In a talk, given recently after the massacre of sixty Syrian Catholic worshippers, Cardinal George said of the boy that on that tragic day, “three-year-old Adam witnessed the horror of dozens of deaths, including that of his own parents. He … Continue reading
CNA reports: Father Bernardo Cervellera, a longtime observer of Sino-Vatican affairs, is deeply troubled by recent moves made by China’s communist authorities. Read more here.
Sister Anne Mary, M.I.C.M., is one of Father Feeney’s original disciples, being the first member of the community to have attended Father’s lectures at the original Saint Benedict Center in Cambridge. She joined the community in 1949, and has been … Continue reading
What follows is reproduced from the Pilgrimage for Restoration Weblog. The change in the pilgrimage schedule should make it more convenient for collegians, working folks, and most anybody to attend. It’s also more like the schedule of the Chartres Pilgrimage … Continue reading
[Addendum: There is a distinction between the approval given many years ago to Our Lady of America, and that recently given to Our Lady of Good Help by Bishop Ricken. That distinction is explained in Brian Kelly’s extensive article “First … Continue reading
Such was the government’s intent in corralling the bishops, by force in many cases, to attend this assembly and its rigged election. In a diplomatic game of chess between the Vatican and the Chinese Communist government the Church is clearly … Continue reading
California Catholic News: Coadjutor Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles presided at the 79th Annual Mass and Procession in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe before some 25,000 Catholics. He invited the attendees to lead lives of sacrifice and … Continue reading
Cuba is Communist. Venezuela has a Marxist President. So, they declined the invite. But I thought Russia was no longer Communist? Why, then, would this country support Red China in persecuting a human rights activist like Liu Xiaobo? Comments anyone? … Continue reading
The eye-witness accounts of the massacre rend the heart. I cannot imagine how the tears of the survivors must burn. No, this story ends not in tragedy, but in glory. These are martyrs for Christ. They went quickly to see … Continue reading
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
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