UCANews: When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis was known to sneak out at night and break bread with the homeless, sit with them literally on the street and eat with them, as part of his aim to … Continue reading
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A Cab Driver’s All Saints Day Latin Mass in NYC
Catholic Stand:The building is not at first impressive, obscured by the huge glass and steel office buildings around it. I kneel and make the sign of the cross and enter. Inside is a glorious Catholic Church. The Sanctuary is all … Continue reading
‘World Not Hostile to Christians’? Eminence, What World Do You Live In?
Catholic Herald: The world is not hostile to the Gospel and Christians should not treat it as such, the Archbishop of Birmingham has said at the annual civic Mass on the feast of Christ the King. Fifty years on from … Continue reading
B and B Owners Vandalized, Put Out of Business by Homosexual Activists
LifeSite News: The elderly couple said they were “deeply disappointed and saddened” at the decision that has “reinforced the notion that gay rights must trump everything else.” They have said that they have been the victims of an ongoing hate … Continue reading
Pope Francis Speaks About End Times ‘Desecration’ ‘Abomination’
CNA: In his daily homily Pope Francis reflected on the end times, saying that faith will be increasingly pushed out of the public square and that persecution of Christians is a “prophecy” of what is to come. The Pope directed … Continue reading
In Lebanon Alone 800,000 Syrian Refugees Living in Squalor
AsiaNews: The war in Syria continues to drive hundreds thousands of people across the border into Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. By the end of 2013, the number of refugees fleeing the conflict could rise to more than 3 million, this … Continue reading
Bl. Peter Faber, Jesuit ‘Co-Founder,’ to Be Canonized Soon
UCANews: Pierre Faber, a “Reformed” Jesuit priest whom Francis sees as a model figure, is to be proclaimed as saint before Christmas, Stefania Falasca reports in an article for Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire. The process for his cause in the Congregation … Continue reading
German Bishops Set to Admit Divorced and Remarried to Communion
UCANews: Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops plan to push ahead with proposed reforms to reinstate divorced and remarried parishioners despite a warning from the Vatican’s top doctrinal official, according to a senior cleric. Stuttgart Bishop Gebhard Fürst told a meeting of lay Catholics … Continue reading
Russia: Catholic Sermon ‘Extremist’
(Gloria.TV News) A sermon delivered in 1900 by famous Greek-Catholic Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (1865-1944), a candidate for sainthood, was added to Russia’s Federal List of Extremist Materials on 4 October, Forum 18 has reported. The sermon focuses on the Catholic … Continue reading
US Embassy to Vatican Ordered to Relocate to US Embassy to Italy
John Allen, National Catholic Reporter: Plans to move the U.S. embassy to the Vatican onto the grounds of the larger American embassy to Italy, though in a separate building and with a distinct entrance, are drawing fire from five former American … Continue reading
Pope Honors the Catholic Victims of Persecution and Martyrs of Today
CNA: Choosing to be faithful, the Pope continued, is equally important in both smallest and the most difficult situations, highlighting how throughout the history of the Church we see that there are “men, women, old, young, that make this choice.” “When … Continue reading
Pope Francis Meets With Russian President
Vatican Radio: Pope Francis had a private meeting in the Vatican on Monday afternoon with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. During their cordial discussion, the two leaders talked about the need for peace in Syria and the wider … Continue reading
Nepal: Non-Christians Join Catholics in Christ the King Procession
AsiaNews: Thousands of Nepali Catholics, Hindus and Buddhists on Saturday took part in Christ the King procession organised by the Catholic Church in Kathmandu to mark the closing of the Year of Faith, which ended with a solemn Mass in St Peter’s … Continue reading
US Supported Jihadists Massacre Christians in Syria
New Advent: The worst Christian massacre—complete with mass graves, tortured-to-death women and children, and destroyed churches—recently took place in Syria, at the hands of the U.S.-supported jihadi “rebels”; and the U.S. government and its “mainstream media” mouthpiece are, as usual, silent … Continue reading
Behind the Facade, What the Homosexual Lifestyle Really Is
Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine, “The Real Lives of Gay Men”: Not caring about what happens to gay men is like not caring about prison rape. Prisoners are our brothers, too, and so are gay men. We must care deeply about the abuse of … Continue reading
