Zenit News: Just one week after welcoming the independence of South Sudan where he had been a missionary for three decades, Bishop Cesare Mazzolari of Rumbek died Saturday while celebrating Mass. Read more here.
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Catholic Author Lambasts L’Osservatore Romano For Positive Review of Harry Potter
LifeSite News: “The positive review of the latest Harry Potter film in L’Osservatore Romano is symptomatic of serious problems in the condition of many modern Catholics,” Michael D. O’Brien, author of “Harry Potter and the Paganization of Culture,” told LifeSiteNews … Continue reading
Protestors in Mexico Want Defiant Pro-Homosexual Bishop Out
CNA reports: In March of this year, Bishop Vera published a statement on the diocesan website expressing support for the “sexual, family and religious diversity forum.” The event was aimed at “eradicating what some sectors of the Church believe about … Continue reading
Archbishop Chaput Will Take Over Philadelphia Diocese
CNA reports: Pope Benedict appointed Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver on July 19 to lead the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Full report is here.
Irish Government Leaders Challenging the Seal of Confession in New Legislation
Catholic Culture: Irish government leaders have insisted that they will not allow the secrecy of the confessional to limit the scope of new legislation that would require reporting of all complaints of child abuse. “The law of the land should … Continue reading
Warren Carroll Renowned Catholic Historian and Educator RIP at 79
Christendom College News: Warren H. Carroll, Founding and First President of Christendom College and Chairman of its History Department for its first twenty-five years, died on Sunday, July 17. Aged 79, he received last rites prior to his death in … Continue reading
Mother of Six Priests, One Bishop, and Four Sisters Dies Peacefully in India
Donboscoindia Information Service: Mother of 15 children died at the age of 94 on 14 July in her home in Kerala after an illness due to old age complications which lasted two years. The deceased, Mrs. Elizabeth Anikuzhikattil, affectionately called … Continue reading
Catholic Saxophonist for Band Chicago Bringing Music of Saint Alphonsus to Life
Here is a clip from Zenit’s interview with Ray Herrmann: Meeting Ray Herrmann, a humble man of deep faith, elicits an obvious question: how does he live out his faith in what is notoriously a hedonistic and irreligious environment? “Some … Continue reading
Another Illicit Consecration in China, 8 Vatican Approved Bishops Participate
AsiaNews: Eight bishops in communion with the pope have taken part this morning in the unlawful ordination of Fr Joseph Huang Bingzhang as bishop of Shantou (Guangdong). This is the third ordination without papal mandate in China after that of … Continue reading
Africa: 400,000 Head for Kenyan Refugee Camp
Catholic Culture: Fleeing the worst regional drought in six decades, some 400,000 people have left Somalia and other nations of the Horn of Africa for a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya. Thousands are now arriving every day at the camp, … Continue reading
An Insult to Saint Gregory and the Church, Cardinal Mahony’s Papal Knight Rupert Murdoch
The eighty year-old media mogul lives in Beijing with his young Communist wife. Since 1985, he is the owner Fox one of crudest American TV stations in the war against Christian culture. His London tabloid has been and is filthy. … Continue reading
Health Failing For Blind Chinese Anti-Abortion Attorney From Repeated Beatings
LifeNews: Chen Guangcheng’s health is in serious jeopardy because of repeated beatings and malnutrition he suffers in house detention following his release from prison on trumped of charges after he exposed a campaign of forced abortions. Full report here.
NH Cuts Funding of Planned Parenthood: No More Pills, But Abortion Business Continues
LifeNews: Planned Parenthood abortion businesses in various states are making decisions on what to cut now that they have faced cuts in taxpayer funding or elimination of the funds entirely. The cuts came because Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion … Continue reading
Obama’s Hispanic Support Drops 30% and Abortion a Major Reason
LifeNews: A new poll shows pro-abortion President Barack Obama has lost about one-third of the support he had from Hispanics in the 2008 presidential election, and one pro-life Hispanic leader says abortion is the reason why. Obama hosted a meeting … Continue reading
New York Archbishop Warns Legal Penalties May Come for Defenders of True Marriage
LifeNews: American Christians may one day find themselves facing legal penalties simply for believing marriage can only exist between a man and a woman, a fate already suffered by believers in other countries, said the leader of America’s most influential … Continue reading
