UCANews: The latest communiqué of the Vatican’s Commission on the Church in China has mostly fallen flat with the faithful on the mainland, although some see hopeful signs. An “open” community bishop said the most important point in the document … Continue reading
Catholic News Service: Philippine President Benigno Aquino said he is willing to risk excommunication from the Catholic Church rather than scrap the so-called Responsible Parenthood Bill, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News. “I remain committed to pushing for … Continue reading
Catholic News Service: The commission’s message began by noting the “general climate of disorientation and anxiety about the future” of the church in China, following recent setbacks in church-state relations. It said that given the numerous vacant dioceses in China, … Continue reading
California Catholic News: “The investigators have been quite definitive to me, this was very definitely a deliberate act,” Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, told the Los Angeles Times. Full report is here.
Bravo et merci beaucoup to the French Catholic youths, who concluded that God’s rights come before someone’s blasphemous and sacrilegious “freedom of expression.” From CWN: Armed with hammers and screwdrivers, four protestors in Avignon destroyed a blasphemous 1987 photograph of … Continue reading
A few amazing survival stories here after killer tornadoes take 45 lives in the south.
Agenzia Fides: Human rights trampled and denied freedom of religion, more than 50 thousand Christians in prison camps for their faith, victims of a judicial system based strictly on ideology of the regime: this is the picture of the situation … Continue reading
We’ve mentioned our Spanish brothers in the Traditionalist Carlist Communion. They are currently gathering to plan their resistance to acts of sacrilege and blasphemy such as what we’ve recently reported. God bless them! We are encouraging our members and supporters … Continue reading
California Catholic News: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who describes herself as “an ardent, practicing Catholic” but persists in her support of abortion, embryonic stem cell research and same-sex marriage, will be the featured guest at an April 30 luncheon for … Continue reading
California Catholic news: On Friday, April 15, students participating in the “Day of Silence” will wear pro-homosexuality T-shirts, buttons, and stickers, refuse to answer teachers’ questions in classrooms, make it difficult for other students to concentrate, and generally take over … Continue reading
The Catholic Thing: Pope Pius X is often criticized because in 1910 he demanded that all priests take an anti-modernist oath. It’s hardly known that in 1905 he ordered all priests around the world to do something else, perhaps even … Continue reading
The Fundamentalists accuse English speaking Catholics of invoking some German goddess of Spring named “Oestre” in calling the Feast of the Resurrection “Easter.” This is, of course, not true. In Christian England the word “Easter” was always used in reference … Continue reading
Here’s a great story about a priest and a teaching sister who died trying to rescue the Blessed Sacrament from a church fire in 1967.
Now that’s a career politician for you! LifeNews: The office of Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, who claims to be a pro-life Democrat, has confirmed he will not vote for an amendment to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Read more … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Since last January, at least two underground priests (in communion with the Pope), from Xuanhua dioceses (Hebei), near Beijing, have been detained and badly beaten up. They are among at least 20 underground priests in Xuanhua and Xiwanzi dioceses … Continue reading
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