Zenit News: Do medieval Spanish mystics, who are also lyric poets, have anything of use to say to the modern Catholic? Benedict XVI offered an affirmative answer to his own question today at the weekly general audience in Paul VI … Continue reading
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Baseball Great, Stan Musial, Devout Catholic, Receives Presidential Medal Of Freedom Award
From Why I Am a Catholic website: I saw a press release today from the Catholic News Service about three Catholics who were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House. Pardon me if I ignore the other … Continue reading
The Church Still Suffering in Cuba
Here is an interview from Zenit News with an ex-prisoner of the Castro regime. He was one of those released five months ago and relocated to Spain.
Vatican Rules Three Churches Closed in Springfield Diocese Should Remain Open
Boston Herald: The Vatican has ruled that three western Massachusetts churches closed by the Springfield Diocese should remain open, parishioners learned today, including one that parishioners have occupied in protest for two years. More on this here.
Afghanistan: Our Soldiers Die for a Regime That Tortures and Kills Christian Converts from Islam
That’s the law. And to uphold the regime that promotes and enforces such laws over 1000 American soldiers have died. Matthew Archbold has the story of Said Musa. It is heart wrenching and infuriating. An Afghanistan Christian and father of … Continue reading
Canadian Priest Suing LifeSite News for Half a Million
Catholic Online: Father Raymond Gravel, a Quebec Catholic priest who served as a Bloc Quebecois MP from 2006-8, is suing LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) for defamation. Full story is here.
84 More “Catholic” Theologians Sign on With the 143 Radicals Calling for Change in Church
Here’s a sample of what these heretics want: “the Church’s esteem for marriage … does not require that we exclude people who responsibly live out love, faithfulness, and mutual care in same-sex partnerships or in a remarriage after divorce.” Catholic … Continue reading
Highly Broadcast Radio Talk Show Host Tells Why He Became a Catholic
Catholic Culture reports: Allen Hunt: [T]here were three big things that led to me entering the Church. First was a growing sense of Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist. Secondly is what I call doctrine by democracy. In general, in … Continue reading
Catholic Priest Has Protestant Minister “Concelebrate” Mass, Receive, and Distribute Communion
California Catholic Daily: Sources from the parish told California Catholic Daily that Fr. Agustin Escobar introduced Pastor Steve Whitney of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Sacramento at St. Norbert’s 9 a.m. Sunday Mass. The sources said Rev. Whitney concelebrated the Mass … Continue reading
Rep. Trent Franks on Abortion
Writing yesterday about the Republicans that made it into office thanks to the “get-the-bums-out” energy of the Tea Party and others, I said this: “Now we shall see of what stuff the new Republican pols are made. Are they ‘fiscal’ … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood and Other Government Funded Eugenics Programs
Thank God legislators at the federal and state (New Hampshire) level are seriously trying to defund the murderous criminal racket that goes by the name of Planned Parenthood. The PP gang was recently exposed again for their illegal activity by … Continue reading
The King of Big Mountain
At the Whitefish Mountain Resort in Whitefish, Montana, there’s something unusual near the top of Big Mountain’s Chair 2. It’s a statue of Our Lord Jesus Christ, not something one would normally associate with a ski resort. The story of … Continue reading
China’s New “Cheap Rice”: 3 Bowls Add Up to 1 Plastic Bag?
AsiaNews: China is accused of making rice with “plastic”. The country has a long poor food safety record, including poisoning and death. The Weekly Hong Kong reported that fake rice was sold in the Chinese town of Taiyuan, in Shaanxi … Continue reading
Survivors of Terrorist Attack on Baghdad Cathedral Make Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Expatica.com: “We came to pray to the Holy Virgin, who is our mother. We keep the hope that she can heal us and give us peace, in Iraq and everywhere,” said Raphael Kutaimi, rector of the Baghdad cathedral and sole … Continue reading
Two Million Hindus Gather for Meeting: Speakers Attacking the Pope, Christianity, and Mother Theresa
Asia News: Increasingly, the Narmada Samajik Kumbh, a Hindu gathering in Madhya Pradesh of some two million people set to end on Sunday, is turning anti-Christian and anti-Muslim in its tone. Organised by associations that include armed Hindu groups, the … Continue reading
