It was an answer to the prayers of many, including Pope Benedict and Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued after seven years in captivity with the same revolutionaries. Betancourt said that this rescue owed its success to the Sacred Heart of … Continue reading
CatholicOnline has the LifeNews report: Under the bill, all groups subject to the law’s requirements – including most 501(c)4, 501(c)5, 501(c)6, and 527 groups – would have to list all donors of $600 or more with the Federal Election Commission … Continue reading
I figured this was just another one of many articles or books written in the past few years on the subject of true Catholic manhood. So, I was going to pass over Randy Sly’s interview with Father Richards. I’m glad … Continue reading
CNA has report from Zenit News: The decision of the European Court of Human Rights to ban the crucifix from Italian classrooms is a result of the encroachment of “secularist fundamentalism” and “Christianophobia,” says the former president of the Pontifical … Continue reading
Carlos Polo, Latin American correspondent for Population Reseach Institute, reports from Lima on the 40th General Assembly for Organization of American States: One of the participants of the event, a production sector representative, complained that event members showed clear preferences … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: “Because I believe in committed — I believe that committed gay and lesbian couples deserve the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country, I have called for Congress to repeal the so-called … Continue reading
The first series is of Cardinal Siri here and the second is from recent confirmations in the traditional Latin Rite with the Archbishop of Libreville in Gabon. Ad Gloriam Dei!
Zenit News: In what is thought to be the tomb of a Roman noblewoman in the Catacombs of St. Tecla, the oldest known images of the Apostles Andrew and John have been discovered. Read more here.
LifeNews reports: Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, was The Washington Post’s “On Faith” guest columnist on June 21. Predictably, she used the opportunity to bash the Catholic Church’s abortion policy. In “Should Church control access to … Continue reading
CatholicNews Service: Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the leader of a prominent U.S. bioethics think tank to the board of the Pontifical Academy for Life, a Vatican statement said June 22. Read more here.
With all the nasty reports in circulation these days, you’d think a weary Vatican PR team would snap at the opportunity for a change of pace. Here’s the recipe: a light, funny, personal-interest story, on a subject that Italian columnists … Continue reading
Encouraging news on liturgical reform out of Madison. And, yes, there’s resistance, from lay folk, one of whom protested, “To me, it seems like a step backward,” the priests’ approach is “quite different than we have become accustomed to.” Catholic … Continue reading
Bishop Athansius Schneider also wrote a book against Communion in the hand. Catholic Culture reports: In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need, the General Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference of Kazakhstan recounted the persecution Catholics endured in … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Amid escalating tensions between North and South Korea, the bishops of South Korea held a day of prayer and fasting on June 20 to prevent war. “War would be a terrible tragedy, and we want to prevent … Continue reading
LifeNews reports: The number of euthanasia cases in the Netherlands has increased and, last year, 2,636 Dutch people were killed by doctors. Some 80 percent of the cases involved physicians administering lethal drugs and patients returning home to die. Full … Continue reading
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