The Latin Patriarch, who also heads Caritas Jerusalem, a Catholic Aid Agency, said in an interview with Zenit News published last Friday: “The Gaza siege needs to be lifted . . . No people should have to undergo this. The … Continue reading
The Latin Patriarch, who also heads Caritas Jerusalem, a Catholic Aid Agency, said in an interview with Zenit News published last Friday: “The Gaza siege needs to be lifted . . . No people should have to undergo this. The … Continue reading
Here’s a clip giving more of John H. Garvey’s philosophy from today’s CNA article: In a 2002 letter, Garvey tried to allay concern that Boston College’s Catholic identity will require “a certain orthodoxy,” claiming that “no school that regulates ideas … Continue reading
AsiaNews reports: Gaza (AsiaNews) – Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip and its occupation of Palestinian territories “are a source of humiliation for the [Palestinian] people”, and “undermine people’s lives”, said Fr Manawel Musallam, former parish priest at the Holy … Continue reading
LifeNews reports: June 15, 2010 – A June 13th rally organized by pro-life and religious groups in the Kenyan capital Nairobi was bombed twice, killing 6 people and injuring more than 100. The police have not identified any motive for … Continue reading
When considering current events, the Fatima-minded among us like to keep in mind the fact that the Virgin’s revelations and requests to Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia have not yet been fulfilled. She said that if Russia were not converted, that … Continue reading
Sources report that Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, will not be made Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops after all. Two reasons are listed: 1) bad health, and 2) a false charge of sexual impropriety that was investigated years … Continue reading
Retired president Father David M. O’Connell, recently consecrated Bishop of Trenton, NJ, will not like the fact that his successor, John H. Garvey, dean of Boston College Law School, was a three-time financial contributor (public record has $1750 total) for … Continue reading
LifeNews reports: Assisted suicide crusader Jack Kevorkian tells CNN in a new interview that he has no regrets about killing more than 100 people in assisted suicides. He also told medical correspondent and physician Sanjay Gupta that he regrets his … Continue reading
LifeNews reports: The Clinton presidential library today released tens of thousands of new memos authored by or mentioning Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. One in particular shows Kagan doing everything possible to provide strategy and political cover for former President … Continue reading
Just for the record: homosexuality is a disorder and it can be cured. (See the web site of NARTH for more information.) There is also a strong connection between homosexuality and the molestation cases we hear of in the Church … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: In a quiet May 27 vote, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 15-12 to permit abortions at US military hospitals. The provision is now an amendment to an 852-page bill which, if approved, will repeal the military’s … Continue reading
CatholicOnline reports: While priests from 110 different countries listened attentively, Cardinal Meisner insisted that the priest must experience both sides of the confessional screen as a dedicated confessor and as humble penitent. He must patiently dedicate many hours to the … Continue reading
This is a Zenit reprint from their Column God’s Men by Traci Osuna. Here is a clip: “We’ve probably trained several hundred priests, at least, in the last three years since “Summorum Pontificum,” just in our North American district. A … Continue reading
Of course Hawking throws all religions into the same heap, ignoring the fact that there can only be one true religion. True religion and true science are complementary, which anyone knows who has studied the history of the Catholic Church. … Continue reading
You can always trust the Communists to be Communists. Catholic Culture reports: Government authorities in Ordos City, a city of 1.6 million in northern China, demolished the city’s only parish on June 7 in order to make way for a … Continue reading
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