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.
Category: News
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
Governor of Missouri Calls Special Session to Protect Pro-Life Work
CNA: Missouri’s Gov. Eric Greitens has called a special session of the legislature to pass stronger legal protections for pro-life groups, like pregnancy centers he charged are “under attack” by a controversial St. Louis ordinance. Full report is here.
Polish Bishops Stand Firm: No Communion for ‘Re-Married’ Adulterers
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Yesterday, 7 June, the Polish Bishops’ Conference ended its General Assembly in the Polish city of Zakopane. According to the official website of the German bishops Katholisch.de, the speaker of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Pawel Rytel-Andrianik said that … Continue reading
130 Moslem Imams Condemn ISIS Butchery, Refuse to Pray for Dead Terrorists
I post this because I had questioned in previous terrorist accounts of ISIS where is the voice of the Moslem world. FoxNews: British police on Tuesday named the final member of the terror trio that murdered seven people on Saturday in … Continue reading
Cameroon: Bishop’s Apparent Suicide Deemed ‘Suspicious’
Catholic Herald: Medical investigators found “signs of torture” on the body of a Cameroonian bishop who apparently committed suicide. Catholic leaders in the country have urged prayers for one of the African country’s bishops, whose remains were pulled from a river … Continue reading
UK Bishop Tells Catholics to Bow Before Pagan Idols, Bring Flowers
Tell that to the martyrs. Truth be told, judging by the photo of Bishop Heskett in the LifeSite report I can easily imagine him bringing flowers to Buddha. LifeSite News, Pete Baklinski: A Catholic diocese in the U.K. is encouraging Catholics visiting … Continue reading
