AsiaNews: “I will not change my Christian faith, for any reason. My Buddhist friends are not happy for me to convert, but everyone has the right and the freedom to live as he wants,” said Buddhika Nuwan Kumara, 24, a former … Continue reading
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Leftist Media Made Deliberate Decision Not to Cover Gosnell Case
Blogger for Huffington Post: “For what it’s worth, I do think that those of us on the left have made a decision not to cover this trial because we worry that it’ll compromise abortion rights. Whether you agree with abortion … Continue reading
Awesome Testimony of a Jewish Convert: Provocative
Catholic World Report: Groucho Marx once said, “I wouldn’t want to belong to any club that would have a guy like me as a member.” So began my witness testimony at the Easter Vigil on April 7, 2007, when my … Continue reading
After Two Months Priest Taken Captive by Islamic Rebels Still Missing
Aleteia: Kidnapped, lost and forgotten: On the 9th of February 2013, 27-year-old Father Michael Kayal from Aleppo, Syria, was abducted by Islamic extremist rebels. Two months later he is still missing, yet the world remains silent. Full report here.
8-Year-Old Boston Victim Had Received First Communion Last May
CNA: The young Catholic boy killed when a bomb exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon is being remembered by his family and educators for his kindness and enthusiasm. Russ Wilson, regional director of the Pope John Paul II … Continue reading
Pilgrimage in Chicago Honoring First Black American Priest
CNA: In honor of Father Augustus Tolton, the first African-American priest in the U.S., the Chicago archdiocese is holding a pilgrimage in May which will visit sites associated with his life and ministry. “He has been looked upon as a … Continue reading
Copts in Egypt See no Future in Homeland
Reuters: When Egyptian Christian Kerollos Maher watched on television as petrol bombs and rocks rained on Cairo’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral he had only one thought – emigration. “Egypt is no longer my country,” said the 24-year-old construction worker, standing in … Continue reading
Two Takes on Cardinal Kasper’s Article on Popes Francis and Benedict XVI
John Thavis Blog, comments from Kasper’s article in L’Osservatore Romano: Kasper credited Pope Benedict XVI with promoting a balanced approach to Vatican II, and said the retired pope had a goal of “renewal in continuity.” At the same time, the … Continue reading
Pope Sets Up ‘Privy Council’ of Eight Cardinals from Five Continents
Vatican Insider: The decision, announced by Francis today, to set up a sort of “privy council” composed of eight cardinals from all five continents, represents the first concrete step in response to the pre-Conclave congregation discussions. The announcement comes on the … Continue reading
Elizabeth Scalia Has Words for Media on Blackout of Gosnell Case
Read her comments here.
Breaktime: Nice Story About Pope Francis, But? . . . I Doubt It
For one thing, the Guard would have kept it quiet. A Friar’s Life; The surprising greatness of this new Pope Francis is in the small things. For example, the ability to say, “Brothers and sisters, good evening,” instead of appealing … Continue reading
Cardinal Says Same-Sex Unions Should be ‘Respected’ and Legal
A leading cardinal has said that same-sex relationships should be respected and recognised in law amid signs of a change in church thinking on the subject. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, made the remarks in a lecture at … Continue reading
Big Media Won’t Cover the Gosnell Infanticide Murders
Patheos: GetReligion: I’ve been writing about media coverage of abortion for many years. And so have many others. If you haven’t read David Shaw’s “Abortion Bias Seeps Into The News,” published in the Los Angeles Times back in 1990, you should. That … Continue reading
Servant of God Fr. Kapaun Awarded Medal of Honor at WH Ceremony
Post Politics: It took 60 years for the men who served in the Korean War with Father Emil Kapaun to see his memory honored with the military’s highest award. Members of the heroic military chaplain’s family and a handful of Korean War … Continue reading
Pope Francis to Consecrate Pontificate to Our Lady of Fatima
From the official site of the Fatima Shrine: As an answer to the request of the Pope to the Patriarch of Lisbon, Cardinal José Policarpo, asking that he consecrate the Pope’s Pontificate to Our Lady of Fatima, the Bishops of … Continue reading
