NBCNews: President Barack Obama is closing out his Hawaii vacation by hanging out with Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder. Obama took his daughters, Sasha and Malia, to visit with Vedder and his family in Kailua, not far from where the … Continue reading
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Goa: 45 Day Exposition of S Francis Xavier Closes, 4 Million Honor Him
UCANews: Close to four million pilgrims turned out to view the relics of Saint Francis Xavier during a 45-day exhibition in Goa, which concluded Sunday. The relics of the sixteenth-century missionary, presented at the “Exposition of the sacred relics of … Continue reading
Pope Names New Cardinals, None from USA
Whispers in the Loggia: As expected, at this Sunday’s noontime Angelus, the Pope revealed the names of 20 cardinals-designate – 15 electors, five over 80 – who’ll receive the red hat at the 14 February Consistory. Yet again, Francis’ second … Continue reading
Turkey: Government Allows First Church to be Built in 90 Years
Byzantine Texas: Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government has authorized the building of the first church in the country since the end of the Ottoman empire in 1923, AFP has learned. The church is for the country’s tiny Syriac community and will be … Continue reading
Vermont Priest Takes on the Cause of Persecuted Christians in Mid-East
National Catholic Register: Amid the cascade of crises across the world in 2014, it was all too easy to forget the desperate plight of persecuted Christians in the Middle East. So as we ponder our New Year’s resolutions for 2015, let’s commit to … Continue reading
Death ‘Doctor’ Assists Six to Kill Themselves
LifeNews: A Maryland doctor has lost his medical license after suffocating six people to death in assisted suicides. More here.
Mario Cuomo Dead at 82
Catholic Culture: Mario Cuomo, who served as governor of New York from 1983 to 1994, died at the age of 82 on January 1, as his son Andrew began his second term as the state’s governor. Described by his Associated … Continue reading
After 2200 US Military Dead, US Ends Combat Mission in Afghanistan
AsiaNews: “We have lifted the Afghan people out of the darkness of despair and given them hope for the future,” said yesterday General John Campbell, current commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), as he announced the end of … Continue reading
Self-Sacrificing Japanese Aid Worker Enters Convent
AsiaNews: A successful career at the United Nations Development Programme, then a senior post at Caritas Japan. Finally, the profession of her first religious vows to become a nun and dedicate her life to God. This is the story of Sister … Continue reading
Sorrowful Plight of Iraqi Christian Refugees
CNA: Threatened by forced conversion or death at the hands of the Islamic State, many Iraqi Christians have had to flee their homes – but one refugee family sheltered at a Jordanian church has declared their continued faith. “We are nearly … Continue reading
The Hatred of Some Sick People Is for Jesus Personally
Catholic Culture: Recent days have witnessed the destruction of Christian symbols in Europe and the United States and the disruption of a Mass. On Christmas Day, a vandal entered a parish in Douai, France, and decapitated the heads of eight … Continue reading
German Bishops Pushing Ahead for Communion for Divorced Catholics
The Tablet: The great majority of German bishops would like to see remarried divorcees being allowed to receive the Sacraments under certain specified circumstances. Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who presented the findings of a special working group in the German bishops’ … Continue reading
‘Quality of Life’? Pope Calls Euphemistic Slogan a ‘Lie’
Vatican Insider: Time given to the sick is holy, ‘praising God’. Francis claims this in his message for the XXIII World Day of the Sick that will take place on the 11th February 2015. He addresses especially ‘all of you … Continue reading
Recent Interview With Asia Bibi
Vatican Insider: She is not asking Pope Francis for public appeals but for prayers. In the suffering of a life spent in prison, Asia Bibi bitterly mentions those who use her name to fulfil their own personal interests. The 44-year old … Continue reading
Churches in Baghdad Nearly Empty for Christmas
The Washington Post: A choir dressed in crimson robes sang ancient hymns below a Christmas star strung with fairy lights at a recent service in the Iraqi capital, the heavy scent of incense hanging in the air. But the season … Continue reading
