Catholic Culture reports: Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass ad orientem on December 1, in the Pauline Chapel at the apostolic palace. The chapel had been renovated earlier this year, with the altar moved to allow the priest to celebrate Mass … Continue reading
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Vatican Receives Blessed Karl’s Son as “His Royal Imperial Highness”
Catholic Culture reports: Today the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI met with “His Royal Imperial Highness Otto von Hapsburg, archduke of Austria.” The Vatican protocol office thereby conferred upon the Austrian visitor a title that he himself had renounced. … Continue reading
NY Times Op-Ed Plugs Latin Mass
Who would’ve thought that you’d ever see an article in the NY Times giving a critical review of the New Mass and its principal architect? Well, in yesterday’s paper there it was. Here’s the lede of Kenneth Wolfe’s editorial opinion … Continue reading
Spanish Bishops Conference Forbids Anti-Life Catholic Politicians from Receiving Communion
MADRID, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Today the Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Episcopal Conference issued a statement saying that politicians who vote for a proposed law liberalizing abortion in Spain place themselves in an “objective state of sin and, … Continue reading
European Union Draft Resolution Aims at Denying Rights to Pro-Life Health Workers
Catholic Online reports: The resolution has two main objectives: the first – to push for further access to abortion as a “Human Right” – the second: to limit the possibility for individual health care providers and institutions “to refuse to … Continue reading
Leading Swiss Bishop Advocating Married Priesthood
Catholic Culture reports: The bishop who will assume the leadership of the nation’s episcopal conference next year is calling for the ordination of married men to the priesthood and says that most of the nation’s bishops support him. Bishop Norbert … Continue reading
Rhode Island Governor Says Kennedy’s Remarks Are “Outrageous”
CNA post is here.
Australian Bishop Renegs on Planned “Ordination” of Anglican Men and Women “Deacons” in a Catholic Church
What insanity! The men cannot be validly ordained either in the Anglican rite, and even if they could, to have such an ordination in a Catholic church would be sacrilegious. Catholic Culture reports: Under pressure from the Vatican, an Australian … Continue reading
Hacked emails Reveal Conspiracy to Exclude Findings Refuting Global Warming Claims
This is a huge embarrassment to scientists who are trying to accelerate the global warming agenda. Wall Street Journal: The scientific community is buzzing over thousands of emails and documents — posted on the Internet last week after being hacked … Continue reading
Bishops of England and Wales Form Commission for Reception of Anglican Converts
CNA reports: The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have set up a commission to help as many as 200 Anglican congregations join the Catholic Church under the new Apostolic Constitution. John Broadhurst, the Anglican Bishop of Fulham and chairman … Continue reading
Catholic Bioethicist Interviewed About Comatose Cases
In light of the Rom Houben case, John Haas, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, was interviewed here with CNA.
For 23 Years They Thought He Was Comatose; He Wasn’t, Now He Can Communicate
This is astounding. Please share this story. LifeNews reports: After he was the victim of an automobile accident, doctors said 23-year-old Rom Houben was in a comatose state and unable to communicate with those around him. Now, 23 years later, … Continue reading
New Push to Nationalize Education Standards
Lee Duigon,writing for The Chacedon Foundation website, reports: The plan, warns the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), is “to potentially eliminate virtually all state control over the education system and centralize education in Washington, D. C., through nationalized standards, … Continue reading
22,000 Students Come to Kansas City for Eucharistic Procession and Conference
Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City – St. Joseph led 22,000 high school students from across the nation in a Eucharistic procession in Kansas City on November 20. The students had traveled to the Missouri city for the National Catholic … Continue reading
Belgian PM Selected as First President of EU
Meanwhile President Obama is sending a delegation to the International Criminal Court at the Hague. World Net Daily reports: European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first “president of Europe” Thursday, edging out former British … Continue reading