The Eponymous Flower: (Rome) The joy of Christmas 2013 has brought another sad note for the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Shortly before the Solemnity, the Apostolic Commissioner, Father Fidenzio Volpi OFM Cap has closed up three more branches of the Order. Many Traditional Mass … Continue reading
Catholic Online: Istanbul, TURKEY (AsiaNews) – An appeal to the spiritual and political leaders for the Christian family and denunciation of the continuing persecution of Christians were the focus of the Christmas message of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. On … Continue reading
Is the “theology of conversion” to the Catholic Faith so taboo that there is now no call for it? Some confused Christians of good will are just waiting to be asked. Just waiting! And they’ve been waiting for half a … Continue reading
NBCSports: Jon Kitna is taking time over his winter break as a math teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash. to serve as an emergency backup quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys this week. If Tony Romo is unable to play against the … Continue reading
More important things than my own glory: Eric Mahl Eric Mahl has always loved a challenge. In his youth, it was the prospect of being the best football player ever. This desire drove him to bench press 450 pounds, earn an … Continue reading
Augusta, Georgis: An Augusta hospital has adopted a new policy banning Christmas carolers from singing religious songs in public patient areas. The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center announced the new policy Monday according to the Athens-Banner Herald. “Military service veterans, male and female, … Continue reading
Baghdad: Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in three separate Christmas Day bombings in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people, officials said Wednesday. In one attack, a car bomb went off near a church in the capital’s southern Dora neighborhood, killing … Continue reading
CatholicOnline: The government has 30 days to file a notice of appeal of this ruling. Judge Jackson found that because Thomas Aquinas College self-insures, the challenged regulations could force the College to take steps to facilitate access to contraceptive and abortifacient … Continue reading
LifeNews: Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning abortion advertising. Some members of the Duma (the Russian state assembly), are talking about going even further and banning the procedure itself. The Russian Orthodox Church, whose numbers are swelling … Continue reading
96.4 Eagle: One of the most influential Catholic Bishops in the Middle East is expected to criticise Israel during the Christmas Eve midnight mass in Bethlehem. It is thought the Latin Patriach of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, will label Israel’s … Continue reading
I am in no way justifying what what happened yesterday in Gaza when a Palestinian sniper killed a fence-mender. Violence in a cause where the just have no natural hope whatsoever of victory, no matter the righteousness of the indignation, … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: In a 215-89 vote, the faculty senate of Santa Clara University has declared “invalid” a decision by Father Michael Engh, the university’s president, to stop providing insurance coverage for abortion. Inside Higher Ed reported that the university’s board of trustees … Continue reading
Par for the secularist course. School teachers in Long Island had a youth choir sing “Silent Night” without Jesus and Mary. Then they had the audacity to claim that they didn’t want to offend anyone, even going so far as … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: It is with deep sadness and consternation we learn that in the circular letter of the 8th December, addressed to all the Friars of the Immaculate, the most Reverend Father Volpi, accuses some of the most prominent exponents of the Sisters of … Continue reading
Now retired San Francisco 49er, Steve Young, a Mormon, puts his two cents worth in on ‘gayness’ and other disorientations. And his wife, who has a homosexual brother, says she is happy to be a convert to Mormonism. And why? … Continue reading
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