This is an inspiring story of a Chinese nun who takes care of 130 nuns from another order in the Philippines. She converted at the age of sixteen and is now seventy-six. What she says of her conversion is all … Continue reading
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Monkey Smuggler Acted “Nervous” at Airport, Better Update Your Brilliant Caper List
This one is going to be hard to beat for the numero uno spot on the dumb criminals list. I’m still trying to get a mental picture of this: eighteen monkeys, each in a sock, tied around the man’s waist. … Continue reading
Protest the Pope Coalition Plans Rally in London During Papal Prayer Vigil
Catholic News Service reports: The British government has removed from its website a petition protesting Pope Benedict XVI’s Sept. 16-19 visit to England and Scotland. The petition had urged the British prime minister to dissociate the government from the pope’s … Continue reading
Uganda Seminarian Finds Way Home After Horrors of Military Enslavement
The following story is current and all too real. The brutality of the war in Uganda perpetrated by the Lord’s Resistance Army is almost beyond belief. Forty seminarians abducted at midnight, some beaten to death, the rest forced to be … Continue reading
Annual Portiuncula Plenary Indulgence, First Sunday of August
This year the first Sunday of August is also the first day of the month. To gain the indulgence one must go to confession during the eight days before or after August 1. The usual conditions apply: visit the Blessed … Continue reading
British Moslem MP Fears Islamic Website Will Incite Violence During Papal Visit
Here’s a clip from the Islamic Standard site: We at the Islamic Standard hope the Muslims of Birmingham take this duel opportunity to give Da’wah to these 80,000 travelling disbelievers, whilst at the same time telling the Pope in no … Continue reading
Billionaire Mogul Warren Buffett Giving Millions to Train More Doctors to Kill Pre-Born Babies
CNA reports from NYT article: “The money for the Ryan and the Family Planning Fellowship comes from one foundation and from one family,” writes [Emily] Bazelon. “The donor has chosen to remain anonymous, which helps to explain why there’s been … Continue reading
Head of SSPX Says Pope Offers Tridentine Mass in Private
Damian Thompson of Telegraph co.uk. has the scope: Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in private, according to the head of the Society of St Pius X, Bishop Bernard Fellay. Speaking at a … Continue reading
Argentina Prelates Denounce New Law as War Against God and Attack on Children
The Wednesday English edition of L’Osservatore Romano will carry the translation of an article attacking the government of Argentina for passing this same sex “marriage” law. Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio was quoted by the Vatican paper as … Continue reading
Another Inspiring Soccer Story, This One in Honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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.
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
