NBCNews: Guards stood inside the scorched and ransacked interior of a decades-old church Sunday in the village of Kerdasa, not far from the pyramids at Giza, the sanctuary’s altar destroyed and charred fragments of scripture scattered on the floor. The Archangel … Continue reading
National Catholic Register: Fr. Rafiq Greiche, spokesman for Egypt’s Catholic bishops, told Vatican Radio today that “40 churches – 10 Catholic and 30 Orthodox, Protestant and Greek-Orthodox – have been looted or burned, if not totally destroyed.” Asia News reports that in addition to … Continue reading
ABC News: The Islamic supporters of Egypt’s ousted president who have been battling the military have turned their rage on members of the country’s Coptic Christian minority, attacking churches, monasteries, schools, Christian owned shops as well as individuals. Churches across … Continue reading
Independent. ie: Bishop of Meath Dr Michael Smith has issued the new directive to priests in his diocese, which includes most of counties Meath and Westmeath, plus parts of Offaly, Longford, Louth, Dublin and Cavan. The bishop warned against “dumbing down” at Catholic … Continue reading
CatholicOnline: To the accolades of the leaders of a Cultural Revolution and the shock and despair of most parents, Governor Jerry Brown signed California Assembly Bill 1266 into law. It mandates that restrooms in public schools, from kindergarten through the twelfth grade, … Continue reading
AccessNorthGa.com: Riot police swept in with armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday to clear two sprawling encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking running street battles elsewhere in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least 149 people were … Continue reading
Connor Malloy covered World Youth Day Rio for Catholic World Report. He was mortified by most of what he saw: “In Rio it dawned on me that it isn’t atheistic secularization, Islam, or the federal government sinking Catholicism’s moral authority: it’s … Continue reading
So many things impressed me about this priest: his rushing to the scene to be of holy service, his praying with all the rescuers for the trapped victim upon her request, his anointing her and giving absolution, his praying the … Continue reading
God help the good people left in California. Are Catholic schools next? Sane people with natural virtue have no choice now in California but to take their children out of these degenerate state factories of perverse education. Jerry Brown hits … Continue reading
NBCNews, from Reuters: A series of bomb attacks killed at least 22 people across Iraq on Monday, part of the country’s worst wave of violence in around five years. At least 16 people died and 41 others were injured when a suicide … Continue reading
Cardinal Kung Foundation: AsiaNews: A group of police officers from Qiaodong District, in the northern province of Hebei, have arrested and taken to an unknown location an underground priest of the diocese of Xiwanzi, Fr. Song Wanjun. The priest had … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews: Having blogged on Monday about the tragic case of Daniel Pelka and the need to recognise our individual responsibility to speak out against injustice that we come across in our own lives, I discovered a heart-warming case in LifeSiteNews for 22nd July which illustrates … Continue reading
CatholicOnline’s Andrew Greenwell: This is a woman who has said such things as: “We have to abolish the institution of marriage.” This is a woman who hopes to dethrone God from public life, and wishes that Americans raise their children … Continue reading
CatholicOnline: Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, issued the following statement on Monday: “Our Priests for Life team learned with sadness of the passing of Judge William P. Clark, Jr. on Saturday. This was a man who … Continue reading
USA Today: Emergency workers and community members in eastern Missouri are not sure what to make of a mystery priest who showed up at a critical accident scene Sunday morning and whose prayer seemed to change life-threatening events for the … Continue reading
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