Almost four million Christians have died in civil wars in Sudan in the past fifty years. The following article by Paul Jackson for Catholic Online provides an excellent analysis of the situation. Prayers are much needed for peace in this … Continue reading
Catholic Online reports: Last week, Bishop Broadhurst made an announcement which Damien Thompson, one of the most accurate sources on all things Catholic in the United Kingdom, referred to as an “Earthquake in Anglo-Catholicism” The Bishop announced that he will … Continue reading
World Net Daily: The city of Gilbert, Ariz., has ordered a group of seven adults to stop gathering for Bible studies in a private home because such meetings are forbidden by the city’s zoning codes. The issue was brought to … Continue reading
Catholic Online reports: The fact that the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County, California was in dire financial straits had been apparent over the past several years. Event cancellations, several employee layoffs and a noticeable drop in revenue were all seen … Continue reading
LifeSite News reports: I am at once a physician, a citizen and a woman, and I am not willing to stand aside and allow this concept of expendable human lives to turn this great land of ours into just another … Continue reading
Catholic Online reports: In a much anticipated announcement from Rome this morning, 24 names were chosen by Pope Benedict XVI to be elevated to the status of Cardinal in a consistory to be held within a month in Rome. Among them, … Continue reading
Diogenes of Catholic Culture reports: Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska is pushing for federal legislation requiring that women seeking late-term abortions be informed that the procedure causes pain for the unborn child. Approving the legislation, he says, is “an issue … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: “Not so long ago, we were warned that rising global population would inevitably bring world famine,” writes Phillip Longman in the November 2010 issue of Foreign Policy. “Because of the continuing fall in birth rates, humans will … Continue reading
I give thanks for the grace of being present when the Holy Father declared my patron, Brother André Bessette, CSC, to be a Saint. It happened in St. Peter’s Square this very morning. Thanks to the good graces of a … Continue reading
If there were many persons who didn’t watch on October 13 the television coverage from Chile of the rescue of the 33 miners who had been trapped below ground for more than two months, they missed some of the most … Continue reading
Here’s a clip from Catholic Culture website report: The “perennial discipline of the Church [has] prohibited the giving of Holy Communion or the granting of a Church funeral to those who persist after admonition in the grave violation of the … Continue reading
I don’t know of anything more indicative of Protestantism’s theology of “protest” than crosses without the Crucified, that and their rather ironic fear of the Sign of the Cross, which goes back to apostolic times. The statement below from the … Continue reading
All friends and supporters of Saint Benedict Center are hereby informed that Father David Phillipson has been appointed to serve at Saint Benedict Center, Richmond. Father has been granted faculties by the Bishop of Manchester to offer Mass and hear … Continue reading
The Christian Institute: International singing sensation Susan Boyle has revealed that she could have been aborted as a baby in her mother’s womb if her mum had followed doctors’ advice. Read more here.
Speaking of deacons, one blogger noted on Deacon Greg Kandra’s The Deacon’s Bench that the mining company for which the thirty-three men worked is called San Esteban (St. Stephen), the first martyr and a deacon. Too, Greg Hall, the engineer … Continue reading
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