Associated Press: When her mind is clear, Gong Qifeng can recall how she begged for mercy. Several people pinned her head, arms, knees and ankles to a hospital bed before driving a syringe of labor-inducing drugs into her stomach. She was … Continue reading
NY Times: The mystery of who closed two lanes onto the George Washington Bridge — turning the borough of Fort Lee, N.J., into a parking lot for four days in September — exploded into a full-bore political scandal for Gov. … Continue reading
National Catholic Reporter: National Catholic Reporter suspended the commenting feature of its website, NCRonline.org, effective Monday 10 a.m. Central time. We ordered our Web editor to suspend the commenting feature and to hide all previously posted comments because of the malicious, abusive … Continue reading
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Angela of Foligno (1248-1309) Umbrian penitent and mystical writer. She was born at Foligno in Umbria, in 1248, of a rich family; died 4 January, 1309. Married at an early age, she loved the world and its pleasures … Continue reading
Israel Today: When Therese Daoud arrived at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital with a huge cancerous tumor, doctors said her only chance of survival would be to amputate the leg. What happened during the following months has left the medical staff … Continue reading
UCANews: The leader of the German bishops’ conference has defended a plan by the prelates to offer Communion to divorced Catholics, saying he feels “strengthened” by Pope Francis on the matter despite opposition from the Vatican’s highest doctrinal official. Archbishop Robert … Continue reading
Reuters: The U.S. government asked the Supreme Court on Friday not to allow Roman Catholic-affiliated groups a temporary exemption from a part of the Obamacare healthcare law that requires employers to provide insurance policies covering contraception. On Tuesday night, Justice … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: The glory of France is identified with the Catholic religion. Her power, greatness, renown, art, civilization, chivalry, glorious deeds, recollections, — all that is a spell upon the heart of the Frenchman, and makes him proud to belong to … Continue reading
UCANews: Taiwan is the latest in a series of nations and states targeted by gay activists for radical social change despite massive public opposition. About 200,000 people, consisting mainly families, marched in front of Taiwan’s Presidential Office on November 30, protesting … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Welcomed in Japan 28 years ago after fleeing with his family from South Vietnam, today the 36-year old priest Nguyen Quang Thuan “is giving back ” to the country that took him in by devoting psychological help to those … Continue reading
Catholic News Service tribute: When he was a young boy, Richard Rossi insisted that his dad get general-admission tickets behind right field at old Forbes Field in Pittsburgh so he could be as close as possible to his boyhood idol, Roberto … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: The last day of the calendar year is when we give thanks for the past 365 days. Even though Anno Domini MMXIII was a roller coaster of a year in the Church, we still have plenty to be thankful for in … Continue reading
AsiaNews: The authorities in China’s predominantly Muslim Uyghur northwestern province of Xinjiang planned to force six native women to undergo an abortion for “violating” the government’s one-child policy. Despite the new policy by the central government, easing the one-child policy, doctors … Continue reading
AsiaNews: The Israeli government has freed 26 Palestinian prisoners in accordance with the peace negotiations led by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who will return to the region this week to revive the dialogue between Israel and Palestine. The release … Continue reading
AsiaNews; The 20th century saw three great political myths. The myths of Hitler and Stalin have been annihilated, but the myth of Mao Zedong still haunts China today. It won’t be hard to give a comprehensive evaluation of Mao Zedong, so … Continue reading
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