AsiaNews: Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin, ordained auxiliary bishop of Shanghai on July 7, with the approval of the Pope, was taken away by a group of religious officials in the evening, but nobody knew where they took him to. Some … Continue reading
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Cardinal Burke Criticizes Resistance to Summorum Pontificum
Catholic Culture: Five years after Pope Benedict issued Summorum Pontificum, his motu proprio permitting priests to offer the extraordinary form of the Mass without first having to obtain permission from their bishops, Cardinal Raymond Burke lamented “resistance to what the … Continue reading
Israeli General Promises Another Invasion of Lebanon / Cities Targeted
Ant-War.com: Speaking to journalists today, Israeli Brigadier General Hertzi Halevy predicted another Israeli invasion of Lebanon would come soon, likely following in the wake of the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria. More on this here.
Russian Pro-Life Campaigner and Social Expert ‘Amazed’ by West’s Flirt with Socialism
Here’s a clip from Zenit interview with Alexey Komov: In Rome to address a conference to launch the Rome office of the Dignitatis Humanae Institute (Institute for Human Dignity) June 29, Komov stressed that socialism has “never worked in world … Continue reading
Elderly Pro-Life Crusader Knocked Off Bike by Young Pro-Abort and Breaks Hip
LifeSiteNews: Days after Personhood USA president Keith Mason’s home was attacked in the night leaving his wife and children traumatized, a Personhood volunteer, 69-year-old Everett Stadig, was assaulted, sustaining a broken hip. More on this here.
China’s Religious Affairs Bureau Reacts Angrily to Vatican ‘Interference’
AsiaNews: Note against note; excommunication against excommunication, real pain against false pain; theology against base politics: in response to the note released by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on the ordination without papal mandate to be held in … Continue reading
Italian Sociologist Warns That Anti-Christian Intolerance in US Could Get Violent
CNA: The head of Italy’s new religious liberty watchdog group warned that present threats of “discriminatory legislation” in the U.S. could eventually result in violence against Christians in America. More on this here.
Bertone to Stay on as Vatican Secretary of State
Catholic Culture: Pope Benedict XVI has strongly signaled his support for Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in a highly unusual gesture clearly designed to end speculation that the Secretary of State might be replaced. More on this here.
Pro-Life Activist’s Family Terrorized At Home in Middle of Night
LifeSiteNews: From the gunning down of a pro-life picketer in Michigan in 2009, to the filmed attack on pro-lifers in New Mexico in 2011, to another filmed attack in Washington last week, violent assault against pro-life Americans are on the … Continue reading
Subversive Theology Prof at Jesuit Marquette Says US Bishops in ‘Moral Schism’
And this laicized priest not only defends unnatural sexual vice, he considers infanticide (so-called partial-birth abortion) “a necessary procedure.” Campus Notes: Daniel Maguire, the theology professor at Marquette University, seems to like getting media attention. He certainly gets it… often! … Continue reading
Photo Op: ‘Catholic’ Dissenter Biden Finds a Smiling Nun with Veil for Picture
The Deacon’s Bench: Political campaigns are all about generating publicity and public support, but Vice-President Biden seems to have upended conventional wisdom — not a first for him, of course — by making an under-the-radar visit to the motherhouse of … Continue reading
Remote Corner of India Sees Probable Miracles, Conversions, and Huge Catholic Increase
Vatican Insider: Strange things are going on in the Indian diocese of Itangar and Mgr. John Kattrukudiyl spoke about them during a visit to Germany for the periodic meeting organised by Aid to the Church in Need, the international organisation that … Continue reading
Mississippi Abortionist: ‘[We’re] Servicing Women’
How evil are abortionists? Read this clip provided by CatholicOnline: The clinic’s abortion provider, Diane Derzis, told reporters that in spite of the new law, she would quit doing abortions “Over my dead body” and added, “We’re going to do … Continue reading
Catholic School Dismisses Teacher Who ‘Personally’ Favors Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
And, get this, the grammar school teacher, who claims to be Catholic, said in a radio interview that if the Church doesn’t alter its position on this issue she will have to find another place to “worship.” Well, at least … Continue reading
Brazil: From 92% Identfied as Catholic in 1970 to 65% in 2010
Catholic Culture: Brazil, the country with the world’s largest Catholic population, has seen a dramatic slip in the proportion of residents who identify themselves as Catholics, the latest census shows. Statistics here.
