LifeNews: Sanger once said, “Birth control must lead ultimately to a cleaner race” and even said, “We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro … Continue reading
National Post, Canada: A Calgary man who won $40 million seven months ago and then kept it secret from his own children says he will donate his entire winnings to charity. Widower Tom Crist was the winner of the Lotto … Continue reading
And especially for Cardinal Wuerl who opposed Burke’s position on refusing Communion to pro-aborts? John Travis’ Blog: Pope Francis’ plan to reform the Roman Curia is primarily a two-pronged approach: changing the bureaucratic structures and changing the members of Vatican agencies. … Continue reading
cnsnews.com: To deny Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians who are Catholic, such as Secretary of State John Kerry, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, “makes perfect sense” because it is a discipline … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Riyadh (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh said that suicide bombers are “criminals” who will go to “hell”. “Suicide bombings are great crimes” and bombers are “criminals who rush themselves to hell by their … Continue reading
Monsignor Pope: We’ve talked a good deal about the decline of marriage on this blog over the years. And our discussion must continue as the Synod on the family is planned in Rome. In my short 25 years as a … Continue reading
The Hermeneutic of Continuity: The Franciscans of the Immaculate have been going through a trying time recently. This seems to be getting worse. Rorate Caeli posted yesterday several documents relating the Franciscans of the Immaculate, including correspondence from Fr Volpi, the appointed … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: After last month’s annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, I wrote a story handicapping the four American churchman who enjoyed growing influence in the new(ish) pontificate of Pope Francis. They were Cardinal Sean O’Malley of … Continue reading
It was just a horrible accident. Married 48 hours with his wife waiting for him in his car William Knight was hit by multiple cars after he pulled over to assist a stranded driver. The stranded driver, Linda Darlington, was … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: On the occasion of the centenary of his death, L’Osservatore Romano has recalled the figure of Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1843-1913), whom the newspaper described as the “true helmsman” of the Church during the last years of the pontificate of … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: In a wide-ranging interview with Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli, Pope Francis reflected on Christmas, spoke about the suffering of children and the persecution of Christians, and addressed questions on women cardinals and Communion for those who have remarried … Continue reading
Catholic Register: Northern Colorado, once home to the third largest nocturnal adoration group in the United States, is experiencing a new surge of night adoration in its Spanish-speaking parishes. Last month, some 300 members of the Sociedad de Adoración Nocturna (Nocturnal Adoration Society … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: The U.S. Catholic bishops have launched a pastoral strategy addressing critical life, marriage and religious liberty concerns. The five-part strategy or call to prayer was approved by the bishops in November and is set to begin after Christmas. … Continue reading
Breitbart: ESPN has reportedly rejected a Christmas commercial from a St. Louis area Catholic hospital because the network found the mention of “Jesus” in the ad to be “problematic.” Bill O’Reilly, the host of Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor, said on Wednesday … Continue reading
Wall Street Journal: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.) had a simple question Wednesday for three of the Obama administration’s top Afghanistan specialists: How many American troops have been killed in Afghanistan this year? None of the witnesses at the House Foreign Affairs … Continue reading
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