After reading about another horrific killing of school children, this time in Brazil, by a deranged gunmen, who is so blind as to deny that the spread of satanism through movies, books, and “music” is one of the immediate causes. … Continue reading
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Cardinal Zen Says Compromisers in Vatican Blocking Pope’s Plans to Guide Church in China
CNA reports: During his recent visit to Washington, D.C., Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun told reporters that mistakes and misunderstandings on the part of key Vatican officials, and a desire for “compromise at any cost,” have undermined Pope Benedict’s intentions for … Continue reading
Cardinal’s Catholic Hurler and Wife Named Miraculous But Severely Handicapped Baby, “Grace”
Fathers for Good: As he begins his 12th season as a major league pitcher, Trever Miller is familiar with baseball’s performance measurements: earned run average, strikeout-walk ratio, winning percentage, saves and a dozen other metrics. A lanky lefty reliever with … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood Gets Huge Support From Major Catholic Colleges
National Catholic Register: [A] new report, “A Scandalous Relationship: Catholic Colleges and Planned Parenthood”, by the Manassas, Va.-based Cardinal Newman Society, reveals more than 150 current and past connections between Catholic colleges and universities and Planned Parenthood. Read full article … Continue reading
Chinese Law Enforcer Kills Man Trying to Protect His Sister From Being Sterilized
LifeNews: On March 21, family planning officials entered the home of Xu Shuaishuai to seize his sister for a forced sterilization. Unable to find her, they beat Xu’s father and when Xu defended his father from the attack, one of … Continue reading
World Youth Day Could Unleash the Worst in Secularist Spain
George Weigel Column from the Denver Archdiocesan Paper, April 6, 2011: In the fall of 2007, I spent a week in Spain, giving lectures, meeting with Spanish Catholic leaders, and making a hair-raising climb up several hundred scaffolding stairs to … Continue reading
Ireland’s Main Seminary at Maynooth Was Rife With Heresy, Feminism, and Immoral Indoctrination
Father Zuhldorf’s Blog post has a shocking article written by some indignant seminarians who attended Maynooth. Seminaries in the U.S. were no better, but I had naively thought things were a bit better in Ireland. The Irish seminarians I knew … Continue reading
Polygamy Law on Trial in British Columbia
Prescinding from the religious issue, there are so many other common sense reasons why any civilized society should outlaw polygamy for the common good. Some of those reasons — reasons I would never have thought of, since I don’t know … Continue reading
Saudi Arabia: It May Be the Most Anti-Christian Country on Earth
Zenit News: Saudi Arabia is considered holy ground by the Muslim majority who live there. Hence, Christians and even Muslims of other sects, face severe restrictions. Christians make up only about 3% of the population, but they have no churches … Continue reading
Homosexual Activists Pushing Bill in California to Force Schools to Promote Their Agenda
A bill opposed by California’s Catholic bishops will be considered this afternoon before the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee. The bill, SB 48, would require that social science instruction in California schools include the contributions of homosexuals, bisexuals and transgender persons … Continue reading
22 Martyrs From Spanish Civil War, 1 From French Revolution, to be Beatified
Catholic Online reports: Twenty-two martyrs of the Spanish Civil War and a priest beheaded during the French Revolution will be declared “blessed” by the Church in coming months. More here.
Publicly Opposed to Church’s Teaching on Moral Law and Parental Rights Caroline Kennedy to Speak at Dominican University
Caroline Kennedy, a self-described Catholic who favors ‘abortion rights’ and same-sex ‘marriage,’ has been invited to speak next week at Dominican University of California in San Rafael. Kennedy is also an opponent of parental notification in cases when a minor … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Tells Asia News Compromise Has Been Disastrous for the Church in China
Asia News: Hong Kong (AsiaNews)-The Church in China is in a “disastrous state” because of the harshness of the regime, but also because a “triumvirate” (the Prefect of Propaganda Fide, one of his minions, and Fr Jeroom Heyndrickx, a Scheut … Continue reading
3500 Catechumens to be Baptized in Hong Kong Diocese During Easter Vigil
Agenzia Fides: Faith is a gift from God; faith is built on Jesus; keep away from sin; bear witness to Jesus: these are the four recommendations of Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong, to the catechumens during Lent in view … Continue reading
New Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church Recalls the Past Generation’s Forty Three Years of Suffering for Papal Authority
Catholic News Service: Archbishop Shevchuk said the suffering — including imprisonment and martyrdom — endured by Ukrainian Catholics under the Soviet regime from 1946 to 1989 “was a sacrifice for communion with the See of Peter” and the Catholic Church. … Continue reading
