CNA: The Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling that a diocesan priest may be forced to break the Seal of Confession. “This case concerns who – the Church or the state … Continue reading
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Nigeria:100,000 Catholics Flee from Boko Haram Terrorists
Catholic Culture: As the Islamist militant organization Boko Haram gains ground in northeastern Nigeria, over 90,000 Catholics have fled their homes, Bishop Oliver Doeme of Maidiguri told the Fides news agency. “Boko Haram is determined to eliminate every sign of … Continue reading
Protests Mounting for Cardinal Dolan to Sever Ties With Scandalous Parade
Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture: You don’t honor a saint by encouraging a sin. No doubt there have been homosexual persons marching down Fifth Avenue every year in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. There was never any ban on their participation; … Continue reading
Hindu Radicals Protest Catholic School’s Mary Emblem and Cross
AsiaNews: “A shameful and senseless dispute, fueled by rogue elements who hope to obtain political consensus,” says Sajan K George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), commenting to AsiaNews on theepisode involving the Syro-Malabar Catholic school, Mariambika English … Continue reading
Bill Donohue of Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights OK With Homosexual Group Marching in St Patrick Parade
NY Times: But even some past defenders of the ban seemed willing to accept the change. William Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said that as long as any group was eligible to march under a banner, and the rules … Continue reading
ISIS Threatens Pope: Italy on Security Alert
Breitbart: Il Tempo reported that according to their sources within Italy’s intelligence services, the Islamic State plans on “raising the level of confrontation” with Pope Francis because he is the “greatest exponent of the Christian religion.” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi … Continue reading
DC Monsignor Calls for End of St. Patrick Parades and Al Smith Dinners
Rorate Caeli has the full article that has just been expunged from the Washington DC Archdiocesan website. So here it is: Time to End the St. Patricks Parade and the Al Smith Dinners? By: Msgr. Charles Pope The time for happy-clappy, lighthearted engagement … Continue reading
Fulton Sheen’s Cause Stymied Due to NY Archdiocese
Journal Star: Efforts to canonize Archbishop Fulton Sheen have been suspended indefinitely, the Catholic Diocese of Peoria announced Wednesday afternoon. Read more here.
Gaza Is Destroyed: Survivors Thankful to Have a Little Fish
Zenit: In the wake of a visit to the region, a delegation from the Latin Patriarchate has compared Gaza to cities destroyed during the Second World War. Bishop William Shomali, patriarchal Vicar of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem of the Latins, … Continue reading
Israel Steals Near 2 Square Miles Land in West Bank
AsiaNews: As of yesterday at least 400 hectares of land in the area of Gevaot of the occupied West Bank have been expropriated, and have been declared “state land” that will strengthen the illegal Israeli settlements of Etzion, near Bethlehem. … Continue reading
ISIS Forces Routed in Some Cities in North Iraq
AsiaNews: For the first time in months, Iraqi soldiers, Kurdish peshmerga and Shiite militias have launched a counter-offensive against the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq. Thanks to the support of US air raids two days ago they broke … Continue reading
China: Bishop Ma Offers Blessing in Detention for New Bishops
AsiaNews: Auxiliary Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin of Shanghai, who is confined at Sheshan seminary, offered his blessings on Aug. 31 for the three new auxiliary bishops of Hong Kong ordained the previous day. The new auxiliary bishops are Shanghai-born Michael Yeung … Continue reading
Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba Blasts Communist Regime
American Catholic: If you want to know what is going on in Cuba, the Babalu blog is the go to blog. Carlos Eire tells us about the man who has just become my favorite papal nuncio: Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio to Castrogonia, blasted the … Continue reading
Islamists Not on FBI Domestic Threat List But Anti-Abortionists Are
The Washington Free Beacon: The FBI’s most recent national threat assessment for domestic terrorism makes no reference to Islamist terror threats, despite last year’s Boston Marathon bombing and the 2009 Fort Hood shooting—both carried out by radical Muslim Americans. Instead, … Continue reading
Padre Pio Bilocated to Cardinal Mindszenty’s Prison Cell
TFP website: Vaticanist Andrea Tornielli has published on the Vatican Insider site a serious testimony about Padre Pio’s bilocation to the Hungarian dungeon where Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty was imprisoned in the fifties.The Hungarian anticommunist cardinal was a fierce adversary of … Continue reading
