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.
Two years ago, today, I wrote a column ‘Saints Who Were Married to Saints,’ featuring Saint Cunegunda, wife of Emperor Saint Henry II. Here is the link. I am sure our readers will find this article interesting if they have … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli, Juan Manuel de Prada: American cinema has stopped being memorable for a long while; yet, as it happens with dead stars that once shone greatly, it produces once in a while sparks that keep alive the illusion of its … Continue reading
My father was a volunteer with the Legion of Decency. Men would go to stores with certificates for store owners to put in their windows saying that their establishment does not sell (or at least display) pornography. The Legion didn’t … Continue reading
Los Angeles Tidings: Poor and homeless men and women will now be able to turn to the Vatican for medical treatment, the latest initiative to offer care for those persons living on the streets of Rome. Located near the colonnade, the … Continue reading
We still await the liberation of Asia Bibi, a Catholic. Salman Tasser was a brave Moslem governor who opposed the country’s outrageous ‘blasphemy law.” Catholic Culture: The government of Pakistan has carried out the execution of a Muslim zealot who confessed … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: A Louisiana judge has ruled unconstitutional a new state law requiring priests to report sexual abuse that is mentioned in a sacramental confession. More here.
Saint Martin of Tours was from Pannonia, ancient Hungary. Great to see the Church in Hungary celebrating his 1700 year Jubilee. Catholic Culture: In addition to commemorating the extraordinary jubilee of mercy in 2016, the Church in Hungary is celebrating … Continue reading
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk comments on the Joint Declaration of Rome and schismatic Moscow: Catholic Culture: Major Archbishop Shevchuk explained that “the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church can testify that communion with the Successor of Peter does not take anything out … Continue reading
JBS Blog, Jack McManus: On February 3rd, President Barack Obama left the nation’s capital to deliver a speech at the Islamic Society of Baltimore, his first address delivered at an Islamic Mosque. What he said on that occasion was noteworthy for … Continue reading
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