UCANews: Bishop James Su Zhimin, one of the 20 prisoners featured in Rubio’s campaign, has spent the past 18 years in prison after refusing to join the state-sanctioned Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association in 1996. The Communist Party organ overseeing religious affairs, … Continue reading
Blessed Pius IX. Fascinating little account by George Weigle, First Things: The history of popes in these United States is full of surprises. And one of them, to begin at the beginning, includes the little-known fact that Blessed Paul VI … Continue reading
Trent Beattie, National Catholic Register: Questions like those the students had are great ways to talk about what love (or charity) really is. If I love someone, my goal is not to use them for my own pleasure, but to … Continue reading
Spot on article here by Paul Kengor for Crisis Magazine online. Crisis: Catholic and international media are abuzz over Pope Francis’ trip to Cuba, the third consecutive pope to visit this island thoroughly destroyed by the two Castro brothers. The … Continue reading
Well, this is America. And there are greedy lawyers on the prowl. News4, New York: Officials say a woman has agreed to settle a lawsuit with Dunkin’ Donuts after she fell in a northern New Jersey franchise’s parking lot and spilled hot … Continue reading
Macho? Try murder by brute unmanly thugs without compassion or virtue. NBCNews: A grand jury has recommended charges against three dozen members of a New York City college fraternity in connection with the death of a freshman who was killed during … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: Founded in 2003, the Juan Diego House [a house of formation for college-age seminarians for the Los Angeles archdiocese] has been run for the past eight years by Father James Anguiano. In 2008, Father Anguiano’s inaugural year as … Continue reading
The London Telegraph: The United States has broken up a threat against Pope Francis, who will visit Washington and other US cities this month, it emerged on Sunday. No details of the threat were given. US authorities are concerned about … Continue reading
The Imaginative Conservative: Often on my day off, before a morning motorcycle ride in the mountains, I treat myself to breakfast at a Southern American institution: Waffle House. Waffle Houses are not luxurious. The box-like buildings are designed for cheerful efficiency, … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews: Office Depot is back-pedaling on its claims that a pro-life flier violated company policy because it had “hate material” and “graphic material” on it. According to a press release sent to media earlier today, Office Depot CEO Roland Smith … Continue reading
Julie Roys Blog: “If abortion is about women’s rights, then what were mine?” Gianna Jessen asked a House Judiciary Committee that question today — and with good reason. Thirty-eight years ago, Jessen miraculously survived a saline abortion. This morning, she told her remarkable story … Continue reading
From Father Pavone’s email: You may have heard that an Office Depot in the Chicago area refused to make copies of my Prayer for the Conversion of Planned Parenthood and that the organization’s corporate office said it is policy not … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: …. Other evidence-free Holdren “personal opinions” have caused even more alarm among analysts. Consider, for example, the 1977 bookEcoscience he authored. Among other “opinions,” the science czar proposed forced abortions, a “planetary regime” with an international armed … Continue reading
Catholic World Report: [Editor’s note: The following is an exclusive excerpt from Edward Pentin’s new book The Rigging of a Vatican Synod? An Investigation of Alleged Manipulation at the Extraordinary Synod on the Family, available now from Ignatius Press as an … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Images of Syrian refugees crowding border posts and railway stations, or cramming buses and trains, not to mention the picture of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying dead on a Turkish beach, have sparked a worldwide outcry. However, despite cultural, religious and … Continue reading
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