In his last game he doubled in two in the first and missed a homer but a foot in the fifth. I am adding Lowell to my list of athletes with class. He was an A-1 act. ESPN Boston: When … Continue reading
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A Man and His Rosary Sixty Years Every Day
Catholic San Francisco Online: Charles Lee is never far from a rosary. There are three or four on an end table next to his recliner. He keeps one on a kitchen cabinet and a few more next to his bed. … Continue reading
Joe Sobran, RIP
We are saddened by the news that Joe Sobran has died. Mr. Sobran was an eloquent writer and gifted thinker whom we were privileged to have speak at one of our Saint Benedict Center conferences. I was informed by a … Continue reading
“Artist’s” Exhibit in Brazil Promotes Assassination of Pope and Other Leaders Deemed “Enemies”
CNA reports: The Archdiocese of Sao Paulo has called on Brazil’s Public Ministry to intervene in the Sao Paulo Art Biennial and remove an exhibit by artist Gil Vicente that depicts the assassination of various world leaders, including Pope Benedict … Continue reading
Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion Says Rome Never Held Universal Primacy
So much for the Russian Orthodox participation in the dialogue. Prior to this objection the Greek Orthodox Church had agreed with Rome that, at least in the first millennium, the Roman See held primacy in the universal Church. Phil Lawler … Continue reading
North Dakota Bishop Leads Faithful in Protest and Reparation at Abortion Clinic
CNA reports: In time for the upcoming Respect Life Month of October, Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, North Dakota presided over an annual Mass and led a procession over 700 people to a local abortion clinic last Sunday, encountering oppositional … Continue reading
Last Call for the 2010 SBC Conference
Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my calves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the marriage (Matt. 22:4). Our conference is all ready. … Continue reading
Auriesville Pilgrims Return Just as the Holy Father Praises the Importance of Pilgrimages to Holy Shrines
The day after our pilgrims returned from their three day seventy-mile pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Eight North American Martyrs, Pope Benedict addressed the 2nd World Conference on the Pastoral Care of Pilgrimages and Shrines with enthusiastic words about … Continue reading
“Pazienza!” Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization Has a Head But So Far That’s It
Catholic News Service: In June, Pope Benedict XVI announced he was establishing a major Vatican agency to deal with “new evangelization” in traditionally Christian countries. The pope’s initiative was seen as a bold stroke in the church’s ongoing effort to … Continue reading
After 17 Years Five Time Catholic All-Star Finally Going to the Playoffs
Go Mike Sweeney and the Philadelphia Phillies! Catholic Online: After seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball, the five-time All Star has finally reached the playoffs for the first time. The Advisory Chairman of Catholic Athletes for Christ told Catholic Online: … Continue reading
Seminarians Speak of Trials and Fortitude in Coping With Public Contempt and Mockery
It’s not hard to imagine the kind of trials these young men, being called to the priesthood today, have to endure. What is hard is to put oneself in their shoes and empathize. It must take great fortitude to wear … Continue reading
The Unjust Excommunication of Bl. Mary McKillop
The religious foundress scheduled to be canonized on October 17 as Australia’s first saint was unjustly excommunicated by her bishop. So much has been known for a long time. It is claimed now that documents support the assertion that Blessed … Continue reading
Top UK Bishop Tells BBC English Bishops Purposely Did Not Condemn Homosexual Civil Unions
And this right after the Holy Father’s visit. Archbishop Vincent Nichols went to say that “our passion” is to fight against poverty. Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark strongly disagrees with the Westminster Archbishop’s statements, which are recorded on LifeSite News … Continue reading
140th Anniversary of the Fall of Papal Rome
Elizabeth Lev has an interesting article in Zenit News on the events that reunited Italy as a kingdom in the second half of the nineteenth century and the role of the anti-Catholic freemason, Garibaldi, in wresting the Eternal City from … Continue reading
Some Wyoming Ranchers Don’t Want Monks for Neighbors, Oppose Building
Catholic Online reports: By the very definition, a monastery is one of spiritual calm and contemplation. Inhabited by monks who eschew the outside world in its entirety, monasteries are places of quiet servitude. It’s not without certain irony that a … Continue reading
