(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
(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
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
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
(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
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
(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
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
(Matt McDonald/CNA) — A Satanic display erected near a Christmas Nativity scene on city property near the New Hampshire State House has been removed after sustaining damage in multiple attacks. It wasn’t clear mid-week whether organizers will erect a similar … Continue reading
(James Corbett/Corbettreport.com) — The foreign-backed terrorist insurgency in Syria has finally accomplished the globalists’ objective: regime change in Syria. But how did we get here? Who was behind this decades-long plan for reshaping the Middle East? And what does it … Continue reading
Retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor has warned that Christianity faces extinction in the Middle East owing to Zionist expansion plans, supported in large part by the American Deep State. (Frank Wright/LifeSiteNews) — In a startling appraisal of the regime change operation … Continue reading
At the Catholic Herald, Georgia Gilholy has published a very good article on the uncertain situation of Syrian Christians given the new status quo that is post-Assad Syria. Please do not be quick to believe what any of the mainstream … Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO (LifeSiteNews) — San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has responded to Nancy Pelosi’s rejection of his ban on her receiving Holy Communion, urging Catholics to pray for her “conversion on the issue of human life in the womb.” Late … Continue reading
A very edifying account! (Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA) — The healing of a British World War I soldier at the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France has been proclaimed as the 71st miracle attributed to the pilgrimage site. Archbishop … Continue reading
The following is published as a complement to Joe Doyle’s fine piece, Biden Celebrates Fall of Syria, But Christians Face Peril. Over the weekend, I emailed a Syrian lady I know to assure her that her family back in Syria … Continue reading
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