Israelis “secure’” the Holy Land. Palestinian Christians cannot enter. No visas to their own land. Reuters: As a boy growing up in Jerusalem, Yacoub Dahdal saw Christians from all over the Middle East converge on the city at Easter time … Continue reading
Catholic Exchange reports: The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb are a contemplative religious community in France that enables girls with Down syndrome to respond to a religious vocation. The tiny community, founded in 1985 and based in Le Blanc, … Continue reading
Abbot Gabriel, one of the early members of Saint Benedict Center and the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, passed away on Saturday, March 27, 2010. We have had a Mass offered, for the repose of his soul, in … Continue reading
Catholic Online reports: Bishop Thomas Tobin, the leader of Rhode Island´s Roman Catholics, took a personal lead in the 40 Days For Life Lenten campaign last Friday, joining his flock and other Christians in two peaceful pro-life demonstrations at Rhode … Continue reading
We are indeed living in strange times! One of the various resurrections of the officially defunct organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Pravda Online, has come to the defense of the Roman Pontiff. The article is translated … Continue reading
Pat Buchanan has a very good commentary on Netanyahu’s recent address to AIPAC. It can be read here.
LifeSite News reports: About 55,000 people in the cities of Lima, Arequipa el Corso, and Piura marched to express their opposition to the distribution of the abortion-inducing “morning after pill” in Peru last week. However, the Peruvian media virtually ignored … Continue reading
Father Dwight Longenecker cuts through much of the wrong thinking on the present scandal with a no-nonsense digest of brief, commonsensical observations. Among other shattered taboos is the sodomite connection. “Most of the cases of euphebophilia [that’s what most of … Continue reading
This is an amazing story of both a conversion and a cure, allegedly through the intercession of Mother Theresa of Calcutta. Whether Mother Theresa was really involved is up to the Church to judge; the conversions are the important part. … Continue reading
CNA reports: Shareholders of PepsiCo should vote for a shareholder proposal that the food, drink and snack company disclose its standards for donating over $75 million in corporate assets to controversial groups such as those advocating homosexual causes, an ex-gay … Continue reading
Such is the situation in some hospitals in England. A nurse’s tiny crucifix, which she has worn around her neck since her confirmation, is suddenly a “health and safety issue,” a dangerous piece of jewelry. Shirley Chaplin has refused to … Continue reading
Diogenes has the scoop here.
This is almost Clintonesque. Yes, there are so many other liturgical abuses, but I’d like to see Bishop Dewane wipe this one out with no “ifs,” “ands,” or, “but’s.” Catholic Culture reports: Prompting anger from feminists, including an “ordained” woman, … Continue reading
Life News reports: Unable to overcome a bipartisan filibuster against her nomination to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, President Barack Obama used a weekend recess appointment to give Chair (sic) Feldblum a one-year term on the commission. The … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: The February 27 earthquake that killed hundreds and damaged over a half million homes has also left one million of Chile’s Catholics without a place of worship, according to the Chilean episcopal conference. The earthquake and subsequent … Continue reading
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