CNA reports: The 400th anniversary celebration of a Nova Scotian chief’s baptism will be held next week. His baptism, along with others from the Mi’kmaq people represent the first conversions to the Roman Catholic Church in the area. The celebration … Continue reading
Telegraph uk.co: Monsignor Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, bishop of Locri Gerace in Calabria, spoke out after more than 300 alleged mobsters – including the 80-year-old “Godfather” Domenico Oppedisano – were arrested in a police blitz earlier this month. Surveillance footage released … Continue reading
I don’t know why everyone can’t just go along and get along. Rorate Caeli reports: Brussels is to hold an EU summit with atheists and freemasons in the autumn, inviting them to a political dialogue parallel to the annual summit … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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