Catholic Culture: The Archdiocese of Seoul may launch a cause for the beatification of Thomas An Jung-geun, a Korean Catholic who assassinated the Japanese prime minister when Korea was under Japanese rule. More here.
Category: News
New Orleans Archbishop Hannan Passes Away at 98: RIP
Whispers in the Loggia: Leading the news this morning, the death of an American Catholic legend: Philip Hannan, the 11th archbishop of New Orleans, whose 55 years of episcopal ministry saw him take on roles from media pioneer to political … Continue reading
Victims Speak of Horrors of China’s One-Child Policy at Congressional Hearing
Catholic Culture: Victims spoke of the horror of China’s one-child policy during a recent US congressional hearing held on the thirty-first anniversary of its implementation. Full report here with links.
Mexican Journalist Slain By Drug Cartel Was Member of Community of Scalabrinian Lay Movement
CNA: Catholics in Mexico are grieving the death of Maria Elizabeth Macias, a 39-year-old editor who was kidnapped and murdered by drug cartels in the border state of Tamaulipas. Macias, a member of the Community of Scalabrinian Lay Movement and … Continue reading
10 Year-Old Christian Pakistani Girl Accused of Blasphemy for Mispelling Foreign Word Concerning Mohammed
AsiaNews: A spelling error has led to an accusation of blasphemy, and serious consequences for a Christian girl of 10 years of age and her family in Abbottabad. Faryal Bhatti, the daughter of a nurse, Sarafeen Bhatti is a student at … Continue reading
Bush Ignored John Paul II’s Warning Not to Invade Iraq
Here is a prophetic clip from Cardinal Pio Laghi’s last minute appeal to the U.S. President and members of the state department” Vatican Insider: Cardinal Laghi told Bush that three things would happen if the United States went to war, … Continue reading
Hearing Before Congress on China’s Brutal One Child Policy
A testimony of horrors was given, but will it be back to “business as usual” with the murderous regime? Our country’s hands are just as bloody when it comes to the victim in the womb. LifeNews; China’s brutal one child … Continue reading
Priest Suspended for Upsetting Parishioners by Condemning Abortion, Sodomy, and Fornication
LifeSite News: The Catholic Diocese of Bathurst, New Brunswick has removed an elderly priest from active ministry after he caused a storm of controversy by denouncing homosexuality, cohabitation, and abortion in an August homily. Read report here.
US Tax Dollars Help Support China’s One-Child Program of Terror
LifeNews: In August, Vice President Joseph Biden delivered remarks in China stating that he was not “second-guessing” China’s one-child policy: “Your policy has been one which I fully understand—I’m not second-guessing—of one child per family.”[1] While Biden and the White … Continue reading
Washington Post Laments That Regulations May Make it Harder for Blacks and Hispanics to Have Abortions
LifeNews: The Washington Post, as most mainstream media outlets, suffers from a common ailment among journalists: cluelessness. Eugenically speaking, they did Margaret Sanger proud. More on this here.
Small Group of Praying Pro-Life Protesters Attacked by Violent Mob of Pro-Aborts
LifeNews: Last weekend, a militant group of more than 300 pro-abortion activists attacked a much smaller group of pro-life demonstrators, who had gathered to pray peacefully in front of a hospital in Paris where abortions are done. Read more here.
Lesbian Wanna-a-Be Rabbi Teaching Old Testament Courses at Jesuit University
Campus Notes: An article in Gonzaga Magazine highlights the career of a lesbian professor in Catholic, Jesuit Gonzaga University’s religious studies department. According to the magazine, Elizabeth Goldstein is Gonzaga’s “first and only female rabbi”. From the article:
Pope Receives Gift of 500,000 Bees for Farm at Castel Gandolfo
CNS: An association of Italian farmers gave Pope Benedict XVI a special gift on Sunday: 500,000 bees from an organic farm. More here.
Ember Days Coming Next Week: What Exactly Are They?
Rorate Caeli has a very good article by Michael Foley explaining what those of us who didn’t know should have known about the ember days: A potential danger of traditionalism is the stubborn defense of something about which one knows … Continue reading
Saint Januarius’ Blood Liquified Today
We could not find a news story in English that didn’t mention the “twin” miracles of the liquefaction of San Gennaro’s blood and the victory of Napoli’s football team. Oh well, here goes: Naples, 19 Sept. (AKI) – Long-suffering Naples … Continue reading
