CatholicOnline: Wasps usually send out warning signs to humans to run away or get out of the wasp’s orbit straightaway. However – a new species of wasp discovered in Indonesia will inspire people to turn tail and run. Horrifically huge, … Continue reading
Let’s pray that these successors of the Apostles continue to grow in fortitude in denouncing any compromise with the abortion machine, especially with lawmakers who fund it with taxpayer money. Catholic Culture: For the 2nd time in less than a … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Speaking at a panel discussion at Harvard University, Cardinals Jaime Ortega y Alamino of Havana and Sean O’Malley of Boston agreed that greater freedom for the Church followed in the wake of Blessed John Paul’s 1998 visit to … Continue reading
CNS report: First, a couple of schools. Then, several U.S. parishes. Now … a fine craft beer? Many things have been named after St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai, but none was more surprising than a recent discovery at a … Continue reading
Wisconsin State Journal: Madison Catholic Bishop Robert Morlino has moved to quell a backlash against a group of conservative priests in Platteville by warning parishioners they risk formal church censure unless they stop spreading “rumors and gossip.” Read more here.
This may have been Chen Guangcheng’s only alternative in effecting an incredible escape from house detention. But I fear that he may be sent back to his captors. When it comes to communist regimes our government has a history of … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, Massachusetts, has indicated that he will not alter his decision that Victoria Kennedy should not speak at commencement exercises for a local Catholic college, despite a petition signed by 20,000 people urging him … Continue reading
Informed Comment: Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren not only called the head of CBS news in an attempt to quash a report on the displacement of Palestinian Christians by the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but he … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews: On April 14, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C., of Peoria, Illinois, delivered a courageous homily at Mass during “A Call to Catholic Men of Faith.” Bishop Jenky said, “This fall, every practicing Catholic must vote, and must vote their … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Catholic respondents were slightly less likely than other Americans to oppose same-sex marriage. In 2004, 55% of Catholics were opposed, and 28% strongly. By 2012 those figures had dropped to 42% and 17%. Protestants were more likely than … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: A special papal commission on the Church in China has exhorted Chinese Catholics to resist the efforts by the government-backed Patriotic Association to control the Church. Full report here.
The Guardian: The blind Chinese rights activist, Chen Guangcheng has made a daring escape from his captors and put out a video exposing the abuse and beatings that his family suffered under house arrest. Read more here.
CNA: Cuban dissident Andres Carrion said he did not intend to offend the Catholic Church when he shouted “freedom” during the papal Mass in the country on March 26. “It was not my intention to tarnish the Mass, and I … Continue reading
Alan Shatter is an enemy of the Catholic Church. He wrote a book in 1979 mocking the Church’s teaching on birth control as it was once loyally implemented in Irish law by the nation’s ban on contraceptives — that was … Continue reading
No apologies have been issued for this outrageous crime, neither from Western Kentucky University nor from the campus police who did nothing to stop the vandalism. Here is part of the report from LifeNews: Kristina Arnold, the art professor of … Continue reading
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