Our Sunday Visitor: One month before the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to his German homeland — his third as pontiff — diocesan weeklies ran stories with headlines like, “It is going to be a fiasco.” Full report here.
Category: News
China: Priest and Nun Beaten While Petitioning for Restitution of Stolen Church Property
The Chinese “Catholic” Patriotic Association opposes these appeals for restitution of properties partly because the Association receives hefty rent revenues from the tenants. Asianews: A Catholic nun and priest were violently attacked when they tried to get two Church properties … Continue reading
Seton Hall Offering “Gay Marriage” Class Taught by Homsexual Teacher
Campus Notes CNS Blog: The gay “marriage” course at Seton Hall University taught by an openly gay professor is listed in the course schedule again this semester despite the disapproval of the University’s archbishop, Most Rev. John J. Myers of … Continue reading
My Namesake, ND Football Coach, May Need Some Anger Management
Creative Minority Report: Well, well, well. It seems that Matthew has rattled some cages with his thoughtful commentary on Notre Dame Football Coach Brian Kelly’s sideline behavior. There has been quite a few articles written in the media about Kelly’s … Continue reading
Europe is Going Crazy
When I read “studies show…” or “a recent study has indicated that…” I admit to having a healthy dose of skepticism. Depending on who does the “studying,” the conclusions of such a scientific pursuit could be worthless or even harmful. … Continue reading
Catholic News Service Article Profiles 100% Pro-Abortion Politician As Model Catholic
Catholic Culture: In an article that is appearing in diocesan newspapers across the United States, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis is presented as a model Catholic politician. The article begins: The office of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis includes … Continue reading
4 Teachers Kidnapped, 500 Threatened in Acapulco, Drug Gangs Demanding Half Their Salary Or Else
Al Jazeera: Terror has engulfed schools in the city of Acapulco, Mexico. Criminal gangs have kidnapped at least four teachers in the last two weeks. Another 500 teachers say they’re being told to turn over half their salaries or they … Continue reading
Goodbye Rule of Law, Hello Tyranny
The first paragraph of Paul Craig Roberts’ article is like an overture to the rest. And the overture is noisier than Tchaikovsky’s one of 1812. With bank fraudsters, torturers, and war criminals running free, the US Department of Justice (sic) … Continue reading
Minute Indian Diocese Drawing One Thousand Converts a Year
Catholic Culture: The Diocese of Asansol, located in an overwhelmingly Hindu and Muslim area of eastern India, now has 29,000 Catholics–twice the number it had when it was founded in 1997. “We are a growing Church, and each year around … Continue reading
Israeli Law: Non-Jewish Immigrant Workers Have Three Months to Relocate New-Borns to Country of Origin
UCANews: The expulsion of a Filipino migrant worker’s wife and child from Israel could mark the start of a more hardline stance against the residence of children of non-Jewish migrant worker communities, writes Giorgio Bernardelli in the Vatican Insider. More … Continue reading
Stunning New Breakthrough in Cancer Treatment
Catholic Online: It is a commonly cited trivia fact, that everyone has cancer cells in their bodies all the time, but the immune system rapidly and routinely kills off the mutated cells. Patients develop cancer when their immune system does … Continue reading
Austrian Dissident Priest Group Pushing for Immediate Showdown
Catholic Culture: A group of dissident Austrian priests has announced plans to engage in open defiance of Church law. The Priests’ Initiative, which claims the support of 329 clerics, has argued in favor of administering Communion to Catholics who are … Continue reading
Hurricane Dominates Media News While Not-so-newsworthy Twelve Million Face Starvation in Africa
Dan O’Neil, president of Mercy Corps: Why is it that the US media takes a storm (bad as it might be) and beats it to death? Reporters dramatically leaning into the wind and rain … The real news is 12 … Continue reading
Hardline Official Moved From Tibet to Most Catholic Province of China
FaithWorld: The hardline Chinese official removed last week as Communist Party chief of restive Tibet has been made head of the province in the centre of contention over China’s Catholics, giving him an influential role in another sensitive religious issue. … Continue reading
Underground Priest Sentenced to Three Years Hard Labor For Refusal to Join Patriotic Association
AsiaNews: The Chinese government yesterday condemned Fr. Wang Chengli – diocesan administrator of the underground community in Heze Diocese (Caozhou) in Shandong province – to three years of “re-education through labour”, probably because he refused to join the Chinese government’s Catholic … Continue reading
