CNA: “Fortunately, the battles are over for now. There was fierce fighting in Al Nabek all through Advent. No one was able to flee. The people were trapped. Peace was then finally restored in the week before Christmas. But you … Continue reading
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Cardinal Zen: Rumors of Better Vatican/China Relations False
AsiaNews: A Hong Kong Communist Daily started spreading the news that the Sini-Vatican Agreement is close at hand. Then the voice of the Secretary of State of the Pope adds weight to the news: “Yes, the prospects are promising. Both … Continue reading
200,000 Christians May Be Slaughtered in Nigeria by Moslem Terrorists If Something Is Not Done
NBCNews: Boko Haram forces appear poised to attack Maiduguri, a city of 2 million in northeast Nigeria — meaning that 200,000 Christians could be at risk of slaughter by the Islamist terror group, say U.S. intelligence officials and experts on … Continue reading
Italy Warns ISIS at Europe’s Doorstep: Terrorists Behead 21 Egyptians Christians
Italy warned that ISIS is at Europe’s doorstep as France and Egypt called for the United Nations Security Council to meet over the spiraling crisis in Libya. The growing alarm came as Egyptian jets bombed ISIS targets in the North … Continue reading
Destroyer of FFI Guilty of Defamation Must Pay Victims 20,000 Euros
20,000 Euros is a bit more than 20,000 dollars. Let’s wait and see if he gets his just due from Pope Francis. Rorate Caeli: The chickens have come home to roost for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Commissioner of the Franciscan Friars of … Continue reading
Government Trying to Hinduize Education in India
AsiaNews: In India “the situation of freedom of expression and thought is worsening day by day. And the worst thing is that those responsible for this decline are the security forces, and academic institutions, that should protect it. The pressure from … Continue reading
Candidates for Israel Literature Prize and Judges Withdraw Over Netanyahu’s Purge of Anti-Zionists
AsiaNews: Novelist David Grossman on Thursday withdrew his candidacy for this year’s Israel Prize in Literature. The Award-winning writer made his decision due to Benjamin Netanyahu’s heavy-handed intervention against members of the jury, deemed too “anti-Zionist” in his view. Read more … Continue reading
‘Catholic’ Congressman Abandons Right to Life of Pre-Born
National Catholic Register: A Catholic congressman’s use of faith to justify his recent statements in support of legal abortion is morally problematic and logically incoherent, one theologian told EWTN News. “If we were to outlaw abortion, we’re not claiming to … Continue reading
‘Kristin Lavransdatter’ a Catholic Trilogy: How to Die in Christ
Tyler Branski, Crisis: Those who have read Kristin Lavransdatter, the epic trilogy by Catholic convert and Norwegian Nobel Prize winner Sigrid Undset, have read it at least twice. This formidable tale of farming and holy pilgrimages and family in the … Continue reading
Evangelical Leader Refutes Obama on Crusades and Inquisition
Steve Skojec, 1 Peter 5: In all my years as a Catholic, I can’t say that I’ve ever seen an evangelical protestant come to the defense of the Crusades or the Inquisition. But President Obama is, if nothing else, a … Continue reading
Nanny State NJ Police Stop Teens from Snow Shoveling Enterprise
Unbelievable Gateway Pundit:New Jersey teens, Matt Molinari and Eric Schnepf, were hoping to make a few bucks shoveling snow in their neighborhood. But police ruined their plans when they told the teens they needed a permit to promote their services. … Continue reading
Abp Cordileone: Catholic Schools Must Aid Students to ‘Become Saints’
In an address to the Catholic High School Teachers Convocation, Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco said among other challenging things that: “In the end, our Catholic schools exist to help young people attain holiness in their lives, that is, to … Continue reading
Chaldean Bishop Asks Brits to Send Troops to Drive Out ISIS
Catholic Herald: Iraq needs British “boots on the ground” to halt the genocide of the country’s Christians and other minorities at the hands of Islamist terrorists, a Chaldean archbishop has told Parliament this week. Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil pleaded … Continue reading
St. John Eudes Seminary in Normandy Closes Due to Few Vocations
Rorate Caeli: The great Saint John Eudes had no greater concern during his long and fruitful life than the formation of priests: very few did as much as he did to implement with intense zeal that most magnificent of the Tridentine … Continue reading
Open Letter of Resigned Bishop of Kazakhstan on Crisis in the Church
Rorate Caeli: I had the experience of living with priests who were in Stalinist prisons and camps and who nevertheless remained faithful to the Church. During the time of persecution they fulfilled with love their priestly duty in preaching Catholic … Continue reading
