Mosul, Iraq, Nov 17, 2010 / 02:50 pm (CNA).- The situation for Christians in Iraq is becoming bleaker. The violence directed against them is no longer limited to the capital city Baghdad, but has been spreading throughout the country. Two … Continue reading
CNA reports: The cholera outbreak in Haiti has caused a deteriorating situation that could cause 200,000 deaths without intervention, a Catholic priest in the country has warned. Read report here with links.
Catholic Culture: Speaking recently to the joint committee on foreign affairs of the Oireachtas– Ireland’s parliament– Msgr. Manuel Musallam, who recently retired from his ministry as parishh priest in Gaza, described the horrors of the Israeli bombing of Gaza during … Continue reading
Agenzia Fides: His name is Fr Miroslaw Karczewski and he was the 45 year old priest of the Convent of Friars Minor (OFM Conv) killed on the afternoon of Monday, 6 December in the rectory of the parish of St … Continue reading
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
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