Father Safaa Habash: “The Synod of Bishops called on the Christians and Muslims to come together to make a dialogue, and to open bridges between each community,” the Iraqi-born, Michigan-based Syriac Catholic priest recounted. “But those people,” he said in … Continue reading
The theme of the Saint Benedict Center 2010 conference was “The Romance of Wisdom.” The talks are now available on CD, downloadable MP3, and DVD. Each of the nine speakers approached the theme from his own personal perspective, all together … Continue reading
Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for November is: “That victims of drugs or of other dependence may, thanks to the support of the Christian community, find in the power of our saving God strength for a radical life-change”. His mission … Continue reading
Catholic Online reports: Throwing aborted babies in the trash: Under current MI law abortion mills can place aborted babies and biohazardous waste in the trash as long as they’re dipped in formaldehyde beforehand … Deacon Fournier has a horrifying article … Continue reading
Reading good news like this restores one’s hope for the future of the Church in America. Where but in South America could you find 80,000 young people making a seventeen mile pilgrimage to the shrine of a saint? Viva Cristo … Continue reading
I guess I’ve been in the dark on this one. I knew AI was more interested in getting leftist revolutionaries out of prisons than anti-Communists, although sometimes the organization did oppose certain regimes that deserved opposition, but I never realized … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: In an interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review Online, Mother Mary Clare Millea offers an update on the apostolic visitation of active women religious in the United States. “My task as visitator is to note … Continue reading
Life News.com: The president of Planned Parenthood appeared on the Bill Press radio show today with an unconventional way for the government to save money. By sending more taxpayer dollars to the abortion business to pay for birth control, Planned … Continue reading
California Catholic News: The archbishop said these ideas are part of a global plan that is based at “the United Nations and a series of its satellite organizations.” He said huge amounts of money are behind the attempts to change … Continue reading
CNA reports: The Archdiocese of Havana has announced that five more political prisoners from Cuba will soon be released by the country’s government and sent to Spain. The prisoner releases are the result of an ongoing mediation effort being carried … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: In a recent interview, the leading Franciscan in the Holy Land lamented the discrimination that Christians face in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Read more here.
Catholic Culture: Three Brazilian bishops– Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini of Guarulhos, Bishop Benedito Beni Dos Santos of Lorena, and Bishop Nelson Westrupp of Santo André– have received anonymous death threats after urging Catholics not to vote for Dilma Rousseff, the … Continue reading
CNA reports: The cause for the canonization of Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan was officially opened in Rome this week. The cardinal, who suffered for years in Vietnamese prisons without trial, was exiled from his homeland and is remembered for … Continue reading
Bishop David Monroe of Kamloops (British Columbia) is in serious condition after a man brutally beat him in the cathedral rectory on the evening of October 22. The suspect had escaped from a psychiatric ward earlier in the day and … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Contributions to the University of Notre Dame fell by over $120 million during the fiscal year in which President Barack Obama was awarded an honorary degree. Several dozen bishops criticized the university’s decision during the months preceding the … Continue reading
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