CNA reports: Each morning, the young people go door-to-door visiting families and sharing the Gospel, explain organizers of the mission. In the afternoon, the students participate in the “social mission” by visiting hospitals, prisons, orphanages and retirement homes. More about … Continue reading
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Coptic Journalist Laments Rise in Bigotry in Egypt Among Moslems Who Were Once Moderate
Catholic Culture reports: Writing in Al-Ahram– a government-owned newspaper that is Egypt’s most popular– Hani Shukrallah lamented the transformation of Egyptian society from a nation tolerant of Christians to an increasingly bigoted one in which a church bombing can take … Continue reading
Vietnamese Police Assault US Diplomat for Speaking to Priest
Catholic Culture: Vietnamese police attacked Christian Marchant, a US diplomat in Hanoi, as he was speaking with Father Nguyen Van Ly, a pro-democracy activist who was recently released from prison. There were hundreds of witnesses to the attack. More here … Continue reading
Outspoken Cardinal Says Imposition of GM Seeds and Multinational Mining Forces Africans into a New Slavery
Catholic News Service: If farmers in Africa had greater access to fertile, arable land safe from armed conflict and pollutants, they would not need genetically modified crops to produce food, said the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and … Continue reading
Spain’s Soccer Team Dedicates World Cup Trophy to Saint James the Greater
The president of the Spanish soccer association, Angel Maria Villar, and the coach of Spain’s national team, Vicente del Bosque, dedicated the country’s World Cup trophy to St. James the Apostle on Dec. 27. The Spanish soccer team won the … Continue reading
The Plight of the Iraqi Christian
The Remnant published an article by Rev. Fr. James H. Doran, FSSPX and Mr. Nicholas A. Chapello on the sad state of things in Iraq. Read Shock and Awe: Marriage and Martyrdom for Iraqi Catholics to get an idea of … Continue reading
Martyr’s Son Ordained to Diaconate in India
There were five ordinations in Orissa, the very province where Hindu terrorists were hunting down Christians, killing them, and burning their churches, convents, farms, and schools two years ago. Catholic Online reports: According to Fr Ajaya Sabhasundar, the five seminarians’ … Continue reading
Special Mass in Albany for Another Pro-Abortion “Catholic” Governor. Receives Communion With Live-In Girlfriend
New York Daily News.com: The new governor began his second day in office at 9 a.m. Mass at Albany’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, where he was urged to move forward with a sense of “evangelical daring” in his work … Continue reading
Woman Who Survived Bagdad Cathedral Massacre Killed in Her Own Home By Robbers
What kind of a hellhole is this place of slaughter? The demons of death incite the mad men daily. This poor woman (I do not know about her family) was alone when she was killed yesterday. She was interviewed by … Continue reading
Pakistani Moslem Governor Gunned Down After Objecting to Blasphemy Law
National Catholic Register: Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan, has joined the mourners paying tributes to Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab province who was assassinated today for his opposition to the Islamic blasphemy law. … Continue reading
Cardinal Biffi in “Memoirs” Gives Twenty Pages Exposing Dangerous V2 Peritus Guiseppi Dossetti
Chiesa: He had been brought in to the Vatican assembly in the capacity of personal expert of the archbishop of Bologna [Giacomo Lercaro]. On September 12, 1963, the new pope, Paul VI, communicated his decision to designate four “moderators,” in … Continue reading
Methuselah Tree in California is Oldest in the World at 4800 Years
Did you know that? Actually, the oldest trees in the world would be in the Garden of Eden, which is hidden from men by angels. Catholic Online: In the White Mountains of East California, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, dubbed … Continue reading
Special Mass for New Pro-Abortion “Catholic” Governor of Nevada
Catholic Culture: Bishop Joseph Pepe of Las Vegas and retired Bishop Philip Straling of Reno concelebrated a special Mass preceding the on January 3 inauguration of Brian Sandoval, a pro-abortion Catholic, as governor. During his homily, Bishop Pepe advised Sandoval … Continue reading
2nd Time Security Forces Absent During Holy Day Mass in Mid-East, 21 Coptic Christians Murdered
No wonder the pope is deploring the lack of protection for Christians in Mid-East. This is now the second time that security forces have failed in Moslem countries and left large crowds of Christian unprotected at a holy day Mass. … Continue reading
In Last Two Weeks Our Lady of Good Help Shrine Received 50 Times More Visitors
Green Bay Pressgazette. com: Since the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay announced Dec. 8 that Our Lady of Good Help had been officially sanctioned as a place where the Virgin Mary appeared in the 19th century, the shrine has received … Continue reading