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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It was the Jesuit Doctor of the Church Saint Peter Canisius who replaced the Sentences of Peter Lombard with the Summa of Saint Thomas Aquinas as the preferred Theology book in the Catholic universities he was appointed to revitalize in … Continue reading
Whispers in the Loggia: As foreseen yesterday, this morning the Pope accepted the retirement of Cardinal Lubomyr Husar as major-archbishop of Kiev and head of the 5 million-member Ukrainian Greek-Catholic church worldwide. Read full report here.
Catholic Culture reports: The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the head of NATO are calling upon the Afghan government to release Musa Sayed, an ex-Muslim Red Cross worker who faces the death penalty for converting to Christianity. Sayed says … Continue reading
Thanks to Phil Lawler at Catholic Culture for pointing out the feast of the recently canonized Sudanese saint, Josephine Bakhita, the patron saint of South Sudan. Read Mr. Lawler’s column here.
Speaking for the German Bishops Conference Father Hans Langendörfer, SJ, its secretary issued a response to the heretical manifesto of protest signed by 140 “Catholic” theologians who teach in Germany’s universities. Catholic Culture: “In a number of issues, the memorandum … Continue reading
The headline reads “Egyptian Christians Worry about Radical Islamic Takeover.” The worry is a legitimate one. Instability in the Arab world, caused by revolutions against western-backed strong men, could well empower fanatical Islamists. The downfall of our US-backed Persian strong … Continue reading
Zenit News: Ukrainian seminaries are having to turn away up to half of the young men seeking to become priests due to a lack of space. Coadjutor Bishop Jaroslav Pryriz of the Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych reported to Aid to the Church … Continue reading
Katrina Fernandez, scholar of the history of art, has written an illuminating article, well worth reading, on the importance of beauty in the house of God and the sanctuary of the home. Patheos: Beauty makes the soul soar and is … Continue reading
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