Behind the Wall NBC News: A 13-month-old child was fatally crushed by a car containing Chinese officials after they went to collect a fine from the parents for breaching the country’s one-child policy, according to Chinese state media. Read more here. … Continue reading
CNS: Before making his documentary on Our Lady of Guadalupe, “The Blood & the Rose,” director and co-writer Tim Watkins said, “I knew very little about Our Lady of Guadalupe.” Now, with his film out and available on DVD, he wants … Continue reading
The Lonely Conservative: New York City schools are handing out thousands of morning after pills to students without the consent or knowledge of the parents. One outraged parent calls the practice “population control on blacks and Latinos.” That sounds about right. More … Continue reading
LifeNews: On Friday, the Obama administration released proposed revisions to the controversial HHS mandate. The revisions offer no help for religious businesses, individuals or non-profit religious groups that don’t want to be forced to obey it. Read more here.
The administration decides that state-run health care trumps our first liberty. See “The President’s War on Religious Freedom” at National Review Online.
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Sunday encouraged the Boy Scouts of America to end its ban on gay members and leaders, days before the group is expected to vote on the controversial and long-standing rule. Read more…
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 1, 2013 / 05:22 pm (CNA).- Archbishop José Gomez’s decision to relieve Cardinal Roger Mahony and Bishop Thomas Curry of their duties in the L.A. archdiocese is being welcomed as “the best possible thing he could … Continue reading
AP News: The southern Russian city where the Red Army decisively turned back Nazi forces in a key World War II battle will once again be known as Stalingrad, at least on the days commemorating the victory, the regional legislature … Continue reading
National Catholic Register’s interview with Matt Birk “One of the things I’ve learned from the Catholic faith that applies to marriage, football and any other aspect of life is to appreciate discipline. On the surface, self-indulgence appears best for us, … Continue reading
Part of an interview of Ai Weiwei with Chen Guangcheng. LifeNews: Ai Weiwei: There is a huge industrial chain – every area has a family planning office and a control department. The system is a massive employer. Chen Guangcheng: Yes. And it’s not … Continue reading
Karl Keating, Catholic Answers: Yesterday I wrote about seredipitously recovering one of my favorite books, Louis Chaigne’s biography of ambassador and poet Paul Claudel (1868-1955). Let me give you a bare outline of Claudel’s diplomatic career. Read full post here.
(BBC) A retired Los Angeles cardinal accused of mismanaging a child sex abuse crisis has been stripped of all administrative and public duties by his successor. “I find these files to be brutal and painful reading,” Archbishop Gomez said in … Continue reading
The sensitive and caring staff of the Boston Globe have spared us all a moment of interfaith insensitivity by using their influence to cancel a talk by Robert Spencer to a Catholic men’s group.
Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi of Trieste told a local newspaper that he expects “there will be martyrs” for morality, marriage, and family. LifeSite News: Earlier this month about two hundred homosexualist activists, including a number of local politicians, demonstrated in front … Continue reading
As Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, Bishop Sample said: In this time of great confusion (post Vatican II generation), catechesis suffered. We booted the Baltimore Catechism out the door, but there wasn’t anything to replace it. I was taught the faith in Catholic schools … Continue reading
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