The Chinese Communists know no mercy; they are cruel and vindictive to the core. Chen Guangcheng’s “house arrest” is almost as bad as prison. LifeNews reports: Chen Guangcheng, the blind attorney who stood up for thousands of men and women … Continue reading
Brother Leopoldo (1866-1956) could be seen on the streets, barefoot, looking up to heaven with the rosary in his hand. In this way he attracted the attention and help of people passing by. Every time he received alms he prayed … Continue reading
Zenit News: “Dear brothers and sisters, on Thursday I will travel to the United Kingdom, where I will proclaim Cardinal John Henry Newman blessed,” he said. “I ask everyone to accompany me with prayer on this apostolic voyage. To the … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Noting a profound demographic shift among different generations of Catholics in the United States, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate has found that 54% of “millennial generation” Catholics (born in 1982 or later) are Hispanics, … Continue reading
Zenit reports: The archbishop of Milan is calling for holiness in every aspect of society, even politics and economics. Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi made this appeal Wednesday while addressing the faithful of the Ambrosian Church. The Ambrosian rite is celebrated mainly … Continue reading
Seems like great fun, and a heavy haul to boot. Rorate Caeli reports: Recently, about 60 men of Father’s parish “ran with the saints” as the high point for the parish’s two-day fiesta, in honor of St. Anne. According to … Continue reading
In a pastoral letter Bishop Samuel Aquila asks all diocesan priests to encourage parishioners to join them in an hour of prayer outside North Dakota’s one abortion clinic for the Forty Days of Life Crusade. Catholic Culture reports: “The 40 … Continue reading
Founded in Kingston by Jamaican Father Richard Ho Lung in 1981, the brothers of the Missionaries of the Poor number more than 550 members, serving the world’s most destitute in eight countries. Their mission, according to one Catholic website, is … Continue reading
LA’s new Co-Adjutor Archbishop, José Gomez, celebrated the Mass. Our hopes for a Catholic change in Los Angeles are mightily crushed. It’s business as usual. Ex-Governor, Attorney General Jerry Brown, “Catholic” champion of anti-Catholic agenda, was ecstatic: “It’s pretty energetic … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: An estimated 4,000 Vietnamese Catholics in three northwestern provinces are defying local government bans on public religious activities and are gathering to pray in homes. Read more here.
Accessibility. While closing their killing mills in many suburban locations, the murderous empire of death is using Buffet (et. al.) funding to build bigger centers in the cities and to train more baby killers in med schools, doctors who’ve no … Continue reading
This inspiring conference has just concluded in Korea. In its letter to Pope Benedict the participants affirm: “Asia thirsts for the living water that only Jesus can give.” More here.
Catholic Culture’s Phil Lawler cites Terry Mattingly’s raising of an interesting question on Get Religion website: The Patriarch of Constantinople is the leading figure in the Orthodox world, the “first among equals” of the Orthodox patriarchs. So it is no … Continue reading
These are the strongest words I have yet read from the retired Archbishop of Hong Kong. He is clearly fed up with the Vatican’s policy of compromise with the enemy. Here’s a clip: We say: “What the [Communist] Party wants … Continue reading
The man must have been deranged. Some at the shrine thought he was a laicized priest. In any even the unholy reaction gives evidence that Communion in the hand lends itself to the diabolic. Let us pray that the Holy … Continue reading
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