LifeNews: Pro-life protesters faced a disturbing scene this weekend in Michigan when a group of Satanists arrived to counter-protest wearing baby masks and carrying whips. More here.
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Hans Kung Exhuberant With Pope’s Response to His Appeal to Change Infallibility Dogma
National Catholic Reporter, Editor’s note: Fr. Hans Küng, the Swiss theologian, says that he has received a letter from Pope Francis that responds “to my request to give room to a free discussion on the dogma of infallibility.” Küng declined to … Continue reading
China: No ‘Foreign’ Run Religions Allowed in China
Catholic Culture: Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that government officials should resist “foreign” religious influences. “We must resolutely guard against overseas infiltations via religious means and prevent ideological infringement by extermists,” the Chinese persident told Communist Party leaders. He insisted … Continue reading
Five Victims of Spanish Civil War Beatified
Catholic Culture: Describing persecution as the “daily bread of the Church,” Cardinal Angelo Amato, the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided at the Mass of beatification of Father Valentín Palencia (1871-1937) and four companions on April 23. … Continue reading
Story of Miraculous Picture of Our Lady of Good Counsel
America Needs Fatima: Because of its proximity to Rome, the city was chosen by many patricians and imperial courtiers as a site for their country villas. The vast gardens surrounding these villas often served as the stage for perverse feasts, pagan … Continue reading
Bishops Delegation Calls Gaza a Prison
National Catholic Register: The delegation’s final statement also describes Gaza as a jail: “While there are signs of hope and the resilience of the population is remarkable, many remain homeless and traumatized by the war. The blockade continues to make … Continue reading
Bishop Schneider on Amoris Laetitia
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Bishop Schneider quotes Pope John Paul II’s Familiaris Consortio (FC) on this matter, which states that such couples “are unable to be admitted thereto, since their state and their condition of life objectively contradict that union of love between Christ … Continue reading
Wales: 22 Church Closings ‘Huge Opportunity for Renewal
Yes, you read that right. Catholic Herald: The Bishop of Wrexham has said that the closure of 22 churches across his diocese is a “huge opportunity for renewal”. More on this “opportunity” here.
Cdl Kasper Says ‘Door Open’ for Divorced/Remarried to Receive Communion
1Peter5: Maike Hickson: The German cardinal [Kasper] recounts how he once told Pope Francis about a priest whom he knew who had decided not to forbid a “remarried” mother to receive Holy Communion on the day of the First Holy Communion … Continue reading
Pope Welcomes Albanian Priest Who Spent 28 Years in a Red Prison
Vatican Insider: Francis welcomed Fr. Ernest Simoni – the Albanian priest who spent 28 years behind bars – by kissing his hands. A moved Pope had embraced the man on 21 September 2014 in Tirana, after listening to the account of … Continue reading
Syria: Someone is Making a Lot of Money Out of This War! (Melkite Patriarch)
Catholic Culture: The head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church said that the region’s prelates have not forgotten the two Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped in Syria in April 2013. “Every time we hold a joint prayer meeting we talk about … Continue reading
A Slice of Chesterton’s Ballad of the White Horse
Taken from Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture: “Sirs, I am but a nameless man, A rhymester without home, Yet since I come of the Wessex clay And carry the cross of Rome, “I will even answer the mighty earl That asked … Continue reading
Head of Planned Parenthood Gets Standing Ovation at Jesuit College
ReligiousNewsService: The debate that began when students learned that Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards would speak at the nation’s oldest Catholic university continued when she received a standing ovation at Georgetown’s Lohrfink Auditorium. More here.
Tomb of One of the First Priests in Mexico Discovered in Church Built Over Aztec Temple Ruin
CNTCathNews: Archaeologists have found a stone slab covering the tomb of one of the first Catholic priests in Mexico, a grave sunk into the floor of what appears to be an Aztec temple, reports AP in The Washington Post. More … Continue reading
Moslems Converting to the Faith in Austria
Catholic Herald: An increasing number of Muslim migrants in Austria are converting to Christianity, according to reports. According to Austrian website Kurier, 83 adults were approved for baptism in Vienna in 2016, with Friederike Dostal of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference … Continue reading
