Catholic Culture: The percentage of Christians in Lebanon will rise in the decades ahead because of Muslim emigration and a fall in Muslim birthrates, according to a report published by the Lebanese Information Centre. The report predicted that the percentage … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The governments of Spain and Morocco have agreed that Moroccan children adopted by Spanish families must be raised as Muslims. “The agreement obliges the Spanish government to establish a ‘control mechanism’ that would enable Moroccan religious authorities to monitor … Continue reading
CWN: Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, who is leading the annual Lenten retreat for the Pope and leaders of the Roman Curia, preached on February 20 on Psalms 131 and 39. More here.
Global Post: US cardinal Roger Mahony, retired from church duties as part of a paedophilia scandal, cannot be banned from the conclave to elect a new pope, but could be advised to stay away, a fellow cardinal and canon law … Continue reading
American Family Assoc: This past weekend, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” aired an extremely violent and gory segment mocking Jesus Christ…just for laughs. And, it’s available now online thanks to Kmart, Sears and J.C.Penney. More here.
Catholic World Report: After a week of international news coverage about the pope’s imminent retirement, China’s news has so far failed to announce it. China’s Catholics, even the priests, are still unaware of what is happening in Rome, and this media … Continue reading
Vatican Insider: A restructured Church with far fewer members that is forced to let go of many places of worship it worked so hard to build over the centuries. A minority Catholic Church with little influence over political decisions, that is … Continue reading
Vatican Insider: China has sent a message to the new Pope who will be elected in March, calling on him to break the Holy See’s diplomatic relations with Taiwan and to refrain from interfering in its internal affairs in the name of … Continue reading
Why do I say “Maybe”? Because it just might be because China’s cyber spying is well known, at least as far as it can be. Another deceiver may be more clever and harder to detect. Our security, however, is in … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: Rome has given the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X until February 22 to accept the outstretched hand of Pope Benedict XVI. But the Lefebvrist priests will not move before the election of the future pope. According to our … Continue reading
Wall Street Journal: The meteor that crashed to earth in Russia was about 55 feet in diameter, weighed around 10,000 tons and was made from a stony material, scientists said, making it the largest such object to hit the Earth in more … Continue reading
Los Angeles Times: A week after Pope Benedict announced his resignation, more than 50,000 supporters jammed into St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for his next-to-last weekly blessing, as it emerged the aging pontiff may have gone blind in one eye. … Continue reading
CNA: Joe Lombardi has one of the most recognizable last names in sports thanks to his iconic grandfather, Vince, who took the National Football League by storm during his coaching tenure with the Green Bay Packers. More of the interview … Continue reading
Think again. Another mass “wedding” of 3550 couples in South Korea. This was presided over by the self-proclaimed “messiah’s” widow, who was also crowned a “messiah” by her husband AsiaNews: Thousands of members of the Unification Church got married in … Continue reading
AsiaNews: The Chinese government has started to release pro-democracy dissidents from the “re-education through labor” camps (laojiao). The releases were made ahead of the end of their sentences, but Catholic priests and bishops remain in the communist regime’s labor camps. AsiaNews sources have … Continue reading
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