Catholic Culture reports: Three Catholic priests are candidates for election to the Vietnamese national assembly, the “highest organ of state power” under the nation’s constitution. The candidacy of the three priests has prompted criticism among Vietnamese Catholics, in light of … Continue reading
The Vietnam war had a certain Catholic undertow to it. The Buddhist monks that we saw on television lighting themselves on fire were protesting policies of the Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem. The recently deceased Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, being … Continue reading
The Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) is reporting that the desecration took place early Sunday morning and involved the use of pink spray paint to cover the statue’s face and hands. A pentagram was sprayed on the chest as well as … Continue reading
CNA reports: The Mexican bishops’ conference condemned a “violent disruption” that took place during Easter Mass in Mexico City. They denounced the incident in a message released April 25. This act is an attack on the faith of the majority … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: So many Catholics attended Easter Sunday Mass at Baghdad’s Syrian Catholic cathedral that the number of Masses had to be increased from one to three, according to Aid to the Church in Need. The cathedral was the site … Continue reading
One of the boys said: “I wanted to understand the suffering of Christ.” UCANews.com: Two boys who set their hearts on an exhausting trek on foot took part for the first time in the annual pilgrimage to Antipolo Shrine last … Continue reading
Sai Baba believed himself to be the reincarnation of another guru of the same name who died in 1918. To his credit he gave lots of money for hospitals and schools, but how did he amass such a fortune? From … Continue reading
LifeNews: Last week, during the Holy Week leading up to Easter, a group of pro-abortion activists vandalized and desecrated a Christian pro-life display students at Clarion University put up at their Pennsylvania campus. Read full report here.
The Eponymous Flower: As a reform rabbi took over the prayer service from the pastor of the parish, Father John Bauer, a wooden cross was passed around over the heads of the crowd like at a rock concert. Doctor van … Continue reading
Just my opinion. SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) – A woman has been mauled to death by a pack of four pit bulls in the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, authorities said on Monday. Margaret Salcedo, 48, was … Continue reading
There are onnly about twenty underground bishops still living. All are over seventy, most in their eighties. During the Easter Vigil service last Saturday the most recent to die was Mgr. Peter Li Hongye, 91, bishop of Luoyang. He had … Continue reading
CNA reports: St. Mary Magdalen Regional School in Millville, N.J. will finish this academic year with more than a dozen additional Catholic students – but not because of a surge in enrollment. The increase is due to 13 of the … Continue reading
The Vatican is investigating whether the healing of a boy in Washington in 2006 is a miracle attributable to the intercession of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. More on this here.
Catholic Culture Reports: A bomb exploded outside Sacred Heart Parish in Baghdad following Mass on Easter Sunday, wounding seven. “Our life in Iraq is full of fear,” said Father Hanna Saad Sirop, a Chaldean Catholic priest and 2006 kidnapping victim. … Continue reading
The UK’s Daily Mail reports on a National Geographic Society study of bones found in northern Italy. Two skeletons discovered in a crypt in an Italian cathedral are those of Christian saints who were martyred in ancient Rome, experts have … Continue reading
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