Well, a half hour is too much. After a half hour of research if you can’t get a grip on a “movement” that has “communities” in eighty countries then I’d say one should stop trying. I have no clue, after … Continue reading
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Brazil’s Bishops to Host a TV Debate of Candidates for Presidency
Vatican Insider: The bishops will ask questions to the presidential candidates in person. And in a very particular place: the building of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida. It is an initiative announced in these days by the … Continue reading
Good News: Moslems Can Be Converted
I gave this title to this news item because it is the title of an article that appeared in an early issue of From the Housetops. We posted it here on our website. Wael Farouq and many other Moslems like him … Continue reading
Head of Italian Bishops Conference Wants to Undermine Sacrament of Marriage
Catholic Culture: Bishop Galantino said that he hoped that Church leaders will “listen without any taboo to the arguments in favor of married priests, the Eucharist for the divorced, and homosexuality.” More on this here.
Pakistani Martyr Shabhaz Bhatti’s Family Meet With the Pope
Vatican Radio: Pope Francis met briefly Wednesday with Dr. Paul Bhatti, former Pakistani Minister for National Harmony and Minorities. Dr. Bhatti attended the weekly General Audience where he and his mother, both Catholics, had an opportunity to speak with the Pope. … Continue reading
RIP Anti-Catholic Boxer Turned Late Vocation Priest: Father Stu Long
California Catholic Daily: A Memorial Mass is scheduled August 30, 10:00 a.m. at Holy Angels in Arcadia for Father Stuart Long, 50, who died June 9 in Helena, Montana after a long illness. Father Stu joined Holy Angels through the … Continue reading
Moslem King Offers His Help and Country to 200 Christian Families
The King of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, has said he is willing to help 200 Christian families forced from the homes in Mosul, according to a senior Church official in the region. Bishop Camillo Ballin, Vicar Apostolic of … Continue reading
Syrian Patriarch Says ISIS Intent on Genocide
Catholic News Service: Returning from a visit to the Kurdish region of Iraq, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan called the Islamic State invasion “pure and simple religious cleansing and attempted genocide.” “What we, the five patriarchs, saw in … Continue reading
Beijing May Be Preparing to Move on Hong Kong Protesters
AsiaNews: Beijing is “well prepared” to deal with emergencies in Hong Kong, once its proposal for democratic reform are made public over the weekend. The Occupy Central movement has vowed to block the Central district with a large sit-in if … Continue reading
Delicacy: Cambodian Rice Rats, ‘Tastes a Bit Like Pork’
UCANews: A unique harvest is under way in the rice fields of Cambodia where tens of thousands of wild rats are being trapped alive each day to feed a growing export market for the meat of rural rodents. Popularly considered … Continue reading
Nigerian Cardinal Relates the Ongoing Horrors of Islamist Terrorists
Rorate Caeli: 3,000 miles from Mosul (Iraq), and Raqqa (Syria) in the “Islamic State”, and 1,800 miles from the new“Islamic Emirate of Benghazi” (itself just 400 miles from Athens or Sicily), Islamist armies are now conquering Nigerian cities in which Christians … Continue reading
Animal ‘Rights’ Advocates Upset Man Bit Snake to Death
Pardon this diversion from weightier things, but I thought our readers would appreciate this latest piece of news from India. I don’t know which is more comical, a man biting a snake, or this response from Pooja Bhale of the Protecterra Ecological Foundation, “Snakes … Continue reading
Devil Worshipers Return Consecrated Host in Lieu of Bishop’s Lawsuit
CNA: Oklahoma City’s archbishop voiced relief that satanists organizing a black mass in the city returned a stolen Host which was to be desecrated, restating his concern that the event should happen at all.The Host was given to a priest Aug. … Continue reading
James Foley’s Mother Was From Keene, NH, Raised a Hero
Here is a wonderful tribute to the mother who raised such a brave and charitable son. SentinelSource.com: A New Hampshire journalist murdered by the Islamic State terrorist group had strong family ties to Keene. And family friends say James Foley … Continue reading
Slain Journalist Prayed Rosary in Captivity
TradCathKnight:The news broke late yesterday that Islamic State jihadists executed freelance journalist James Foley and posted a video of his beheading. Foley, 40, had been missing for two years while covering the conflict in Syria. I am not going to link to … Continue reading
