AsiaNews: It took five months. Msgr. Ma’s beautiful blog posts had, to some extent, relieved our anxieties. Beijing’s silence was understandable: they were otherwise occupied. A one-line comment arrived from Rome on July 8 and then a mention in the … Continue reading
Commonweal Blog: The Louisiana governor, a self-described pro-life Catholic, argues in a Wall Street Journal op-ed (behind the WSJ paywall) that birth control pills should be available over the counter. Here’s a paragraph cited by Austin Ruse at First Things: “As a … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: A Campus Reform investigation revealed that faculty and staff at Catholic universities gave overwhelmingly to President Obama’s reelection campaign. Read more here.
The American Conservative: Apropos Lewis Lapham’s article yesterday about government efforts to keep people from taking drugs, Raffi Khatchadourian has a memorable New Yorker piece about the Army giving them to people. Specifically the Edgewood Arsenal experiments in which soldiers were routinely dosed, in pursuit of a chemical … Continue reading
“Hardline” Catholics may soon be prosecuted in France — and deported, if new president Francois Hollande and his socialists have their way. The newly established “National Observatory of Secularism” is rather Orwellian in its effort to intimidate, putting “creationists” and “ultra-traditional … Continue reading
CNA Interview: Missouri business executive Charles Drury, who helped found the hotel chain that bears his name, attributes his success to a firm reliance on God and a willingness to value family over material possessions. Read full interview here.
It’s old news to traditional Catholics, but good to see the record posted now on Catholic World Report website. Edward Pentin doesn’t mention the masonic connection however. Though there certainly were many communists who infiltrated the Church in the 50s, … Continue reading
UCANews: Manny Pacquiao’s glorious boxing career came badly unstuck last week. His mother blames the Protestants. Read more here.
LifeSite News: In a two-page letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, Joseph Devine, the Catholic bishop of Motherwell in Scotland, has compared Cameron to Nero, the Roman emperor who persecuted Christians, for his determination to bring forward “gay marriage.” More … Continue reading
Patheos: I suspect most fans won’t be aware of this—and it’s probably not the sort of thing franchise owners would publicize—but the folks changing the name of the New Orleans Hornets to the New Orleans Pelicans are giving the team a profoundly … Continue reading
CNA: After spending ten years in a comatose state, a young Italian man named Maximiliano Tresoldi woke up on Christmas of 2000 to dry the tears of his mother, Lucrecia. Read more here.
Because NC doesn’t have a pro-abortion license plate. Yes, that’s right, when it comes to abortion, according to this judge, both sides must be heard. More here.
UCANews: The government-sanctioned Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church of China (BCCCC) has revoked Thaddeus Ma Daqin’s appointment as “Coadjutor Bishop” of Shanghai, according to Church sources. Full report here.
Vatican Information Service: Among other things Pope Benedict told the assembly there was this call for a more zealous missionary spirit: “The love of Christ impels us to devote ourselves without reserve to proclaiming His name throughout America, bringing it … Continue reading
AFP – Polish police detained a 58-year-old man Sunday after he threw vials of black paint at the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, an ancient Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary believed to work miracles. A protective pane of glass over … Continue reading
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