Catholic News Service: You may see them riding their motorcycles at March for Life rallies, motorcycle rallies, Knights of Columbus and Girl Scout meetings. They look like bikers, but their goal is far different. More of the story here.
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For Forty Years She Cried Alone at Night for the Child She Aborted, Actress Patricia Neal Dead at 84. RIP
Here is a clip from a Catholic TV interview of Neal with Father Lisante: And I said, “In your life, Pat, if there was one thing you could change, what would it be?” And Patricia Neal said, “Father, none of … Continue reading
Mexico City Court Legalizes Homosexual “Marriage”
It was a matter of time, being that the capital city of Mexico already legalized abortion. To destroy morals, it is necessary to destroy definitions. The pre-born baby is not a person. And only persons have the right to life. … Continue reading
Tennessee Priest Needs a New Job, Growing Mushrooms Perhaps?
Haven’t found any good news to post yet. I’m still looking. Catholic Culture reports: From the chair of Father Joseph Patrick Breen: “We respect the Pope, but we owe no obedience as adults except to our conscience, to what we … Continue reading
Church Desecrated in Scranton, Thief Steals Ciborium with Holy Eucharist
Whoever reads this news item, please say a prayer in reparation for this sacrilege. Catholic Culture reports: A thief broke into a Pennsylvania parish church on the night of August 3, forcing his way into the tabernacle and stealing a … Continue reading
Local Jewish Leaders Upset Catholic Diocese Supports Hebrew Catholics
Here’s a quote from ADL’s regional director in St. Louis. Catholic Culture reports: “One of the things that the Jewish community knows, or should know, with confidence is that the Catholic church does not proselytize, particularly to Jews,” said Karen … Continue reading
NH’s Judd Gregg Joins 62 Senators in Confirming Kagan to SC
LifeNews reports: The Senate today approved President Barack Obama’s nomination of pro-abortion activist Elena Kagan to replace retiring pro-abortion Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. Kagan joins four other justices who support unlimited abortions allowed under Roe v. … Continue reading
Cuban Cardinal Says All 52 Political Prisoners Will Soon Be Released
Catholic Culture reports: Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino, Archbishop of Havana, Cuba, announced at the Knights of Columbus’ annual States Dinner that thanks to the mediation of the Catholic Conference of Cuban Bishops, fifty-two prisoners of conscience will be released … Continue reading
Archbishop Joins Young in Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
CNA reports: This week Archbishop Braulio Rodriguez of Toledo, Spain accompanied 750 young people on a 13 mile leg of the Way of St. James, the pilgrimage route leading to Santiago de Compostela, where the apostle’s remains are buried. The … Continue reading
“True Colors”: 50,000 Altar Boys and Girls Dancing and Singing in Saint Peter’s Square
When the Church took up the question of altar girls under John Paul II in 2003 it was part of an investigation into liturgical abuses. Nothing came of it, however, except to say that the Vatican left it up to … Continue reading
USCC Denounces California Judicial Dictator’s Overturning Plebescite Vote Banning Homosexual “Marriage”
Catholic Culture reports: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced an August 4 ruling in which a federal court struck down a California law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Full story here with … Continue reading
Milwaukee Priests Alliance Upset About Return to Accuracy in New Missal Translations
May I quote you on that Father? Head of Alliance, Father Cooper, on new translation: “The language of prayer is supposed to be evocative, graceful, uplifting. This reads like clunk-clunk-clunk-bang-boom.” Catholic Culture reports: Milwaukee priests quoted in a local newspaper … Continue reading
Cardinal Ratzinger Hoped to Retire as Vatican Librarian and Archivist
When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger turned 70 in 1997, he asked Pope John Paul to relieve him of his duties as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and permit him to become archivist of the Vatican Secret … Continue reading
Two Million Costa Ricans Came to Cartago Yesterday to Honor Our Lady and Her Miraculous Statue
I was astonished reading this clip. Two million people — that’s half the population of Costa Rica — came to the Marian basilica in Cartago on August 2. I will have to do some more research on the miraculous statue … Continue reading
Father David O’Connell Consecrated Co-Adjutor Bishop of Trenton, NJ
In his homily on July 30, Bishop O’Connell spoke of his Gospel motto: To minister, not be ministered to. Among other things he stressed the vocation of a bishop: “A bishop serves his people by teaching truth, the truth that … Continue reading