CNS: Pope Benedict XVI urged the international community to deliver urgent humanitarian aid to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa, especially Somalia, where tens of thousands have fled drought and famine. Read more here.
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Homosexual Equivalency Activists Want Compliance by All or Else
Deacon Fournier Catholic Online: In the past I warned of the “Two Step” of the New Censors. The effort seeks to exclude our positions from being heard in the public square or from influencing the positive/civil law. Those who oppose … Continue reading
Saltillo Diocese Comes to Defense of Defiant Pro-Homosexual Bishop
You would not expect this perversity in a country so family oriented. And this saccharine and contemptible defense, written by Father Gerardo Escareno, has been posted on the Mexican Bishop’s Conference website. The Diocese of Saltillo, Mexico has responded to … Continue reading
Ted Kennedy Tore Up Papers Willing Hyannis Compound to Benedictines
Daniel J, Flynn of The American Spectator: The Kennedys fought with the likes of Franklin Roosevelt, Jimmy Hoffa , and Robert Bork over the duration of thirteen presidential administrations. Now that no Kennedy holds political office in Washington, they’re fighting … Continue reading
Beijing Escalates Its War Against the Church, Another Episcopal Consecration Coming
Zenit News: The French agency Eglises d’Asie is reporting that China’s next illicit ordination will happen in the coming few days. This will be the third episcopal ordination without the Pope’s approval since June 29. Read full report here.
Catholic Aid Agency Appeals for Donations as Ten Million Face Starvation in East Africa
CNA reports: The U.K.-based Catholic Agency for Overseas Development is appealing to the world on behalf of 10 million East Africans facing starvation and death due to a severe drought. Read full report here. More details updating the mounting seriousness … Continue reading
Comboni Missionary Bishop Dies at Mass in South Sudan While Consecrating
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.
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
