AP report: A 780-year-old religious relic of St. Anthony of Padua has been stolen, and parishioners at a Southern California Catholic church are praying to the patron saint of lost causes and missing objects for its speedy return. More on … Continue reading
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Chile Model of Success as Latin America’s Most Pro-Life Nation
LifeNews reports: Chile protects the rights of the preborn in its penal laws and constitution and boasts that it has one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in the world. Recently, the Chilean government launched a marketing program called “Chile … Continue reading
Boston Parish Advertizing Mass to Celebrate Pride in Moral Depravity
Pat Archibold’s Creative Minority Report: Homosexual acts are a sin and pride is one of the seven deadly sins. So one parish in Boston decided to put the two together! What could go wrong?! More on this sacrilegious event here.
Sharing Pulpits / Sharing “Holy” Books
Catholic Culture: A Jesuit parish in Charlotte has canceled plans to read the Qur’an from the pulpit on June 26, the feast of Corpus Christi. More here.
Billboards and Ads Kick Off Latino Pro-Life Event in Los Angeles
Jill Staneks’ Blog: A Latino advocacy group is charging that abortion providers are targeting their communities, making their frustration known with a jumbo billboard campaign in Los Angeles, California. “It’s clear that Latinos are being targeted by organizations that promote … Continue reading
Cathedral Heavily Damaged by Terrorist Bomb in Nigeria
Agenzia Fides: ” St. Patrick`s Cathedral was seriously damaged, windows and doors destroyed, the whole building was shaken to its foundations by the violence of the explosion”, His Exc Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doeme tells Fides, Bishop of Maiduguri, capital of … Continue reading
54 Anglican Converts to Be Ordained Priests for UK Ordinariate
CNA’s Deacon Fornier reports: Pentecost Sunday is when Catholics celebrate the birth of the missionary church in power. There, in the Cenacle, as the Lord Jesus had promised, the Holy Spirit fell upon the disciples who, gathered with Our Lady, … Continue reading
Outspoken Pro-Life Catholic Elected Speaker for Canadian Parliament
This is astounding. Canada’s parliament is anti-Catholic, anti-family. Priests have been brought to court and fined for condemning the sin of sodomy on account of Parliament’s “hate-crime” law. Mr. Scheer knows what he is facing and certainly needs prayers. Catholic … Continue reading
Land of Saints and Scholars Has Become a Spiritual Wasteland
It is now two years without a priestly ordination in the archdiocese of Dublin. Zenit News: “Many outside of Ireland still believe that Ireland is a bastion of traditional Catholicism,” Archbishop Martin said. “They are surprised to discover that there … Continue reading
Illicit Episcopal Consecration of Patriotic Association Priest Postponed
Asia News: The unlawful ordination of Fr Shen Guoan as bishop of Hankou was postponed to an unspecified future date. It had been set to take place this Friday. A local priest today told AsiaNews that the ordination was postponed … Continue reading
Chinese Secretary of Propagation of Faith Says China’s Clergy Must Not Compromise
In an interview with Asia News Archbishop Savio Hon was undaunted: According to Mgr Hon, those who have resisted the will of the party, like Mgr Li Lianghui (Cangzhou, Hebei), are now in isolation, forced to undergo political education classes … Continue reading
Pope Calls Croatians to Look to Blessed Cardinal Stepinac Prisoner for Fifteen Years Under the Communists
I wrote an article for our website in February 2008, Red is for Martyrdom, which featured a brief biography of six Cardinals who suffered torture and imprisonment under the Reds. Blessed Alojzije Stepinac was among them. Zenit News: Benedict XVI … Continue reading
Franciscan Friars, Identical Twins, Die at 92, THE SAME DAY
Yahoo News: Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week. The Buffalo-born brothers were also brothers in the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor. Professed friars for 65 years, … Continue reading
Our Taxpayer Dollars Help Fund Forced Abortions in China
Another outcome of China’s One Child Policy (Law is a more accurate word) is that, since male babies are preferred, female babies are more often aborted. Without the true Faith to strengthen them, women in China are more prone to … Continue reading
200 Parishes in Vietnam Heed Pope’s Call in May for Prayers for China
AsiaNews: In time of war and under persecution, the Blessed Virgin has always protected Vietnamese Catholics, they have a special devotion for the Mother of Jesus. Devotion to the Virgin has evolved since the 16th century, coinciding with the arrival … Continue reading