LifeNews: Our Vice President is at it again. This time in Rome. Regarding a reception the American delegation is holding for the cardinals today, Biden told reporters “I’d better show up or I’ll lose my soul.” Joe Biden knows quite … Continue reading
Catholic Culture; Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia sees the election of Pope Francis as “a great gift, a huge benefit for the Church, and also a candid recognition of the new Catholic reality worldwide. I think it will have a … Continue reading
France 24: The Church of Scientology has lashed out at a new book by its leader’s niece, which recounts a stolen childhood and how she was brainwashed and cut off from her family before eventually escaping. Read more here.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew will attend the coronation of Pope Francis. In addition, letters of congratulations have been sent to His Holiness by the Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow, Kiril, and also by Metropolitan Hilarion, the Chairman of the Department … Continue reading
UCANews: Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday that President Ma Ying-jeou will attend installation ceremonies for Pope Francis and is set to depart for Rome on Sunday. Ma’s visit will be only the second time that a Taiwan president has … Continue reading
AsiaNews, Jian Mei: Making compromises with China’s atheistic Communist authorities weakens the Church and leads to chaos among the faithful. The members of the Chinese Church should quit politics and positions of privilege. The new pope’s simple lifestyle should be an … Continue reading
“The Holy Spirit is the soul of the Church with its life-giving and unifying force: he makes one body of many, the Mystical Body of Christ. ” “Let us never give in to pessimism, a bitterness that the devil offers … Continue reading
I’ve been noting the decline in the butterfly population for at least a decade. Growing up in New Jersey, these beautiful creatures were everywhere in the 50s and 60s, decorating the Spring flora with multi-colored mosaics all a-flutter. They turned … Continue reading
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration from requiring Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan to provide mandatory contraception coverage to his employees under the federal health care law. The devout Roman Catholic says he considers contraception … Continue reading
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
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