Catholic Online: The United States Postal Service reiterated this week that unless there is congressional action, it will default for the first time in its long history. The default hinges on a legally required annual $5.5 billion payment due August … Continue reading
CNA reports: Some 300,000 people participated in the 112th anniversary of the Pontifical Coronation of Our Lady of Itati, the patroness of the province of Corrientes in Argentina. Read more here.
Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, the executive secretary of the revamped International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL), told an American audience that the liturgy in Dublin had “a sort of 80s feel to it.” He observed that liturgical changes during … Continue reading
NBC29.com: CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) – About 200 active-duty troops participated in last year’s San Diego gay pride parade, but they wore T-shirts with their branch’s name, not military dress. This year for the first time ever, U.S. service members … Continue reading
LifeNews.com: A federal judge has dismissed another lawsuit filed against the Obama HHS mandate that forces religious groups to pay for or refer women for abortion-causing drugs and birth control. More here.
Here is a clip from CNA interview with Archbishop Nassar: “On the streets of Damascus you see people fleeing, there are refugees who, desperate, cross the city in search of a refuge,” he said. “The lack of charity structures, the … Continue reading
CNA reports: Arturo Martinez-Sanchez says he had no choice but to forgive the man suspected of sexually assaulting and killing his wife and young daughter in an April 2012 attack that also left him seriously wounded. Read more here with … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: A Nebraska federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by seven states and several Catholic plaintiffs against the HHS mandate. Read more here.
VATICAN CITY, July 16, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a homily delivered in the town of Frascati in Italy Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI noted that the Apostles were called by Christ to preach the truth even if people don’t want to … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Thousands of Catholics joined in public demonstrations in the Vinh diocese on July 15, protesting government-sponsored violence against Catholics and the desecration of a church. Read more here with link to AsiaNews.
(Fisheaters) For the second time in five days, Maine Governor Paul LePage compared the IRS to the Gestapo, and warned the agency “was headed in the direction of killing a lot of people.” On Thursday, Governor LePage elaborated on comments … Continue reading
Roman Gonzalez, of B.C. Catholic, has an inspiring account of a phenomenal conversion. After years of a life of hedonism and drug addiction, [Father Taras Kraychuk] returned to the faith and for about a dozen years now he has been serving … Continue reading
National Catholic Register: Alex Avila is already making his mark in the professional baseball world. The starting catcher for the Detroit Tigers played in the 2011 All-Star Game, and, later in the postseason, his team made it to the American … Continue reading
LifeNews’ Rebecca Feldman: As I was checking my Facebook timeline the other day, I noticed one of several advertisements on the right sidebar on my screen. It was an ad for Planned Parenthood, and it read, “No stress, no worries, … Continue reading
National Catholic Register: Mark Teixeira is widely known as one of the best all-around players in baseball. After being awarded the 2000 Dick Howser Trophy, college baseball’s equivalent of college football’s Heisman Trophy, he was taken in the first round … Continue reading
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