CNA reports: Country music star and Catholic convert Collin Raye is set to be the new spokesman of the Life and Hope Network founded by Terri Schiavo’s family. “I’m really excited to be a part of it,” Raye told CNA. … Continue reading
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Phil Lawler Comments on Two Shepherds Who Can Dance With the Wolves
Catholic Culture: Point #1: Retired Bishop Edward Daly of Derry, Ireland, believes that the Church should relax the discipline of clerical celibacy. OK; that’s a plausible argument. Priestly celibacy is not a matter of doctrine. But at a time when so … Continue reading
100 Members of German Parliament to Boycott Pope’s Address
Catholic Culture: One hundred members of opposition parties have announced that they will boycott Pope Benedict’s speech to the German parliament. More here.
Spokane Bishop Tells Priests and Seminarians Not to Pray or Protest Outside Planned Parenthood
Apparently, for some shepherds, segregation was an evil worse than abortion. Blog by Stephanie Block: People are so inconsistent. Three years ago, Bishop Blase Cupich, then-ordinary of Rapid City, SD, wrote an article for America Magazine designed to help voters sort through the … Continue reading
Pat Robertson Says Divorcing Spouse With Alzheimer’s Is OK
USA Today: Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson told his 700 Club viewers that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer’s is justifiable because the disease is “a kind of death.” More on this here.
Burmese Women Kidnapped, China’s ‘Bachelor Villages’ Need Brides
Catholic Culture: Two recent articles in the British press draw attention to one of the consequences of China’s one-child policy and preference for boys: “bachelor villages.” More on this here.
Saudi Arabia, Home of Most 9/11 Terrorists, Continues Using Anti-ChristianTextbooks in Schools
CNA report: A new report shows that Saudi Arabia, home to 15 of the 19 terrorist hijackers of 9/11, continues to promote a violent form of Islam through its school system and textbooks 10 years after the attacks. Read more … Continue reading
Irish Bishop Calls for End of Mandatory Priestly Celibacy, Rejection of New Non-Inclusive Mass Translation
Catholic Culture: Bishop Edward Daly, the retired Irish bishop who is calling for a change in the discipline of clerical celibacy, “was ‘deeply disappointed’ by an experience of celebration of the Mass in Latin some years ago, which he found … Continue reading
Canadian Judge Lets Woman Walk Who Killed Her New Born
LifeSite News: An Alberta judge has let a woman who strangled her newborn son walk free by arguing that Canada’s absence of a law on abortion signals that Canadians “sympathize” with the mother. Read more here.
Stigmatist, Venerable Elena Aiello, to Be Beatified September 14
Wednesday, September 14, Venerable Elena Aiello (1895-1961), will be declared a Blessed. She was the Foundress of the Minim Tertiaries of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, a mystic, visionary, and stigmatist.
Priest Murdered in Colombia, Sixth This Year in That Country, 79th Since 1984
Catholic Culture: Father Oviedo Arrieta, a 34-year-old priest of the Diocese of Apartadó in northwestern Colombia, was brutally murdered on September 12. More on this here with link to Agenzia Fides article.
Pakistani Catholic Killed While on Pilgrimage to Shrine at Mariamabad
Asianews: Sunil Masih, a 25 year old Pakistani Christian, was kidnapped and killed as he walked on a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Mariamabad, the “city of Mary,” in the province of Punjab. The Pakistan Christian … Continue reading
50th Family Rosary Crusade Rally October 15 in San Francisco
California Catholic Daily: The “Family Rosary Crusade 2011,” which will be celebrated on Oct. 15 at 12 noon in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Father Patrick Peyton’s 1961 Rosary Rally. The 1961 event, which was … Continue reading
Latest Planned Parenthood Defector Addresses Forty Days for Life Participants
CNA: Ramona Trevino has a compelling story to tell about her exodus from the nation’s largest abortion provider. But in her first public appearance, she chose to emphasize what God accomplished through a vigil outside the clinic she used to … Continue reading
“Born Again” Suspect Arrested After Bashing Dozens of Statues at South Jersey Catholic Churches
Catholic Culture: A self-described “born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ” has been arrested on suspicions of damaging dozens of statues at six New Jersey parishes in July. Curtis Condell, 41, has been charged with bias intimidation and criminal mischief. … Continue reading
