1P5, Steve Skojek: At St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. Pope Francis addressed the victims of clerical sex abuse in no uncertain terms: I carry in my heart the stories, the suffering and the pain of the minors who were … Continue reading
UCANews: Goa, the former Portuguese colony and a Catholic stronghold in western India, has for the first time this century shown a marginal increase in the Christian population. Religion-based data for the 2012 census released last month shows an increase of … Continue reading
Just for inspiration. Justin Bell, National Catholic Register: Dear Notre Dame fans: I sympathize with your loss last Saturday night. As a Catholic with some Irish descent, it’s natural to support your squad in most games. (I can’t recall ND … Continue reading
“It has been our pastoral and personal experience, that members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community are people of good will, deep faith, with an abiding sense of their own Catholicity who have probed the depths of their … Continue reading
Now there’s an incentive to keep the law. Moslems are laughing all the way to the hamburgers. Good to see the president is doing his job. Or, was it the First Lady? In a move that seems suspiciously Muslim in nature, … Continue reading
“And so he got drunk” Great article by Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing: “I have been thinking lately about marriage and annulments, and our Lord’s command that we should go forth to seek the one lost sheep that has wandered in … Continue reading
The Deacon’s Bench: What does the name Abort73 actually mean? The connection becomes more clear after watching our intro video, January 1973, which plays on the Abort73 homepage. We took the word “abortion” and shortened it to “abort” – which can either … Continue reading
The Spectator:Pope Francis’s three-week Synod on the Family began on Sunday. Most of the 279 ‘Synod Fathers’ are senior bishops, many of them cardinals. They have no authority to change any aspect of Catholic teaching or pastoral practice. They are … Continue reading
CNA: In an Oct. 8 interview with CNA, Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu and president of the Ugandan Episcopal Conference called the act “criminal,” and said ideologies must never be attached to receiving aid, which is meant to save lives. … Continue reading
Apology not enough Mr. Obama. This is outrageous. What kind of a “mistake” is this? Who ordered it? What will happen to those responsible? Anything? NBCNews: Thirty-three people remain unaccounted for five days after the deadly U.S. bombing of a … Continue reading
And in good standing he is. The ‘Catholic’ Voice: “But we all know of heterosexual marriages,” intones Father Danielson, “that are miserable places in which to raise a child and many of us know of homosexual couples who raise children with … Continue reading
I will add one story about Columbus that impressed me of his greatness. On one of his four voyages west his ship was caught in a gale for about a month off the coasts of Brazil. He could not escape. Suddenly, … Continue reading
Patheos: Breaking news tonight from my friends at the Thomas More Society. There has been a resolution to the conflicting demands regarding the Center for Medical Progress’s undercover investigation into the National Abortion Federation and Planned Parenthood. The court has … Continue reading
AsiaNews: A three year old girl, Milan, from a Sunni family in Syria, was healed thanks to the intervention of St. Charbel, the Lebanese hermit saint, canonized in 1977 by Pope Paul VI. The family is a family of refugees from … Continue reading
NBCNews: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin launched a campaign Tuesday to restore a monument to the Ten Commandments that was removed from the state capitol overnight under a court order. More here.
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