Catholic Culture reports: Forced by Communist authorities to gather in Beijing, China’s state-recognized bishops– some in communion with the Holy See, and others not– elected Bishop Ma Yinglin, a prelate not recognized by Rome, as president of their bishops’ council. … Continue reading
The terror continues, even as the pope pleas for an end. Zenit News: An elderly Christian couple was killed in their home Sunday night in Baghdad, the latest in a string of attacks against Christians that grew particularly severe with … Continue reading
Zenit News has an interview with Shaheryar Gill, a Pakistani Christian lawyer working for the American Center for Law and Justice as associate counsel. Pakistan’s so-called anti-blasphemy laws periodically draw international attention — as in the recent case of Asia … Continue reading
Rev. David Beaumont in The Washington Post: When Beaumont arrived here 20 years ago as a young missionary, the roads were unpaved, there was no electricity, and there was little to eat besides beans and tortillas. He’d been sent to … Continue reading
BBC News: A Vatican investigation has declared that Father Ignatius Spencer, who is buried in Merseyside, lived a life of “heroic virtue”. Read more here.
Catholic Culture: A “neglect of small-scale farming” and “the impact of EU agricultural subsidies” have helped contribute to poverty in the developing world, Lesley-Anne Knight, the secretary general of Caritas Internationalis, said during a December 6 address at the European … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: China’s Communist regime is forcing dozens of bishops to attend a meeting in Beijing to elect a new president of the state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, according to AsiaNews. Some bishops have gone into hiding in order … Continue reading
The Globe and the Mail: Climate change and population control can make for a politically explosive mix, as media mogul Ted Turner demonstrated Sunday when he urged world leaders to institute a global one-child policy to save the Earth’s environment. … Continue reading
In a book published earlier this year “Catholicism and the Roots of Nazism,” author Derek Hastings provides the real evidence to demonstrate the relation the Church in Germany had with Hitler from the founding of the Nazi Party in 1919 … Continue reading
Rabbi David Rosen warns that years of liberalism and multiculturalism have formed a Europe that is powerless in the face of a determined Islamic militancy. Perhaps those who ignore such warnings when they come from Catholic voices will heed the … Continue reading
And she (naturally, you didn’t expect a man did you?) went on and on about Itchel and her inspiration to “reason and creativity.” Now, imagine that a Catholic delegate in the UN — I did say “imagine” — invoked the … Continue reading
Shabhaz Bhatti is a very courageous Catholic, ready to give his life for his Faith and for the freedom of the Church in Pakistan. He could easily be the next martyr. He begs for our prayers. Catholic Culture reports: Terrorist … Continue reading
There has been a rise in anti-western Islamic fundamentalism in Indonesia, as in the Mid-East. In a country that is 88% Moslem, vast majority Sunni, Christians will be in grave danger there. If these bombs, made by someone expert in … Continue reading
“Certainly not the Catholic Faith” was part of the immediate counter by Springfield, Illinois, Bishop Thomas Paprocki. The American Catholic: Pat Quinn is the Governor of the State of Illinois. He was Lieutenant Governor under Rod Blagojevich and took over … Continue reading
LifeNews: [Joe Scheidler’s] home was attacked in the middle of the night, at approximately 2:00 a.m., with an abortion advocate throwing bricks of asphalt through two front windows. Read more here.
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