I love to read Msgr. Pope’s columns. They are always so liturgically rich and lucid, full of wisdom, analogical fulfillment, and moral application. He writes here today of the two feasts: The Purification and the Presentation. And the Lord, whom … Continue reading
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Sudanese Government Accepts Referendum Results Allowing Secession of South Sudan
Catholic Online: “We announce our agreement and our acceptance of the result of the referendum announced yesterday,” Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Sudan’s vice president says. The oil-producing south, to be referred to henceforth as South Sudan seceded after a 99 … Continue reading
Woman Returns Favor to Catholic Social Services for Saving Her and Her Baby
This is a beautiful story. CNA reports: Kolerok-Schott never forgot how Catholic Social Services had come to her aid during her “darkest hour.” Across the years, she has worked and saved to give something back to the organization that helped … Continue reading
Pakistani Archbishop Blames Schools for Fomenting Islamic Miltancy and Fanaticism
CNA reports: Archbishop Lawrence J. Saldanha of Lahore: “Anyone doing a deed for the Muslim cause is applauded,” he said. “This explains why Mumtaz Qadri was given a hero’s welcome.” According to the archbishop, these attitudes can easily prevail in … Continue reading
Village of Zan Jia Cun, a Catholic Oasis in Central China
Agenzia Fides: A small village on Silk Road, inhabited by 660 people, of whom 400 are Catholic (about 130 families), has given 14 vocations to the Church in recent years: 7 priests, 1 deacon, 3 religious sisters, 2 major seminarians … Continue reading
Blaspheming Moslems in Pakistan Beat Pope’s Effigy in Support of Anti-Christian Law
Catholic Culture reports: As Pakistani Christians prayed and fasted for peace, some 40,000 Islamic militants took to the streets of Lahore on January 30 to protest against changes to the nation’s blasphemy law and against Pope Benedict. Protestors beat Pope … Continue reading
New Missionary Museum of the Propagation of the Faith / A Catholic Treasure
If I ever get to Rome, this is a place I’d love to visit after a good number of churches. Elizabeth Lev takes us into a world of history and culture as she explores the latest public offering of the … Continue reading
Paulists Invite Episcopal “Bishopess” to Address Seminarians
Midwest Conservative Journal: Each year, St. Paul’s College, a Roman Catholic institution for Paulist seminarians in Washington, DC, hosts what it calls the Hecker Lecture. This year’s speaker was the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Organization, the Most Rev. Katharine … Continue reading
Newspeak Code: “Freedom of Worship”
If you hear any politician use the phrase “freedom of worship” (President Obama and Hilary Clinton are pointedly using it) understand that what this means is no freedom of religion outside church walls. The attack on Christianity in the West … Continue reading
40 Anti-Catholic Activists and Several Professors Shut Down Catholic Chapel at Univ. of Barcelona
It’s astounding that forty hateful bigots, with nothing better to do, have exerted enough pressure on a Spanish University to cause the chaplain to discontinue offering Mass there for the students and faculty. What wimps have we now in the … Continue reading
Margaret Sanger, H.G. Wells, George B. Shaw: Racist Eugenicists with a Mind to Exterminate Inferiors
Michael Coren has a worthwhile article on the Catholic Online website. He quotes Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, saying that “we do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population ‘because it … Continue reading
Pope’s Message for World Mission Sunday
In a surprisingly early release from the Holy Father of his message for the October 23 celebration of World Mission Sunday, the words are a call for all the faithful to accept the mandate of Christ to teach the Faith … Continue reading
Chicago Cathedral Introduces Yoga Classes
I just posted a link to an article last week on this subject by Father Bill Kneemiller, which was published in the Davenport, Iowa, diocesan newspaper. Yoga is what opened the door for him to demonic eastern new age meditation. … Continue reading
Cardinal Says Intolerance of Christians in Mid East Is Becoming a Form of Religious Cleansing
Catholic Online: Despite the diverse situations that form the background of these events, Cardinal Bagnasco reflected, the “the Middle East is certainly the region with the highest tension; there, Christianophobia, which is the most current version of religious intolerance, is … Continue reading
Professor Indred Wichman and the MSU Muslim Student’s Association
A small victory of the anti-PC forces. An academic at Michigan State University makes statements critical of Islam and gets away with it when the hue and cry is raised against him. For now, anyway, one can openly criticize Islam … Continue reading