Catholic Online: The 141-year-old newspaper was sold to Boston Red Sox owner John Henry. Figuring in 20 years of inflation makes the sacrifice price even worse. In addition, the Times retains the Globe’s pension liabilities, estimated at over $100 million. The … Continue reading
Catholic Online (Taken from end of report): The last point highlights a growing danger for Christian communities which have seen a rise in violence since Morsi\’s ouster against individual Christians, priests, and churches. Indeed some priests have been murdered and various churches have been … Continue reading
CNA: A Spanish national who accompanied Cuban dissident leader Oswaldo Paya on the day that he died, has charged that the death was not an accident, but a deliberate act by the Cuban secret service. Claims that Paya died in a … Continue reading
CathNews: (NCR Online)Ken Hackett, retired president of Catholic Relief Services, received Senate confirmation Thursday as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. “We are overjoyed that the country will be represented by a man who through his decades of service has demonstrated … Continue reading
USA Today: Fans of a beloved Christian hymn won’t get any satisfaction in a new church hymnal. The committee putting together a new Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) hymnal dropped the popular modern hymn “In Christ Alone” because the song’s authors refused to change a … Continue reading
CNN: Nine people were killed when a bus plunged over a cliff in southern Mexico on Monday night, officials said. Another 30 people were injured, said Rafael Escobar, an official with the state of Mexico’s health institute. The crash took place in … Continue reading
CNA: Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Guido Pozzo as secretary of Ecclesia Dei, the curial office charged with reconciling the ultra-traditionalist [sic] Society of St. Pius X. Archbishop Pozzo has already served as secretary of the Pontifical Commission, from July 8, … Continue reading
CNA: Four days after Pope Francis left Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff signed into a law a measure that opens the door to the distribution of abortion-causing drugs in the country’s public health care system. Upon its publication in the government’s official … Continue reading
If they win the case — it’s just a matter of time — Catholic Church in England will have to face the consequences. The Christian Institute: Wealthy gay dad, Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, says he and his civil partner Tony will go … Continue reading
CatholicOnline: In public celebrations and ceremonies, gay couples exchanged vows in both states. Dozens of lesbian and homosexual couples began getting hitched at the stroke of midnight in Minnesota, the largest Midwestern state where it is now legal to do so. In … Continue reading
AsiaNews, Fady Noun: A free people interpreting the pain Jesus endured, sharing it on the stages of work, in the mines, the hospitals, in the tombs of hope and its cradles provided the magnificent, dazzling show young Brazilians put on for … Continue reading
CBS Seattle News: A judge ruled Wednesday to block a North Dakota law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admitting privileges, after opponents of the bill argued it would shut down the clinic. More on this here.
Nothing wrong with sex-change operations either says Bible-page inspector, PTL chief. LifeSite News: Two days after saying he found nothing sinful about sex-change operations, televangelist Pat Robertson said contraception is “a very important part of humanity” that would prevent the birth of too … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of both of Slovenia’s archbishops, who had amassed huge debts for their archdioceses with questionable investments. Archbishop Anton Stres of Ljubljana, the nation’s capital, is 70. Archbishop Marjan Turnsek of Maribor is … Continue reading
Whispers in the Loggia: Resolving the longest-standing vacancy on these shores – and one that’s had the natives even more on edge than usual – at Roman Noon the Pope named Bishop Frank Caggiano, the 54 year-old auxiliary and lead vicar-general of the … Continue reading
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