Zenit News: In a pastoral letter published today, Bishop [Keith] Newton confirmed his decision that was announced with four others Monday, and expressed his “hope” the his congregation will understand that his move isn’t motivated by “negative reasons about problems … Continue reading
Catholic News Service: The Nov. 4 death of George Lee “Sparky” Anderson is being mourned by baseball fans and countless others around the country, including in Detroit, where he managed the Tigers for 16 years and led the team to a … Continue reading
Interesting development here in Wisconsin. Apparently, the Society of Jesus Christ the Priest, headquartered in Spain, has enough vocations that they can send priests to places where there is a shortage of them. The newly founded society is known for … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: “These pastoral visits cost a lot of effort and considerable expense, but it is with joy that we engage in this mission. The cross is an integral part of the mission of the Church. Every time I … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: In a pathetic interview with BBC, London-based Archbishop Athanasios Dawood expressed his frustration, after the attack last week on the Bagdad Catholic cathedral, over the lack of protection given to Christians in Iraq and the new hatred that … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Pope Benedict XVI has summoned the members of the College of Cardinals to a special consistory, for a discussion of liturgy, religious freedom, and the sex-abuse scandal. Read more here.
Catholic Culture reports: Five Anglican bishops will leave the Church of England and enter the ordinariate envisioned by Pope Benedict’s apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus. Read more here.
Calling the pope “the hallucinating tyrant of the Vatican” the Islamic State of Iraq website spewed forth threats of “destruction” upon Christians and all others who do not join their jihad. Catholic Online reports: Catholics, other Christians, other people of … Continue reading
Catholic Online: In what was clearly a “kangaroo court”, six faithful Catholics, not even allowed to have lawyers, were convicted of causing social disturbance and sentenced by the “People’s Court” of Cam Le district, South Central Vietnam on Oct 27. … Continue reading
Catholic Online: The new Speaker of the House will be John Boehner of Ohio. He is a faithful Catholic who fully understands the teaching of his Church and has earned a consistent 100% Pro-Life score from the National Right to … Continue reading
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
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