CAIRO (McClatchy Newspapers) — President George W. Bush kept it simple in his short television address the evening of March 19, 2003: U.S. forces had begun their campaign to unseat Saddam Hussein, he said. The goals, he outlined in his … Continue reading
LifeNews: Chen Guangcheng, the human rights advocate who escaped China after years of human rights abuses against him following his expose of massive forced abortion campaigns, may be enjoying a peaceful life in the United States. More on this here. … Continue reading
LifeNews: A Texas state legislative committee has voted to ban the Planned Parenthood abortion business from teaching sex education classes to kids in Texas public schools. More on this here.
Rocco Palmo compares the new Pope to John Paul I. Well, I am sure there are some similarities, humble origins being one. Here we have a Jesuit who, as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, uses public transportation to get to his … Continue reading
Or, as one Catholic website has it: Habemas Papem! Ecce quomodo nostra Mater Lingua desolata est! UCANews: At just past eight minutes past 18:08 GMT, white smoke billowed out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 115 cardinals finished a … Continue reading
No big sodas allowed in NYC eat-outs, but it’s OK with Bloomberg to use taxpayer money to murder 60% of the city’s pre-born babies. NY Daily News: Lawmakers in Mississippi — the most obese state in the nation — have overwhelmingly approved what they’re … Continue reading
AsiaNews: What can the church of Hong Kong do for the evangelization of Hong Kong, China, Asia and the world? We all acknowledge that all the baptized should be missionaries and have the spirit of evangelization, following the instructions given … Continue reading
The Moynihan Letters: In English: “the last pontiffs have been artificers of very many beneficial initiatives, toward individuals, toward peoples, toward the international community, promoting peace, justice, the world order.” But, in the official text as distributed by the Vatican, … Continue reading
UCANews: Burundi police clashed Tuesday with Catholic followers of a woman who claims to see visions of the Virgin Mary, leaving at least six people dead and 35 wounded, a regional governor said. More on this here.
UCANews: The Ides of March has taken on new meaning in the Santa Rosa, Calif., diocese, where teachers and administrators have until March 15 to sign a letter of intent to renew their contracts for the 2013-2014 school year. The … Continue reading
Phil Lawyer, of Catholic Culture, has something to say about Shephard Smith’s inept comments here as does Catholic Online here.
FOX News.com: A San Francisco man got to see his dying mother one last time at her bedside after United Airlines crews went above and beyond the call of duty to get him to his destination, more than 1,000 miles … Continue reading
Robert Moynihan doesn’t identify the cardinal with whom he spoke informally the day before the conclave, no doubt at the prelate’s request. Curiously, the cardinal was very open about criticizing Benedict XVI for resigning the Petrine office. “He never should … Continue reading
Crisis Magazine: In 1930, Margaret Sanger’s Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau allied with the Urban League to bring birth control services to the women of Harlem. By 1939, Sanger had raised thousands of dollars to support an expansion of the initiative … Continue reading
Lahore,India AsiaNews: The memorial dedicated to Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s Catholic minister of Minority Affairs murdered in 2011, was vandalised in broad daylight last Saturday. More on this here.
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