CNA: Pope Francis today referred to the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks in 1915 as a “genocide,” prompting the Turkish government to summon the Vatican’s ambassador for questioning. “In the past century our human family has lived through … Continue reading
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling the massacre by Ottoman Turks “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urging the international community to recognize it as … Continue reading
Global Post: He killed or imprisoned millions of his own people and lorded over one of the most repressive regimes in recent history. He’s also been dead more than 60 years. But none of that has stopped Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s … Continue reading
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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