Catholic Culture: Speaking at a meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine, a respected neuroscientist said that euthanasia has become part of the “standard way of dying” in Great Britain. More on this here.
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1000th Anniversary of the Founding of the Camaldolese Order by St. Romuald
Catholic Culture: The Holy Hermitage of Camaldoli commemorated the 1,000th anniversary of its foundation by St. Romuald on June 19, the saint’s feast day. Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Governatorate of Vatican City State and Pope Benedict’s special envoy … Continue reading
Catholic High School Allows Novice Hypnotist to ‘Demonstrate’ on Students
From what I have read, medical doctors have warned that hypnosis, for entertainment, is very dangerous for the mind, ergo for the soul. So what is a Catholic school doing bringing in an entertainer, inexperienced at that, to hypnotize students? … Continue reading
Unholy Rage After Student Union of Australian University OKs Pro-Life Group
LifeSiteNews: The board of the student union at the oldest university in Australia has voted 6-5 to approve the only pro-life student society in Australia. More on this here.
NH ‘Catholic’ Governor Vetoes Partial-Birth Abortion Bill
LifeNews.com: Gov. John Lynch has upset pro-lifers in New Hampshire by vetoing a bill that would ban partial-birth abortions in the state. The bill would allow New Hampshire to better enforce the federal law banning them. In his veto message, … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood ‘Business’ Gets 500 Million in Taxpayer Funding a Year
LifeNews: Over the past year, it seems the news cycle has gotten worse and worse for Planned Parenthood. Besides learning that they cook their books to hide financial disclosures, are doing their best to convert the Girl Scouts into a … Continue reading
16 Killed in Moslem Attack on Nigerian Cathedral, Dozens More Christians Killed Elsewhere
Rorate Caeli: More attacks by Islamic terrorists today claimed the lives of scores of Christians in the state of Kaduna, Nigeria, including 10 killed and 50 injured in an attack to the Cathedral of Christ the King, of the Diocese … Continue reading
Modesty Dress Code Extended Beyond St. Peter’s to All Vatican City
Good Catholic article on Modesty from a secular website. How sad a thing it is that articles like this do not appear in diocesan weeklies. Nor, typically, are dress codes established in Catholic churches. Bahamas B2B.com: Long-standing rules on modest … Continue reading
Oakland Diocesan Paper Runs Article Supporting Dissident Nuns
California Catholic Daily: They carried handmade posters with names and, sometime, faces, on them. They included the famous — Sisters Dorothy Kazel, Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, who, with lay missionary Jean Donovan, were killed in El Salvador in 1980, … Continue reading
Blast in Nigerian Cathedral Kills 10, Injures 50
(Daily Trust Online) Daily Trust has confirmed that at least 23 people lost their lives in the bomb attacks on three churches in Kaduna this morning. These figures are from the three main hospitals where victims were taken to and … Continue reading
President Makes Mockery of True Marriage to Please LGBT Guests
Catholic Culture: Speaking at a Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month Reception at the White House, President Barack mocked the Defense of Marriage Act by characterizing it as the “so-called Defense of Marriage Act.” More here
Darwin’s Evolution Fables Not So Mainstream After All
Interesting article here in Vatican Insider on this subject, especially the Gallup poll given at the end.. In the never-ending war between evolutionists and creationists, the latter have just scored big time, though not in the U.S. which is their main … Continue reading
Carmelite Sisters Founded in Mexico Praise Cristero Movie
California Catholic Daily: We rarely go to a movie theatre. Yet, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was offered my community, the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, to be a part of a premiere showing of “For Greater … Continue reading
Origen’s Original Sermons on Psalms Discovered in Bavarian Library
Ignatius Insight Scoop: A spectacular discovery was recently made in the Bavarian State Library, in the process of cataloguing the Greek manuscripts from the collection of Johann Jakob Fuggers. While cataloguing a manuscript, Philologist Marina Molin Pradel identified numerous texts … Continue reading
Pentagon Joins Obama in Marking June Military Homosexual ‘Pride’ Month
NJ.com: Last summer, gays in the military dared not admit their sexual orientation. This summer, the Pentagon will salute them, marking June as gay pride month just as it has marked other celebrations honoring racial or ethnic groups. More on … Continue reading
