Sometimes Leon Trotsky is given credit for saying that you might not be interested in war but war is interested in you. He didn’t say that, exactly, but it is nevertheless true. I have not infrequently challenged you readers to … Continue reading
Category: News
Good News From the Diocese of Lincoln NE, Interview With Bishop Conley
The Catholic World Report, Jim Graves: Bishop James Conley is the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. The Midwestern diocese is home to 96,000 Catholics who attend 134 parishes and missions. The bishop grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, … Continue reading
Terrible Earthquake in Central Italy, 267 Killed, Epicenter Near Norcia
Catholic Culture: The powerful earthquake that ripped through Italy, leaving more than 120 people dead (latest count 267), had its epicenter near Norcia, the home of St. Benedict, and drove monks there to seek temporary safety in Rome. The Benedictine community … Continue reading
Explicit Vatican Sex Ed Program for Catholic High Schools, Coed Classes
This is such a betrayal, no words can lessen the outrageous affront to innocence and parental authority. Catholic Culture: In a study released today, the Cardinal Newman Society reported significant flaws in the high school sex education program made available during World Youth Day … Continue reading
Interview With Underground Bishop on Vatican Dialogue With Beijing
Vatican Insider, Gianni Valenti: A “Chinese Bishops’ Conference in communion with the Pope” is “what we hope to see and that for which we have been praying for a long time”: the viewpoint of Joseph Wei Jingyi, the “clandestine” Catholic bishop … Continue reading
Science, a Baby’s Cells, a Mother, and the Assumption
This is an interesting little article that takes advantage of a new discovery of the union of mother and child even after birth. Holy Heroes: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven on August 15th has given me … Continue reading
There Never Was a Time for Cozy Catholicism, Especially Not Now
National Catholic Register, Msgr. Charles Pope: There is a growing consternation among some Catholics that the Church, at least in her leadership, is living in the past. It seems there is no awareness that we are at war and that Catholics … Continue reading
Sri Lanka: 400,000 Pilgrims Visit Shrine of Our Lady and St. Anne During August
AsiaNews: Hundreds of thousands of people, both Catholic and non Catholic this month have flocked to the nation’s Marian shrines to celebrate the feasts of St. Anne and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. More here.
China: Before Year’s End All Clergy Must Get Certified by Government-Controlled Patriotic Association
AsiaNews: Later this year, all priests must register to receive a certificate that allows them to exercise their ministry. But the request has to go through the Patriotic Association, whose statutes are “incompatible” with Catholic doctrine. Many priests, official and unofficial, … Continue reading
Are German Liberal Hierarchs Preparing for Priestless Church?
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Alexander Kissler – the well-respected, often subtly ironic, conservative German journalist and editor of the culture section of the German journal Cicero who recently wrote a piercing critique of Pope Francis – has now written another important article … Continue reading
Olympian Convert Would Like to Have Had Dinner With Mother Angelica
CNA: When the New York Times interviewed retired Olympian Dominique Dawes, she was asked a peculiar question: if you could have dinner with one person who is no longer living, and whose obituary was published in the New York Times, … Continue reading
Two Friends of Loreto Publications Knighted in the Order of Isabela the Catholic
Maria Conchita Marquez de Lucero and her husband, John Padilla y Lucero are friends of Loreto. Albuquerque Journal: Call them “Sir” or “Dame.” Three people from New Mexico have been knighted into the Spanish royal order, La Orden de Isabel … Continue reading
KOC Joe Kovacs Going for Gold in Shot Put
Catholic Online, Kenya Sinclair: Speaking to the Knights of Columbus magazine Columbia, Kovacs explained his role in the Church and Catholic community has deeply influenced the athletic side of his lifestyle. His father and grandmother passed away when he was … Continue reading
Russian Patriarch Sends Turgid Greetings to Castro on Birthday
Catholic Culture: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church offered “cordial congratulations” to Fidel Castro on his 90th birthday. More here.
KOC Head Says Catholic Position Is That Abortion Should Be ‘Substantially Restricted’
aka Catholic: On August 17th, Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, promulgated a Bull (or load thereof) in the form of an editorial published by The Hill. The editorial is an embarrassing display of both unbridled Americanism and … Continue reading
