AsiaNews: A group of Catholic human rights activists could get the death penalty. On 6 January, they will go on trial on subversion for violating Article 79 of the Vietnam Criminal Code, “Carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Orissa India: Hundreds of thousands of Christians and Hindus took part in Midnight Mass in the parishes of Kandhamal, Bubhaneshwar and other districts in Orissa. For Mgr John Barwa, archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar, “the level of participation is unprecedented in the … Continue reading
Lonely Conservative: It’s hard to have, or listen to, a debate with a progressive without hearing about income inequality, and how the only thing we need to solve the problem is more progressive politicians. Something they don’t talk much about is … Continue reading
National Catholic Register: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has rejected a request that the federal government temporarily halt enforcement of the federal abortifacient mandate against the Christian-owned business Hobby Lobby, the Associated Press reported Dec. 27. More on this here.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied a request to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills. Hobby … Continue reading
(The Telegraph) The portrayal of Alfred Hitchcock as a lecherous and sadistic sexual predator by the BBC has been criticised by leading ladies who worked with the iconic film director. Read more… [Hitchcock’s perseverance in his Catholic Faith, recently … Continue reading
AsiaNews: A crowd of over 200 people beat and then burned to death a Muslim, because he was suspected of desecrating pages of the Koran. The murder happened this morning in the village of Seeta, (district of Sindh). The victim, as … Continue reading
The Oregonian: The letter came in a box of Halloween decorations purchased at Kmart, but for a year Julie Keith never knew. It gathered dust in her storage, a haunting plea for help hidden among artificial skeletons, tombstones and spider … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Several dozen people were killed and many more injured in an air strike that hit a long line of people waiting to buy bread from a bakery. Opponents of the regime have accused the Syrian government of the carnage; the … Continue reading
The Telegraph: “In the fight for the family, the very notion of being – of what being human really means – is being called into question,” the Pope said in Italian during an end-of-year speech. “The question of the family … Continue reading
This is the government that was built upon the murder of 60 million people, a government that continues to persecute and imprison anyone who opposes its iron-fisted suppression of human rights, the rights of the Church, and the rights of … Continue reading
Boston.com: Philippine legislators passed a landmark bill Monday that would provide government funding for contraceptives and sexuality classes in schools despite strong opposition by the dominant Roman Catholic Church and its followers, some of whom threatened to ask the Supreme … Continue reading
The American Conservative: In an unintentional contribution to the “fertility and decadence” debate provoked by Ross Douthat, the Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung has a piece on Germany’s birthrate, which is among the lowest in the world. Here is a translation of the report, which is based on a … Continue reading
AsiaNews: All members of the UN Security Council, with the exception of the United States, have accused Israel of undermining peace with the latest decisions to build more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. In recent days, Israel has launched … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: “Then there are Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel, and City Councilmen Jose Huizar, Dennis Zine and Paul Krekorian, himself a former legislator. The ceremony starts at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bishop Alemany High School. There’s even a mariachi band.” More here.
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