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
The Israeli government has not said whether or not the 88 inhabitants will be compensated. Another example of Israeli persecution of non-Jews. Just call the buildings “illegal” and then you can destroy them. It happens all the time in Israel. … Continue reading
Here is a clip from the AsiaNews.it report: Beirut (AsiaNews) – In all likelihood the “Mariam”, the Arabic name of Mary, has not yet left the Lebanese port where it is berthed. The ship is carrying a group of Christian … Continue reading
Zenit News: Lucía Lozano Garrido says the greatest gift God has ever given her was seeing her brother beatified. Full article is here.
Thanks to Rorate Caeli for posting the fact: The definitive translation of the Bible in English by the scholars of the English College in Douai was completed 400 years ago, in 1610, with the publication of the final volume of … Continue reading
Here’s a clip of Father’s interview with CNA : “One of the purposes of the book,” he noted, “was to take back the proper understanding of exorcism by placing it squarely in the context of the Church’s pastoral ministry.” In … Continue reading
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