AsiaNews: China will never give up the right to decide on future reincarnations of the Dalai Lama, said Zhu Weiqun, a leading official of the Chinese Communist Party yesterday speaking to the state run Global Times and attracting criticism from human … Continue reading
Alec Guinness, as can be read in Joseph Pearce’s book, Literary Converts, was a staunch opponent of the Novus Ordo vernacular Mass and a devotee of the Latin Mass Society in England. ChurchPop: Sir Alec Guinness is one of the most recognizable … Continue reading
Father Dwight Longenecker, Patheos: One of the things that maddens and amuses me about Protestants is something called “primitivism”. I’ve written about it here. “Primitivism” is the ambition to return the church to the simplest form as it was in … Continue reading
Dale Ahlquist, Catholic World Report: Did you know that Thanksgiving is a Catholic holiday? True, it’s not on the Church calendar. And it is celebrated only in America, whereas Church holidays are universal. Our national holiday is certainly an event … Continue reading
CNA: Critics of Pamplona’s city council say it deliberately attacked Catholics and broke Spanish law by using city property to display a sacrilegious art exhibit with more than 240 stolen consecrated Hosts. More on this here.
CNA: Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Steven Lopes, a Catholic priest from California, as the new bishop who will head the Anglican Ordinariate in the United States and Canada, making him the first Catholic prelate to hold the position. Read … Continue reading
Citizen Go: On Thursday night, ABC’s show “Scandal” glorified the main character’s abortion while the soundtrack played “Silent Night.” The show ended playing Ave Maria, just after pro-abortion politicians were portrayed as heroically standing against the defunding of Planned Parenthood. A … Continue reading
Media ITE: Parents in Orange County are outraged after seventh-graders were asked to sing a song about spreading Islam in class. More here.
USA Today: Born just over a month before the end of the 19th century, Emma Morano is Europe’s oldest living person. Incredibly, she still lives on her own in northern Italy, and takes care of herself and her house independently, … Continue reading
Catholic Herald: “The forces that are at work now are intent on eradicating the Christian civilisation, nothing less,” said the 76-year-old US cardinal, who was in Sydney in October to reach out to the order’s 600 Australian members. Christians in … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: With thousands of refugees from the Middle East clamoring for entry, President Obama has said that it is “shameful” to suggest that Christian refugees should be given preference. That statement is wrong: legally, politically, and morally wrong. More here.
AsiaNews: The head of the Syrian Catholic Church, Mar Ignace Youssif III Younan, accuses Western governments of perpetuating an “endless conflict in Syria” out of regional interests. The terrorists who use Islam as an excuse for violence “have already infiltrated Europe, … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Fr Michael Martires, 81, felt the presence of Jesus and was healed during the homily of the papal legate, Card Ranjith, during the Mass that brought to a close the National Eucharistic Congress in Mumbai. Read more here.
NCRegister: Adam Lewis, 25, and Rachael Lewis, 22, grew up in a devout Christian home, never associating themselves with a specific denomination. “The deposit of faith handed down to me by my parents molded my love for Jesus, prayer life and … Continue reading
Vatican Insider: The Bishop of Aleppo continues by saying: “Terrorist groups in Syria have grown up killing, kidnapping and mercilessly destroying entire cities, ruining the lives of thousands of people forever, raising everything including monuments to the ground. And all the … Continue reading
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