AsiaNews: More than 400,000 people, including 105 prelates, have signed a ‘Filial Appeal’, urging Pope Francis to stand by the traditional marriage in the forthcoming Synod on the Family in October. Read more here.
Category: News
A Man Protects Children: ‘That’s What It Means to Be a Man’
The following is part of an article written by a “pro-choice” husband who received a strong scolding from his pro-life wife. Right now the author is still hesitant to “be a man.” Ruben Navarrette, Jr., The Daily Beast: As I’ve only realized … Continue reading
Syriac Bishop, a Martyr, to be Beatified August 29
CNA: On Saturday Pope Francis approved a decree recognizing the martyrdom of Flavien-Michel Malké, a Syriac Catholic bishop who was killed in 1915 amid the Ottoman Empire’s genocide against its Christian minorities. More here.
‘The Bells of Nagasaki’ by Catholic Convert Nagai Takashi
Nippon.com: “Comforting, cheering, the bells of Nagasaki ring!” The song “The Bells of Nagasaki,” sung by Fujiyama Ichirō, was a tremendous hit in 1949, not long after the end of World War II. This year, 2015, marks the seventieth anniversary … Continue reading
Liberal European Bishops Accelerate Assault on Church Teaching on Morals
LifeNews: The developments in Europe are accelerating. One statement after another shows how high-ranking bishops and prelates are now publicly opposing the traditional moral teaching of the Catholic Church, which is based upon the teaching of Jesus Christ Himself. First, on … Continue reading
At Least 60 Syrian Christians Taken Captive by ISIS Terrorists
Catholic Herald; At least 60 Christians have been abducted by ISIS gunmen in a central town in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. They are among more than 200 civilians reportedly abducted by militants after the capture … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood Caught Staging Fake Hacking Stunt
CNA: After the release of the fourth video investigating the trafficking of fetal organs, Planned Parenthood pulled what seems to be a fake hacking stunt on their own website. At around 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Planned Parenthood claimed its website had been “attacked … Continue reading
Chicago Bishop Says Abortion Videos Should Remind Us to Fight Joblessness
After reading this I felt sick. What a callous, pathetic, and tepid equation! The videos of Planned Parenthood doctors bargaining over the sale of aborted baby body parts is supposed to spur us on not only to fight against abortion, … Continue reading
Mid-East Christian Refugees Have Harder Time Getting US Visas Than Moslems
CNA: Catholic archbishops from Iraq and Syria said Tuesday that while they hope to help their people stay in the Middle East, they also believe those trying to leave are being unjustly discriminated against when applying for United States visas. … Continue reading
Holy and Heroic Priest Who Died on the Battlefield in Vietnam
Donald McClarey, The American Catholic: Born in New York City on September 11, 1929, he dreamed as a boy of being a missionary in Asia. He would go to Asia, as a priest, but as a Chaplain in the Army. … Continue reading
NH Joins LA Pulling Its Funding of Planned Parenthood
Let us pray more states follow suit. LifeNews: New Hampshire has become the second state to cancel state taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business after multiple expose’ videos have caught the abortion business selling the body parts of aborted … Continue reading
Asia Bibi May Die from Sickness in Prison: Islamists Offer Reward to Anyone Who Kills Her
Aleteia: Islamists are offering a reward to anyone who will kill Asia Bibi. Meanwhile, authorities hope that sickness will overcome the Christian woman languishing within the cell in which they have placed her. Full report is here.
Head of PP Praises Founder Ignoring Sanger’s Eugenic Racism
NYTimes: As president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards tries to keep perspective while the group faces one of its biggest political crises. After all, she said on Monday, the founder, Margaret Sanger, was arrested 99 years ago for pamphleteering about birth … Continue reading
Cardinal Pushing ‘Gay’ Masses in UK
CathNews: The Masses, at the Jesuit Farm Street Church in central London, replaced the more controversial, so-called “gay Masses” that had been designated for LGBT Catholics at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Soho until 2013. More here.
More on the Assault on Father Rutler’s Church
Maureen Mullarkey, First Things: Jesuits are blameless here but the point stands. The debacle at Our Saviour is a symptom of bureaucratic conditions more critical than any clash of taste in church décor. Umbrage over “the integrity of the art” … Continue reading
