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
LifeSite News: The website of the German Bishops’ Conference, katholisch.de, reported yesterday on the first case of a practicing homosexual permitted to remain in a position at a Catholic Church institution despite a flagrant and public violation of the Church’s … Continue reading
CathNews: More than 20 other people were injured following Wednesday afternoon’s accident on the main road of Mazapil, a north-central town of 16,000 people in a mining region of the State of Zacatecas, officials said. More on the tragedy here.
CNA: A leading bishop in Catholic scouting says Catholics should continue to be involved in the Boy Scouts and work to ensure good youth outreach and consistency with Church teaching in response to a national policy change that allows gay leaders. … Continue reading
Aleteia: President Barack Obama’s cajoling of Kenyan leaders to accept “LGBT rights” has met with a notable backlash from African bishops and other state and religious leaders, with one African bishop drawing attention to the hypocrisy of Obama’s LGBT agenda. Obama … Continue reading
From Holly O’Donnell (Father Pavone’s email): One brave woman – Holly O’Donnell – has come forward to speak out publicly and give her eyewitness account of what she was told to do with the bodies of aborted babies. Her testimony … Continue reading
When you go to the Our People section of SKD Knickerbocker, the PR organization hired to salvage Planned Parenthood from any “bad press,” what you will find that what is most appalling is how many names are of Catholic origin. … Continue reading
From Saint Bonaventure’s Major Life of Saint Francis: ” The Portiuncula was an old church dedicated to the Virgin Mother of God which was abandoned . Francis had great devotion to the Queen of the world and when he saw … Continue reading
CNA: Yes to contraception, homosexual acts, and Communion for the divorced and remarried – all considering the circumstances. No to understanding any acts as intrinsically evil. These are the positions advocated by speakers at the May 25 “shadow council” which … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Today’s New York Times report on the sale of fetal tissue is the journalistic equivalent of a diet pill: a “news” story designed not to satisfy, but to suppress, the reader’s appetite for information. Let’s start with the photo … Continue reading
Although this survey offers other reasons why Hispanic/Latinos identify themselves as Catholic I like to think it is because they believe in Catholic religious teaching and they love the Blessed Mother. Latin Post: More than half of young Catholic families … Continue reading
The Atlantic: After 400 years in the Virginia dirt, the box came out of the ground looking like it had been plucked from the ocean. A tiny silver brick, now encrusted with a green patina and rough as sandpaper. Buried beneath … Continue reading
Zenit: A Franciscan nun who dedicated her life to helping those suffering from drug addiction, was murdered last week in Brazil. According to Fides, Sister Irma Odete Francisca was killed on Friday morning at La Estrella Drug Rehabilitation Centre in … Continue reading
I do not know anything about this scientist turned politician other than what I just read in AsiaNews. Out of about 50 pleas for mercy from men on death row he remitted the death sentence of all but one. On … Continue reading
The Remnant: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) speaks about the Planned Parenthood video and their gruesome abortion practices on the Senate floor (July 16, 2015). At one point he’s moved to tears over the very thought of the horror of abortion. More … Continue reading
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