weeks, AARP—an organization that purportedly advocates on behalf of seniors—has been running advertisements claiming that the House health-care bill would impose an “age tax” on seniors by allowing for greater variation in premiums. It … Continue reading
Lithuanian Archbishop, Martyred Under Communists, to be Beatified June 25
Catholic Herald; A Lithuanian archbishop who was martyred during the country’s Soviet occupation has been declared blessed, making him the country’s first martyr from the Communist era to be beatified. More here.
Russian Catholic Church Feels Abandoned
Catholic Culture: Members of the Russian Catholic Church—one of the smaller Byzantine-rite churches in communion with Rome—fear that they may be forgotten by Vatican officials anxious to improve relations with the Russian Orthodox Church, reports Francis X. Rocca of the Wall Street … Continue reading
Cardinal Kasper: We Need an ‘Evangelical Catholicism and a Catholic Protestantism’
Catholic Culture: The ecumenical Monastery of Bose recently hosted a conference on “justification, the Gospel of grace,” and L’Osservatore Romano has published excerpts of three of the talks. More here.
Dr. Inigo Dollinger RIP
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: On this Trinity Sunday, 11 June 2017, Dr. Ingo Dollinger died. We just received notice from his secretary in Germany that he peacefully died at 3:57 P.M. German time, in his home, surrounded by his secretary and friends. He … Continue reading
Two Russian Converts: Priests Dedicated to Converting Russia to the Catholic Church
Rorate Caeli, Roberto de Mattei: “Russia will be Catholic” is the inscription on the tomb of Father Gregorio Agostino Maria Šuvalov, buried in Montparnasse cemetery in Paris. The Russian Barnabite sacrificed his life for this cause (Antonio Maria Gentili. I Barnabiti, … Continue reading
