UCANews: It is not his “dream job” — that would be the priesthood, says Father Manny Alvarez. But “this other gig does come in a close second,” added the Twitter and Facebook-posting sports fanatic. More here.
Category: News
Priest Takes Sabbatical to Promote Daily Latin Mass on TV
Manteca Bulletin: “I want to start a Catholic Church television station that has the Latin Mass every day. That’s my dream.” Read more here.
Don’t Mess With Old Russian Shepherdesses
Metro News: A grandma in Russia has revealed how she killed a wolf with her bare hands and axe after it attacked a calf. Read more here.
Cardinal Dolan: ‘No Door Closed Except Capitulation’
A top American bishop said Tuesday the Roman Catholic church will not comply with the Obama administration requirement that most employers provide health insurance covering birth control. Full news item is here.
‘A Medieval Law’: Australia Pols Prepare to Outlaw Seal of Confession
Catholic Culture: Politicians, pundits, and even a few dissenting Catholic clerics are calling upon Catholic priests to break the confessional seal in sex-abuse cases. Read more here.
Pro-Life Leaders in Africa Dismayed Over Obama’s Election
LifeNews: Advocates for life and family in the United States were obviously disappointed to learn that the Obama administration’s policies supporting abortion and the redefinition of marriage around the world will continue for another four years. More on this here.
Catholic Malta and European Court of Justice Hold Life Begins at Conception
LifeNews: Malta is one of the few pro-life countries in Europe and the pro-abortion member nations of the European Union are increasingly ostracizing the tiny national from the Mediterranean. More on this here.
Maoist CCP Leaders Wallow in the Mire of Capitalist Luxury
Tomorrow the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) opens in Beijing. According to state media, more than 2 thousand representatives will review the results of the last five years and will launch prospects for another five. SomeXinhua commentators even … Continue reading
Socialists and Chicago Teachers Union Hold Midwest Marxism Conference
Legal Insurrection: Teachers filled the ranks at the 2012 Midwest Marxism Conference, which was held Saturday at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey, who spoke at one of the breakout sessions, was just one … Continue reading
States Seeking Secession
Quixotic as it might seem to be — especially nowadays — some are shaking their fists at the behemoth federal government by seeking to flee it. That is, they wish to secede from the union. There are petitions for Louisiana … Continue reading
Nebraska Bishop: ‘We Will Defy’ Obama’s HHS Mandate
LINCOLN, November 12, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The incoming bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska has thrown down the gauntlet to the Obama administration, pledging that the Catholic Church will not obey the administration’s HHS birth control mandate. “The Catholic Church is not … Continue reading
Most Prejudice, Disingenous Liar Gets MSNBC Media Time
Don’t tell me this CBS journalist is ignorant of the fact that the pro-life cause, in an effort to save Black children, has highlighted the fact that black women have three times more abortions than whites. She is the one … Continue reading
Chinese Activist Arrested for 3rd Time Protesting One Child Policy
Catholic Online: Chinese dissident Mao Hengfeng has been sentenced to hard labor for once again clanging China’s one child law. Hengfeng is among China’s most well-known dissidents, has been sentenced to 18 months of “re-education through labor,” Hengfeng’s husband, Wu Xuewei … Continue reading
Tibetan Monks: 68 Self-Immolations Since March 2011
UCANews: The number of self-immolations is rising steadily, with six in the past week alone. More on this here.
Pope Comments on Widow’s Mite and Obligation to Give ‘Something’
AsiaNews: “No one is so poor that they can not give something” is the lesson that Benedict XVI offered to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus prayer, drawing it from the readings of the Sunday Mass. Read more … Continue reading
