Aleteia: With one month to go before a satanic group in Oklahoma City a public “black mass,” the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is suing to force the group to hand over a consecrated Host it claims to have. The lawsuit, … Continue reading
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11 Sick and Elderly Iraqi Christians Refuse as One to Abandon Faith
Catholic Online: Eleven sick and disabled, elderly Iraqi Christians said they preferred death to giving up their faith, defying militants from the Islamic State who demanded that they convert to Islam or be beheaded. The show of Christian strength forced … Continue reading
Liturgy: Facing East and Other Disciplines at Mass in Early Church
Msgr. Charles Pope, Washington Archdiocesan Website: As you may know, the Catholic Faith was illegal in the Roman Empire prior to 313 AD, when the Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan permitting the Christian Faith to flourish publicly. Prior … Continue reading
Gaza Pastor Says Israel Adamant on Defending Its Occupation
AsiaNews: “By its very actions, Israel is not defending itself, but its occupation of Palestine”, says Fr. Manawel Musallam, former and long time pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza, commenting on the resumption of hostilities between the Israeli army and … Continue reading
Patriarchs Visit 100,000 Refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan
AsiaNews: It is in Iraq that the Church of the Arab world suffers today. That is where the passion of the mystical body of Christ is renewing itself, following the rule laid down by Saint Paul that “If [one] part … Continue reading
Student Suspended in Tennessee for Saying ‘Bless You’ to a Sneezer
CBS Charlotte: A high school student was allegedly suspended after breaking a class rule of saying “bless you” after a classmate sneezed. Kendra Turner, a senior at Dyer County High School, said bless you to her classmate who sneezed and … Continue reading
Noted Professor of Psychiatry: Transgenderism a ‘Mental Disorder’
(CNSNews.com) — Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the former psychiatrist-in-chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital and its current Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, said that transgenderism is a “mental disorder” that merits treatment, that sex change is “biologically impossible,” and that people who promote sexual … Continue reading
A New Text Related to the Third Secret of Fatima?
Unveiling the Apocalypse: In a recent blog post (found here), Antonio Socci, the author of The Fourth Secret of Fatima, notes the importance of a recently published official biography of Sr. Lucia from the Carmelites of Coimbra (the convent where the Portuguese nun lived and … Continue reading
51 Iraqi Dominican Sisters, Family, Friends, Fled IS Terrorists, Destitute in Irbil
CNS: Dominican Sister Attracta Kelly in Adrian, Michigan, has been able to speak a few times with the superior of a group of Iraqi Dominicans and knows how desperate their situation is since they escaped Islamicists in northern Iraq. Sister … Continue reading
Friars Man a Booth Every Night in the Midst of Roman Summer Fest
Catholic News Service: As dusk falls over Rome, giving only the slightest relief from the summer heat and humidity, two Conventual Franciscan friars join thousands of Romans and tourists on the banks of the Tiber River. Armed with smiles, but … Continue reading
Writer’s Eye-Witness Account of the Great Devotion of Korean Catholics
Courtney Grogan for CNA: On Aug. 17 Pope Francis stood at an altar in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the palace of a dynasty that ruled over the Korean peninsula for more than 500 years and was responsible for the torture … Continue reading
ISIS Barbarians Murder American Journalist, James Wright Foley
The brutally murdered American Journalist, James Wright Foley, was a Rochester, New Hampshire, native. The Daily Mail gives the following summary of the events: Photojournalist James Wright Foley has been beheaded by ISIS forces He went missing in Syria in 2012 … Continue reading
China: Unbending Underground Priest Released After 8 Years in Detention
UCANews: 52-year-old Father Joseph Lu Genjun from the unofficial community of Baoding of Hebei province was released on August 9 after eight years of isolation and imprisonment. At the time of his arrest, Father Lu had been carrying out the … Continue reading
Contemplative Order Dedicated to Vocations With Down Syndrome
Little Sisters of the Lamb: The Institute of the Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb, a contemplative vocation, offer young girls with Downs the possibility of realizing their religious vocation. This realisation is made possible only by the support of … Continue reading
OK Governor Blasts NYC Satanists Bringing Their ‘Filth’ to Oklahoma
The Christian Post: “It may be protected by the First Amendment,” Governor Mary Fallin said, “but that doesn’t mean we can’t condemn it in the strongest terms possible for the moral outrage which it is. It is shocking and disgusting … Continue reading
