Rorate Caeli: His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Zen, S.D.B., Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong will celebrate a Pontifical High Mass for us this upcoming Sunday (12th April, Low Sunday), at 3:00pm in St. Teresa’s Church, Kowloon, Hong Kong. More here.
Category: News
ACLU Wants Catholic Charities to Provide Abortion for Illegals
Talk about satanic evil. The ACLU is filing a lawsuit to make sure the charitable work of Catholic organizations caring for immigrants provides services for those who are pregnant to murder their pre-born babies. Vox Vox: It sounds, in a … Continue reading
Asia Bibi Appeals to Pope With Easter Prayer for Peace
Vatican Insider:“At Easter, Jesus Christ gives us an example of peace and forgiveness. All of us must learn from the teaching and sacrifice of Christ who was crucified for us and who forgave all those who harmed him. On this special … Continue reading
Hong Kong Diocese 3600 to Receive Baptism at Easter Vigil
Cardinal Tong for AsiaNews: At Easter this year, our Hong Kong diocese has two more reasons to be happy and thankful. The first is that 3,600 adults will receive the sacraments of Christian Initiation and become members of our great Catholic … Continue reading
Terrorist Threats Send Indiana Pizza Shop Owners Into Hiding
AP: A northern Indiana pizza shop that came under fire after its owners said their religious beliefs wouldn’t allow them to cater a gay wedding is closed indefinitely, and its operators say they’ve gone into hiding. More here.
Taiwanese Convert Runs Best Restaurant in Taipei
And her name is “Purple”. AsiaNews: Purple owns one of Taipei’s best-known restaurant. About four years ago, she found Christ and just three years ago was baptised on Easter night. At the end of the interview, as a sign of the … Continue reading
Enemies of Christian Morals Ganging Up Against Indiana
The Remnant: Excerpt from “Bullies and Bigots of Big Gay on the Attack in Indiana” at Barbwire.com: “This from The homosexual lobby has reacted with a spectacular display of hatred and vitriol in the wake of the passage of Indiana’s Religious … Continue reading
National Catholic Register Fires Patrick Archbold
Creative Minority Report: It is with some regret that I must inform you that my employment as a contributing blogger at the National Catholic Register has been terminated. Yup, they fired me. Read the rest here.
Have Church Authorities in Germany Gone Bonkers?
Catholic Herald: Italian footballer Luca Toni could be taken to court by the Catholic Church in Germany over unpaid church taxes, according to reports. According to Sport Mediaset, Toni did not pay the Kirchensteuer (church tax) while playing for Bayern … Continue reading
Cardinal Nichols Not Happy With 461 Priests Who Signed Open Letter for Family Synod
Carl Olson, Catholic World Report: My hope is that when an exhaustive (and exhausting) history of the Great Inter-Synodal Battle of 2014-15 is written someday, the collective sense of it will be: “What were they thinking?”—the “they” being those who prelates, … Continue reading
Cal State Professor Defends Blessed Junipero Serra
Catholic World Report: California missionary Father Junipero Serra’s canonization is “long overdue,” says a university professor concerned that the priest’s history has been politicized and misrepresented. “When he died, many native peoples came to the mission for his burial. They … Continue reading
Vietnam: Communists Threaten to Demolish 22 Catholic Chapels
AsiaNews: The communist authorities of Djak Tô district – Diocese of Kontum, in the province of the same name located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam – are threatening to tear down 22 Catholic chapels and places of prayer, because they … Continue reading
Pennsylvania: A Young Catechumen’s Longing for the Eucharist
Catholic News Service: Tears of longing fill Jessica Bassili’s eyes as she sits in a pew during Mass at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Lebanon. The parishioners around her are lined up to receive holy Communion, and Jessica … Continue reading
Should Baptism Be Postponed for a Soldier Catechumen Deployed
I don’t think so. Catholic News Service: Twice before, Aaron Tam has come close to being baptized. Once was in Jacksonville, North Carolina, but in preparing for his deployment to Iraq, he missed too many classes. His instructor in the Rite … Continue reading
Over Half Million Sign Petition in UK to Free Asia Bibi
UCANews: More than half a million people have signed a petition started by a British woman to save Asia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy. In her petition on change.org, a social action website, … Continue reading
