AsiaNews: Early next year, Chinese journalists will have to pass a new ideology exam to keep their press cards, in what reporters say is another example of the ruling Communist Party’s increasing control over the media under President Xi Jinping. It … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: Rorate has, from the beginning, done everything we can to shed light on the unjust and problematic Vatican intervention in the Franciscans of the Immaculate (FI). This week, Catholic World Report ran a completely and thoroughly erroneous story on the FI that … Continue reading
CP US: A family in Newton, Mass., received an anonymous letter, reportedly from their neighbors, calling their home’s Christmas decorations “tacky and kitschy” and demanding that they take the decorations indoors because “not everybody in the neighborhood is Christian.” Kelly … Continue reading
AsiaNews: For two days, the faithful of the Diocese of Tangshan (Hebei ) have been keeping vigil over the body of Msgr. Paul Liu Jinghe , who died last December 11. The vigil in the cathedral is not just about prayer … Continue reading
Human Events: On Monday, December 16, 2013 the school board for the Portland Public School District voted to terminate the teaching contract of Bill Diss, a teacher who has been an outspoken opponent of Planned Parenthood. Mr. Diss experienced censure in … Continue reading
My aunt, Sister Mary Susan Boyle, Sister of Charity, worked for many years with Sister Zita of Saint Elizabeth’s convent at the Sister Miriam Therese League in Convent Station, NJ. Sister Zita was the force behind the cause for Sister … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Pope Francis will pronounce today that the 16th-century Jesuit priest Pierre Favre is a saint, the Associated Press reports. Citing unnamed Vatican sources, AP reports that the Pontiff will waive the usual Vatican procedures to announce the canonization … Continue reading
CatholicOnline: A Federal District Court Judge named Larry Burns has ruled that the famous War Memorial, the Soledad Cross, must be torn down within 90 days. Fortunately, he also ruled that his order would be stayed pending appeal. This case must … Continue reading
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
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