CNA reports: Spanish soccer star David Silva, who played on the nation’s winning World Cup team is spending the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel thanking her for the victory last Sunday in South Africa. Full report here.
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Killer Drones and the Pesky Question of Ethics
In an informative article on “killer drones,” Nat Hentoff asks, “Where’s the accountability?” Where indeed. Modern warfare seems bent on shedding all ethical restraint, from the distinction between combatant and non-combatant, to the defining of clear objectives and exit strategy, … Continue reading
Holy Father Reflects on Necessity of Prayer to Give Meaning to Active Life
For his noon day Angelus from Castel Gandolfo Pope Benedict discoursed on Our Lord’s words to Saint Martha in Sunday’s Gospel: Zenit reports: Dear Friends, as I said, this Gospel passage is very important at vacation time, because it recalls … Continue reading
Converse About Whatever You Will But You Can’t Say a Prayer on Grounds Outside Supreme Court
That’s the Law! Well, it isn’t yet the law, exactly. Nevertheless, Supreme Court police took issue with some evangelicals who, in a conversational tone of voice, were praying on the grounds outside the court. Apparently, you could stand there in … Continue reading
‘Catholic’ Argentina Crumbles to Homosexual Agenda, First in L.A. to Legalize Same Sex ‘Marriage’
A homosexual activist summed it up poignantly: “Today’s historic vote shows how far Catholic Argentina has come [fallen], from dictatorship to true democratic values, and how far the freedom to marry movement has come, as twelve countries on four continents … Continue reading
Three of Spain’s Soccer Champs Promised to Make Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
How coincidental is this! Eleonore Villarrubia just sent in an article of the subject of “Pilgrimages,” in which she highlights that of the shrine of Saint James the Greater in Spain and the penitential walk along the Camino de Santiago … Continue reading
New Norms on Grave Delicts Committed by Clerics
The Holy See has published new legal norms for handling clerical abuse of minors and other “exceptionally serious” crimes committed by clerics. Added to the list is the attempted ordination of a woman. This last is already the cause of … Continue reading
Cardinal Joins 200,000 Protesters in Buenos Aires to Rally Against Assault on Marriage and Family
CNA reports: An unprecedented 200,000 Argentineans from across the country gathered outside Argentina’s capitol building last Friday to defend the family and traditional marriage. The protesters also expressed opposition to a measure that would legalized same-sex “marriage” and adoption. Read … Continue reading
Medjugorje ‘Visionaries’ Will Have to Reveal ‘Secrets’ to Vatican Commission
From what I understand that’s a lot of ‘secrets.’ The ‘seers’ are going to have to get together soon and get their stories straight. Can’t have any contradictory ‘secrets.’ I wish I could sit in on that pow-wow. Catholic Culture … Continue reading
Only a Fool Would Have Believed Obama’s Promise to the Contrary, Health Care Now Covering Abortion
LifeNews reports: The Obama administration has officially approved the first instance of taxpayer funded abortions under the new national government-run health care program. This is the kind of abortion funding the pro-life movement warned about when Congress considered the bill. … Continue reading
Very Young Female Soldiers in Israel Can Spot and Shoot Suspicious Gazans Using Office Computer
Yes, now we have the latest in killing from the comfort zone. Mount machine guns on the electric fence, scan the territory on your surveillance camera, scope in on suspicious looking characters near “the fence,” and by remote give a … Continue reading
Israel Caging in Palestinians With 16 Foot-High Electric “Security” Fence
“It is the only village in the West Bank that will be completely surrounded by the wall,” Willow Heske, of the Oxfam humanitarian group says. Heske is among the international community that is making sure that the villager’s concerns are … Continue reading
Enemies of the Pre-Born Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Ginsburg Rally for Pro-Infanticide Elena Kagan
LifeNews reports: Last week, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she is confident the Supreme Court will never overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that resulted in unlimited abortions in the United States. She said doing so would hurt poor people … Continue reading
Romano Amerio Defends Tradition from the Grave
Sandro Magister brings our attention to the volume Zibaldone, a posthumously published work of the great Swiss-Italian Philosopher, Romano Amerio. The work is edited by Amerio’s student, Professor Enrico Maria Radaelli, whom we have mentioned on this site before. Like … Continue reading
Every Sunday the Rosary is Broadcast Publicly Before Mass Over the Village Loudspeakers. Where?
The village of Liuhecun, China. Writing for Ignatius Insight, author Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D., recounts his experience visiting this astounding oasis of vibrant Catholicism in rural Shanxi province, China. Population 7000. Over 90% Catholic. Here’s a clip: “One of the … Continue reading
