Today is the feast of Saint Thorlak Thorhallsson (Þorlákur Þórhallsson in Icelandic), the national patron of Iceland. This I know thanks to a lovely tribute to him on the CNA site, an AI summary of which is below.1 Sadly, there … Continue reading
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Sri Lankan cardinal mandates male-only altar servers in Colombo Archdiocese
(Tyler Arnold/CNA) — Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has mandated that girls are not permitted to serve as altar servers in parishes within the Archdiocese of Colombo. “No girls should be invited to serve at the altar, as altar servers, … Continue reading
U.S. bishops designate National Shrine as Jubilee 2025 pilgrimage site
(Kate Quiñones/CNA) — The U.S. bishops on Tuesday designated the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., as a special pilgrimage site for the 2025 Jubilee Year. A jubilee is a special holy year of grace and … Continue reading
France: ‘A grave offense before Christmas’: desecration of a church in Seine-et-Marne with a satanic symbol
The following is an AI summary of a French language news report by Julien Van Caeyseele at actu.fr. 1 In Guercheville, France, the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption church was vandalized with satanic symbols, including the number 666 and a reference to Satan, just … Continue reading
Through Papal Almoner, Pope Francis Sends Mobile Hospital, Medical Equipment to War-torn Ukraine
(Christopher Wells/Vatican News) — Pope Francis is once again demonstrating his closeness to the suffering people of Ukraine, sending the head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Service of Charity, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to the war-torn country in the days before … Continue reading
The Sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne Canonized
The Holy See Press Office published this notice yesterday concerning the canonization of the Sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne, brutally murdered during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror: During the audience granted to His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of … Continue reading
Col. Douglas Macgregor on Syria: ‘Christians Have Already Been Decapitated’
Yesterday, Judge Andrew Napolitano interviewed Col. Douglas Macgregor for his “Judging Freedom” podcast on YouTube. In the interview, entitled “America’s Next War of Choice” — which concerned mostly American posturing with Iran as well as President-Elect Trump striving to end … Continue reading
Pope Francis Has Become the ‘Grandfather Pope’ of Gaza Children
(ACN) — More than one year since the start of the war, Pope Francis continues to call the Catholic parish in Gaza every day and has become a grandfather figure to its children, says Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. The Latin Patriarchate … Continue reading
Pope approves beatification of martyred Estonian Archbishop Profittlich
(Devin Watkins/Vatican News) — Pope Francis held an audience on Wednesday with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, and authorized him to promulate decrees related to the causes of 21 men and women. The … Continue reading
Pope Francis reveals he survived two threats to his life in Iraq
NOTE: See the update in the comments section, below. A former Iraqi official has denied this claim. (Elias Turk/CNA) — Pope Francis has revealed that he narrowly escaped two attempts on his life during his visit to Iraq in March … Continue reading
Are the Rebranded Terrorists Running Syria Really Different Now?
Here are two pieces of interest concerning Syria and the welfare of its Christian population. Syrian rebel leader pushes ‘social justice’ in campaign to win global approval (Timothy Nerozzi/Washington Examiner) — Ahmad al Sharaa, leader of the Hayat Tahrir al … Continue reading
Mainstream media targets Slovakia for cutting taxpayer funding to LGBT activists
(Jonathon Van Maren/LifeSiteNews) — A decade ago, on a tour through Europe, a local tour guide in Belgrade stopped to ask me a question. Why, he asked, was the European Union – “the West” – so bent on getting nations … Continue reading
Hungary and Slovakia Veto EU Sanctions Against Georgia
This happened, by the way, the day after the Feast of Saint Christiana, the Patroness of Georgia. (Zoltán Kottász/The European Conservative) — Hungary and Slovakia have vetoed a proposal to impose EU sanctions on Georgian officials in response to a crackdown … Continue reading
Good News: Spanish Supreme Court rules surrogacy exploits women, harms children’s rights
(Nicolás de Cárdenas/CNA) — A ruling by the Supreme Court of Spain states that surrogacy exploits the woman who rents her womb and harms the dignity and rights of the children conceived. The Dec. 9 decision by the country’s First Chamber … Continue reading
Mr. Trump Is Not Pro-Life: He Commits to Keeping Abortion Pill Available
We Americans have a bad habit of sticking white hats and black hats on our politicians. If one guy is evil, the other guy must be good. Such binaries do not reflect reality. Look only at one issue: abortion. The … Continue reading
