Interesting article. I have a relative who has an exaggerated view about icons, now that he regularly started attending the Byzantine liturgy. For some reason, he is less appreciative of statues as he is of icons. Or, so I’ve been … Continue reading
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Margaret Sanger’s 1922 China Mission: Birth Control, Abortion, Even Infanticide
National Catholic Register, Matthew Archbald: In the end, it’s difficult to calculate the impact Sanger had on the ensuing horrific record of eugenics employed by the Chinese government but at least one birth control advocate in China, Zhang Jingsheng, jealously … Continue reading
Head of Italy’s Civil Protection Office Warns of ‘Very High’ Probability of Islamist Terror Attack in Italy
Catholic Culture: The possibility of a terrorist attack in Italy is “very high,” warns one of the country’s top civic officials. Franco Gabrielli, the head of Protezione Civile—the office that responds to national emergencies—told Il Giornale that it would be … Continue reading
Cardinal Mueller Critical of the Four Cardinals’ Dubia
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has just made comments that seem to be critical of the Four Cardinals and their published Dubia. The pope’s close friend, the journalist … Continue reading
‘The Parable of the Vinegar’
No book is perfect. One will always find a typo or two, or even three sometimes. But this book of which I speak is the Bible, albeit the King James version, published in 1717, the same year as modern Freemasonry was … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen’s Explosive Interview With WSJ
WSJ, David Feith: Cardinal Joseph Zen, the most senior Chinese cleric in the Catholic Church, believes the Vatican is fast approaching a tragic mistake in China. Within days church leaders could conclude a landmark agreement with the Chinese government after … Continue reading
Bishop Schneider Calls Freemasonry ‘Instrument of Satan’
1Peter5, Deacon Nick Donnelly: Bishop Athanasius Schneider, a collaborator with Cardinal Burke and an auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, have given a lecture on “Mary, conqueror of all heresies”, in which he warned that Freemasonry is an “instrument of Satan”. Bishop Schneider made this observation … Continue reading
Alabama SC Rules Pre-Born Babies Are Persons and Under Protection of Right to Life
LifeSite News: A unanimous opinion handed down the last day of 2016 by the Alabama Supreme Court is the latest in a growing body of state law extending personhood and the equal protection of the law to pre-born children in … Continue reading
Pakistan: Assassinated Governor’s Son Could Be Indicted for ‘Insulting’ Mohammed
The assassinated governor, Salman Taseer, was an advocate for Asia Bibi. AsiaNews: The son of Salman Taseer, the former Punjab governor assassinated for criticizing the “black law” on blasphemy, is likely to be indicted for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Fundamentalist groups … Continue reading
Scientology and Coercive Abortion
The Catholic Stand, Victoria Gisondi: A&E network just aired its fifth episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, an eight part documentary exposing the unbelievable institutional abuse of the Church of Scientology. Each episode has featured mind blowing personal accounts … Continue reading
Pope Appoints Protestant Friend Director of Vatican Newspaper in Argentina
L’Espresso, Settimo Cielo, Sandro Magister: With the new year, “L’Osservatore Romano” is turning over a new leaf of its own. Pope Francis wasn’t satisfied with the weekly edition in Spanish that has existed for almost fifty years and is now directed … Continue reading
State Department Orders 35 Russian Diplomats to Leave the Country
AsiaNews: The US State Department has declared 35 Russian diplomats from the embassy in the capital and San Francisco consulate “persona non grata”, giving them 72 hours to leave the country with their families. The US also will close two buildings … Continue reading
China: Underground Church Rues Vatican Diplomacy With ‘Official’ Patriotic Church
AsiaNews, Elizabeth Li: The Assembly ended yesterday aimed at “dividing the Church in China”. For an elderly priest, “Pope Francis’ position is ambiguous and vague.” Allowing underground bishops into China’s bishops’ conference would give them the majority. The “optimistic” towards Chinese … Continue reading
Vatican Radio, Guglielmo Marconi, and Now an Absorption by New Secretariat
“I have the highest honor of announcing that in only a matter of seconds the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Pius XI, will inaugurate the Radio Station of the Vatican City State. The electric radio waves will transport to all the world … Continue reading
Heroic Archbishop-In-Exile, Hilarion Capucci, RIP
The Real Syrian Free Press: Archbishop of Jerusalem in Exile Hilarion Capucci passed away at the age of 94 in the Italian Capital of Rome on Sunday. The late Capucci was born in Aleppo city in 1922 and became a … Continue reading
