CNA reports: Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong says the Vatican’s recent policy in dealing with China has failed and that the Church must now take a tougher stance. “On certain points we cannot compromise – on the nature … Continue reading
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No Surprise: Notre Dame and Jesuit Universities Support White House ‘Accounting Trick’
Catholic Culture: The University of Notre Dame and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities have issued statements welcoming the Obama administration’s “compromise” on its mandate on contraception and sterilization coverage. The former statement acknowledged “unresolved issues,” while the latter … Continue reading
Feds Shut Down Amish Farm For Selling Fresh Raw Milk Across State Lines
The Washington Times: The FDA won its two-year fight to shut down an Amish farmer who was selling fresh raw milk to eager consumers in the Washington, D.C., region after a judge this month banned Daniel Allgyer from selling his … Continue reading
Good Timing! Pro-Life Movie, October Baby, Due in Theaters in March
National Catholic Register’s Tim Drake: When filmmakers Jon and Andrew Erwin tackled October Baby, they knew that their movie was imitating life. The film is loosely based on the life of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen. What they didn’t know is … Continue reading
Christianity Facing Slow Death Under New Islamic Regimes in Mid-East, Syria Is Next
Catholic Culture: Father Samir Khalil Samir, an Egyptian Jesuit and professor at Rome’s Pontifical Oriental Institute, has echoed the warnings of others about the future of Christianity in Syria. Read more with links here.
MA Judge Throws Out Case Against Pro-Life Activist, Berates Prosecutor
MassResistance: The following discussion took place between Judge Stephen Ostrach, Defense Attorney Stephen Foley, and the prosecutor from the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office during the Feb. 9 hearing on the Peter D’Attilio case. The judge had serious questions about … Continue reading
More Than 10,000 Vietnamese Visit Marian Shrine On Our Lady of Lourdes Feast
AsiaNews: More than ten thousand pilgrims visited the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Tapao, in the diocese of Phan Thiet on 11 February, to celebrate with a solemn liturgy the World Day of the Sick and pray for the … Continue reading
Russia Ready to Pass Bill Outlawing Public Homosexual Propagandizing
Turtle Bay and Beyond: The bill would prohibit disseminating information “which could cause damage to the health or moral and spiritual development of minors, including by inducing them to form warped perceptions that traditional and non-traditional married relations are equally … Continue reading
Italian Paper Says Castro To Be Received Back Into the Church During Pope’s Visit?
Get Religion: Fidel Castro will be received back into the communion of the Roman Catholic Church during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the island in March, the Italian press is reporting. If true, this is a remarkable story — and … Continue reading
Obama’s ‘Unacceptable’ Compromise, and Lies
CatholicCulture.org and cnsnews.com both have coverage of the Bishops’ response to President Obama’s “compromise” on the HHS contraceptive mandate. Worth noting in the Bishops’ statement is their assertion that “coverage of sterilization and contraception, including some abortifacients” is …both unsupported … Continue reading
Barbara Walters Says Viewing ‘Heartbreaking’ Ultrasound Worse Than Heartstopping Abortion
Yes, the pro-abortion demigods, educated or not, politicians or media personalities, have no shame in sharing their imbecilic judgments before millions of viewers. Why should they? The vast majority of Americans cannot think critically; nor can they define essences, or … Continue reading
New Head of PP Gulf Coast Considers Abortion Part of Organization’s ‘Sacred Duty’
LifeNews: A Planned Parenthood affiliate’s newest president and CEO said in an official statement that she regards her work for the biggest abortion business in America to be a holy profession. Melaney Linton, who will now oversee Planned Parenthood Gulf … Continue reading
Catholic Seminaries Abound With Vocations In Moslem Java
The Eponymous Flower: In central Java, a part of Indonesia, in which there are strong radical tendencies registering among the population, the Catholic Church is experiencing a substantial increase in vocations. The Jesuit led seminary of St. Peter Canisius in … Continue reading
Secular Business Magazine Writer Marks Wisdom of Catholic Church and Humanae Vitae
Here is a clip from the Business Insider article: Here’s the thing, though: the Catholic Church is the world’s biggest and oldest organization. It has buried all of the greatest empires known to man, from the Romans to the Soviets. … Continue reading
Medical ‘Ethics’ Journal Gives Page Space to Two Defenders of Killing for Organs
Catholic Culture: Opening a new offensive against the “culture of life,” two ethicists have argued that doctors might sometimes be justified in deliberately causing the death of their patients, if the vital organs of those patients can be used for … Continue reading
