Les Femmes, the Truth: It was still happening in my own diocese up until the public exposure of the bully priests and their correction. The last episode I’m aware of was in 2002 when a former pastor of mine refused … Continue reading
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Taliban Exacts Savage ‘Revenge’ Kills 130 Innocent Victims at a School
UCANews: Taliban insurgents killed at least 130 people, most of them children, after storming an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday in one of the country’s bloodiest attacks in recent years. Witnesses described how a huge blast shook the Army … Continue reading
In Resigning Papacy Benedict XVI Wanted to Be Called ‘Father Benedict’
Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture: If it is accurate–and I have no reason to doubt that it is– the report that Benedict XVI wanted to be known as “Father Benedict” after his resignation is strange and illuminating. Why? Because today he is … Continue reading
One of God’s Little Ones: Vuon, a Poor Crippled Cambodian
AsiaNews: Father Luca Bolelli: Let me tell about Vuon. The first time I met Vuon, I was travelling with some Christians from our community of Kdol Leu. As we went by the mission of Kratié, we stopped to say hello … Continue reading
Mexicans Rekindle Devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Catholic News Service: Dressed in green T-shirts and clutching statues of Our Lady of Guadalupe covered in plastic, a group of pilgrims from Guerrero prayed, posed for photos in front of the basilica dedicated to the national patroness, set out … Continue reading
25,000 Honor Our Lady of Guadalupe in Los Angeles
CNA: “¡Que Viva le Virgen de Guadalupe! ¡Que Viva Cristo Rey! ¡Que Via San Juan Diego!” said Archbishop Gomez in farewell. “¡Que viva! ¡Que viva! ¡Que viva!” replied the people seated in the stands and across the stadium field, many waving … Continue reading
St. Thomas University Offering Students Work With Several Major Pro-Abortion Orgs
TFP: Students at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota – a Catholic institution founded in 1885 – are currently being offered “volunteer/internship opportunities” with mega-abortion provider Planned Parenthood, according to the university’s web site. Other pro-abortion advocacy groups featured … Continue reading
Blessed Palestinian Melkite Nun, Stigmatist, Approved for Canonization
CNA: Pope Francis on Saturday approved the advancement in the causes for sainthood of eight men and women, including two Palestinian nuns and an 20th century Italian wife and mother. The Holy Father authorized the promulgation of the decrees for … Continue reading
Spirit Daily Posts Another ‘Miracle Story’ of Catholic Now Protestant
Pro-Medjugorjie website Spirit Daily often posts laudatory articles of ‘righteous’ Protestants who have visions and miracles and near-death experiences. None of them renounce their heresy and become Catholic. It isn’t in the message of the “vision.” And Medjugorjieite Michael Brown … Continue reading
Lebanon: Crisis Mounts for Syrian Refugees and Host Countries
AsiaNews: The problem of Syrian refugees has now become a “humanitarian” and an international crisis”. Unless the world finds a solution, this tragedy will have disastrous effects for the whole Middle East, said Fr Paul Karam, director of Caritas Lebanon. … Continue reading
Korean Priest Works to Free NK Women Refugees from Sex Slavery in China
AsiaNews: Fr Domingo Cho, 40, is a Dominican from Seoul. A priest for 12 years, he has carried out his pastoral ministry among North Korean refugees seeking asylum in the South, helping them through the hard task of integrating in … Continue reading
ISIS Beheads Four Christian Children for Refusing to Accept Islam
Catholic Online: According to Canon Andrew White, Islamic State terrorists have beheaded a man’s four children after they refused to convert to Islam. Canon White’s retelling of a man’s account was released in the press on Dec. 9, and is … Continue reading
Catholic Bishops Make Appeal to Stop Israel from Continuing Encroachments into Palestinian Land
Catholic Culture: The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land appealed to the international community to take action to prevent Israel from extending its Israeli West Bank barrier into the largely Christian Cremisan Valley. An Israeli court has upheld … Continue reading
Chesterton 1917 Novel Looms Prophetic of a Mohammedan England
William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine: G.K. Chesterton had a knack for anticipating future trends but when, in his 1914 novel The Flying Inn, he anticipated the Islamization of England, it seemed so far out of the realm of possibility that it … Continue reading
Thousands Stand on Line for Confession in Mexico City Cathedral
CNA: Responding to an invitation from Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera to seek reconciliation with Christ during the season of Advent, nearly 5000 Catholics stood in line for hours to receive the Sacrament of Confession. According to the Archdiocese of Mexico City’s … Continue reading
