If I ever get to Rome, this is a place I’d love to visit after a good number of churches. Elizabeth Lev takes us into a world of history and culture as she explores the latest public offering of the … Continue reading
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Paulists Invite Episcopal “Bishopess” to Address Seminarians
Midwest Conservative Journal: Each year, St. Paul’s College, a Roman Catholic institution for Paulist seminarians in Washington, DC, hosts what it calls the Hecker Lecture. This year’s speaker was the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Organization, the Most Rev. Katharine … Continue reading
Newspeak Code: “Freedom of Worship”
If you hear any politician use the phrase “freedom of worship” (President Obama and Hilary Clinton are pointedly using it) understand that what this means is no freedom of religion outside church walls. The attack on Christianity in the West … Continue reading
40 Anti-Catholic Activists and Several Professors Shut Down Catholic Chapel at Univ. of Barcelona
It’s astounding that forty hateful bigots, with nothing better to do, have exerted enough pressure on a Spanish University to cause the chaplain to discontinue offering Mass there for the students and faculty. What wimps have we now in the … Continue reading
Margaret Sanger, H.G. Wells, George B. Shaw: Racist Eugenicists with a Mind to Exterminate Inferiors
Michael Coren has a worthwhile article on the Catholic Online website. He quotes Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, saying that “we do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population ‘because it … Continue reading
Pope’s Message for World Mission Sunday
In a surprisingly early release from the Holy Father of his message for the October 23 celebration of World Mission Sunday, the words are a call for all the faithful to accept the mandate of Christ to teach the Faith … Continue reading
Chicago Cathedral Introduces Yoga Classes
I just posted a link to an article last week on this subject by Father Bill Kneemiller, which was published in the Davenport, Iowa, diocesan newspaper. Yoga is what opened the door for him to demonic eastern new age meditation. … Continue reading
Cardinal Says Intolerance of Christians in Mid East Is Becoming a Form of Religious Cleansing
Catholic Online: Despite the diverse situations that form the background of these events, Cardinal Bagnasco reflected, the “the Middle East is certainly the region with the highest tension; there, Christianophobia, which is the most current version of religious intolerance, is … Continue reading
Professor Indred Wichman and the MSU Muslim Student’s Association
A small victory of the anti-PC forces. An academic at Michigan State University makes statements critical of Islam and gets away with it when the hue and cry is raised against him. For now, anyway, one can openly criticize Islam … Continue reading
Hundreds of Thousands Join March for Life in Nation’s Capital
CNA reports: Hundreds of thousands of people packed the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 24 to show their support for the human rights of the unborn at the annual March for Life. Full report is here.
American Jesuit Who Spent 21 Years in Communist Prisons and Labor Camps Gets Jumpstart on Road to Beatification
Catholic Culture reports: Bishop John Barres of Allentown (Pennsylvania) has formed a historical commission to jumpstart the stalled beatification cause of Father Walter Ciszek (1904-84), the American Jesuit who spent decades in Russian prison camps and later wrote With God … Continue reading
Islam Filling Religious Vacuum Among British Women
Catholic Culture: Some 5,200 Britons convert to Islam each year, and 62% are women, according to a survey commissioned by Faith Matters. More on this here with links.
50,000 March in San Francisco to Save the Lives of the Pre-Born
LifeNews: More than 50,00 pro-life people — the largest crowd ever — participated in the Walk for Life West Coast on Saturday to solemnly mark 38 years of unlimited abortions under Roe v.Wade. The event has quickly become the major … Continue reading
Jintao Gets Cold Reception by Congress, Speaker Refuses to Attend State Dinner
Asia News: The third day of Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States was his toughest. Unlike President Barack Obama at the White House, the Congress received the Chinese leader with open hostility. Even before that, House Speaker, Republican John … Continue reading
Marriage in a Catholic Church Is a Right Only If Couple Believe in Sacrament’s Call to Holiness
Pope Benedict XVI Saturday Address: Getting married in church is a right only if you believe in “true marriage” that is, an act for the realization of the “integral good, human and Christian, of the spouses and of their future … Continue reading
