mrc News Busters: The Reuters report also reported that “Pope Francis condemned the attack and the ‘indifference’ of the world’s reaction to it….[The Pope] called the nuns ‘today’s martyrs’ because they were both victims of their killers and of global … Continue reading
Maike Hickson, The Wanderer: The Vatican celebrates Women’s Day on 8 March, 2016. With the help of the organization Voices of Faith (http://voicesoffaith.org/), an event is taking place at the Vatican where women “share their stories of strengthening the Church’s … Continue reading
He was a convert at the age of forty. Catholic Culture: Matters spiritual were of no particular interest until he heard the preaching of Blessed John of Avila. Then his conversion was so sincere and sudden that he was considered … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Let’s be honest: statistics can be dull. But sometimes a number leaps off the page (or the screen). That happened to me this morning, with our CWN headline story about the growth of the world’s Catholic population. During … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: The star witness for Planned Parenthood at today’s hearing on the bioethics of fetal body parts harvesting, UC San Diego’s Dr. Lawrence Goldstein, obtains his aborted fetal brains from Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest in San … Continue reading
Vatican Insider: There are Christians among the subjects of the jihadist sphere which is still competing with the government in Damascus and its Russian and Shiite allies over a large chunk of Syrian territory. There are few of them, they … Continue reading
John Burger: Those who survived Auschwitz called the man in charge an “animal.” Rudolf Höss presided over the extermination of some 2.5 million prisoners in the three years he was commandant of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Another half a million … Continue reading
Kevin Sorbo and his wife are raising funds for a documentary on serial baby-killer, Kermit Gosnell. CNSNews: “Kermit Gosnell is America’s most prolific serial killer,” says Kevin Sorbo, who starred in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. “For more than … Continue reading
Catholic Herald:Pope Francis has authorised the canonisation of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, a writer and Carmelite nun described as the “sister in the Spirit” of St Thérèse of Lisieux. More here.
Vatican Radio: Four gunmen attacked an old people’s home in the Yemeni port of Aden on Friday, killing at least 15 people, including four Missionaries of Charity nuns of Mother Teresa, the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia told the Vatican’s … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews: The Lecture Fund at Georgetown University is planning to host Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) President Cecile Richards on campus this April, The Cardinal Newman Society has learned. More here.
National Catholic Register: The Vatican has announced the approval of a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczyński (1631-1701), the Founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin … Continue reading
CNA: On Monday, Navy Senior Chief Edward C. Byers Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony. The 36-year-old SEAL received the U.S. Military’s highest honor for his role in the successful December 2012 rescue of an … Continue reading
CNA: A 95-year-old priest named Friar Roberto walked more than three-and-a-half miles while hearing confessions during a recent “Penitential Walk” in Brazil. Some 30,000 people participated in the walk, which took place Feb. 28 in the northeast Brazilian Archdioceses of Fortaleza … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Church officials in Pakistan are collecting testimony for the cause of beatification of Shahbaz Bhatti, the government official who was killed in 2011 because of his support for Christians accused of blasphemy. More here.
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