William McGowan of The Wall Street Journal: ‘Safe, legal and rare” has long been the pro-choice mantra, but these days it applies less and less to the reality of abortion. In New York City, officials reported this year that 41% … Continue reading
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She Refused to Abort Her Second Baby: Fired, Sent to Prison and Tortured
AsiaNews: Dissident Mao Hengfeng was released from a re-education-through-labour camp yesterday, a month before the end of her 18-month sentence. Her husband Wu Xuewei said she endured physical and moral torture whilst in prison. Read full report here.
10,000 Rally in NYC in Support of True Marriage
LifeSite News: New York, NY, July 26, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past Sunday, an estimated nearly 10,000 people participated in a New York City rally and march in support of the traditional definition of marriage. The rally, which was organized … Continue reading
Head of Congregation for Divine Worship Says Entire Church Should Kneel for Communion
CNA: Spanish Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera recently recommended that Catholics receive Communion on the tongue, while kneeling. “It is to simply know that we are before God himself and that He came to us and that we are undeserving,” the … Continue reading
Self-Absorbed Societies Generate Collective Psychoses and Medical Alarmism
Catholic Culture: An Italian neonatologist known for his staunch defense of the unborn believes that a “self-sufficient culture that is diffident towards others” has developed a “tendency towards panic” in the past decade. Read more here.
Tomb of St. Philip the Apostle Discovered in Turkey
Note that this is only the tomb of the Apostle. His relics, together with those of St. James the Less, are kept in the Basilica of the Holy Apostles in Rome. World Bulletin: The tomb of St. Philip the Apostle, … Continue reading
Priest Beaten by Mad Liberal for Offering Traditional Latin Mass
Rorate Caeli: “You have been tough, but we will smash your head. Signed, Your friend Satan”. That was one of several threatening messages sent to Father Hernán García Pardo, parish priest of San Michele, in Ronta [Mugello region of the … Continue reading
Tribute to Sister Mary Anastasia Quinn Heroic Nurse of the Civil War
There is a book titled Angels of the Battlefield that relates the incredible stories of the Sisters of Charity in ministering to the wounded of both sides of this devastating war between the states. It is one of the most … Continue reading
China and the Pope: ‘It’s War’ Says Cardinal Zen
The Chinese Communist government has once again boldly promoted itself as the ultimate master of all things Chinese, including mainland religious affairs, with the ordering of three illicit consecrations (since November, 2010) of bishops having no papal mandate. The Chinese … Continue reading
Omaha Police Officers Find Strength in Prayer and Sacraments
CNA has a great article here by Joe Ruff. It makes one appreciate even more the stress good policemen go through and the extra help they receive from God to help themselves and others. Driving to the autopsy of an … Continue reading
California Diocese Wants to Buy Crystal Cathedral
Catholic Culture: The Diocese of Orange has offered $50 million to purchase Crystal Cathedral, the 3,000-seat Protestant church built by televangelist Robert Schuller. More on this here.
7th Graders at Catholic School Subjected to Evil Indoctrination, Raise Money for Pro-Aborts
Saint Louis Catholic: How is it that a Seventh Grade class from Our Lady Queen of Peace School ended a week-long program about social justice by donating the money raised to, among other groups, Equality Now, which advocates for the … Continue reading
Latin Patriarch Says Christians Face Virtual Extinction in Holy Land
Catholic Culture: The Church in the Holy Land faces the prospect of extinction, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said at a conference in London. More on this here.
Seven More Priests Slated for Illicit Episcopal Consecration in China
Catholic Culture: Father Joseph Guo Jincai, who was ordained a bishop in November 2010 without a papal mandate and now serves as vice chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, has announced that seven more bishops will be ordained in … Continue reading
Cardinal Kazimierz Swiatek, 15 Years in the Worst of Stalin’s Labor Camps, RIP at 96
I wrote a short biography of this valiant soldier of Christ, along with other Cardinals who suffered in Communist prisons, in an article I titled “Red Is for Martyrdom: Unsung Heroes of the Sacred College.” If you scroll down the … Continue reading
