Despite this culture of death and abortion here we have another self-sacrificing mother pass away, Chiara “of the beautiful heart”(Corbella), who refused cancer treatment that would have endangered her pre-born baby’s life. There is, of course, Saint Gianna Beretta Molla … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Cardinal William Levada, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, will step down before the end of June, according to the Vatican Insider. More here with links.
Zenit: Last Friday the Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) ruled that the current law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide is invalid. More here.
Catholic Culture: Writing for First Things, Father Thomas Berg, a former member of the Legion of Christ, argues that the troubled religious order cannot be reformed. Read more here.
Catholic Culture: Fernando Lugo, a former bishop who was laicized upon his election as Paraguay’s president in 2008, was impeached and removed from office by the nation’s legislature on June 22 following conflicts related to agrarian reform. More here.
Don’t miss Father Cervellera observations in the last four paragraphs. AsiaNews: Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, visited Beijing’s National Catholic Seminary on Wednesday. After a brief meeting with faculty and students, … Continue reading
LifeNews.com: With the nation’s Catholic bishops launching a new campaign today, the Fortnight of Freedom, to draw attention to the ways in which the Obama administration is violating religious liberty and conscience issues, the bishops are finding themselves under attack. … Continue reading
(Fox News) Inside the besieged Syrian city of Homs, where hundreds of civilians are caught up in a fierce battle between rebels and government troops, a small group of Christians is making its own desperate pleas for safety. Christians, who … Continue reading
LifeSite News: Retired Col. Ron Crews, executive director of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, “recounted an interchange in 2010 between Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a military chaplain. While Adm. Mullen was briefing the … Continue reading
The Telegraph: The wife of the former Prime Minister also accused some young women of seeking to “marry a rich husband and retire” instead of working. Mrs Blair, a QC and mother of four, criticised women who “put all their … Continue reading
And these are only the ones caught by Live Action. LifeNews.com: Yet another new undercover video in an investigation of abortion clinics across the country has a Planned Parenthood abortion facility and another abortion clinic affiliated with the National Abortion … Continue reading
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.
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
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
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.
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