Dictators like Evo Morales don’t get into power without huge support from super wealthy anti-clericals whose god is money. How else can a man so fanatical as Morales and his comrade Chavez in Chile become president of a nation. I … Continue reading
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Communist Government Fining Vietnamese Catholics for Having More Than Two Children
Catholic Online reports: The communist government of Viet Nam is punishing couples with more than two children, a local Catholic news agency reports. Catholic villagers in Thua Thien-Hue province told the Union of Catholic Asian News they are being fined … Continue reading
Pope Benedict Fractures Wrist During Vacation
It was a minor fracture but it will prevent him from playing the piano, which he loves to do, to relax. At the hospital the Holy Father insisted on waiting his turn for treatment. CWN reports: Pope Benedict XVI broke … Continue reading
Tribute to a Modern Day Martyr Fr. Thomas Pandippally
Deacon Keith Fournier: “After the terrible death of Fr. Thomas our missionaries as well as others in the surrounding area live in fear, and they all need our support especially in the form of prayers. Our heritage is that of … Continue reading
Hindu Terrorists Threaten to Bomb Christians Out of Nepal
Rome, Italy, Jul 16, 2009 / 12:37 pm (CNA).- Following the recent bomb attack on the Cathedral of the Assumption, which was attributed to the Hindu group Nepal Defense Army, extremists are now threatening priests and religious in Nepal with … Continue reading
Soccer Great Pele Denounces Violence and Greed Afflicting the Sport
This is a great interview that the famous Brazilian soccer player had with L’Osservatore Romano. He spoke of the traditional values his father instilled in him and of his great honor in having a private audience with three popes, including … Continue reading
South African Convert Martyred for Opposing Witchcraft and Witch Hunts
CNA reports: The conclusion of a five-year diocesan inquiry has advanced the beatification cause of a South African man who was murdered as a “genuine martyr” after a life of resisting witchcraft and condemning murderous witch hunts. Full story here.
“Catholic” Surgeon General Nominee Does Support Obama’s Abortion Policy
CWN reports: The White House has assured abortion advocates that the president’s nominee for surgeon general shares the adminstration’s position on abortion. Dr. Regina Benjamin, a board member of the Catholic Health Association, “supports the president’s position on reproductive health … Continue reading
Archbishop Chaput Warns About the “Soft Imperialism” of the Media and Their Techniques
This was a very informative talk that the Archbishop gave to Legatus, a group of Catholic businessmen. He presents a very good analysis of how the media, by a continuum of rapid sound bytes pasted by video clips chosen by … Continue reading
Terrorists Bomb Four Baghdad Churches, Kill Seven Injure Thirty
CNA reports: More than 40 people were killed or injured in renewed attacks on Christians in Baghdad on Sunday. Shortly after 7:00 on Sunday evening, a car bomb exploded in front of the gates of St. Mary’s Chaldean Catholic Church … Continue reading
New U.S. Surgeon General Another Pro-Abortion “Catholic”?
CWN reports: President Barack Obama has nominated Dr. Regina Benjamin, a member of the board of trustees of the Catholic Health Association, as United States surgeon general. The founder and CEO of a rural Alabama health clinic, Dr. Benjamin was … Continue reading
Canonization Miracle for Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos?
Yes, we’re a bit behind the times on this one. A June 28, 2009 piece in the Baltimore Sun reports a possible miracle that could lead to the canonization of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos.
Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith Backs Brazilian Archbishop in Abortion Excommunications
Of particular significance in this letter is the reference to “the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death,” which would seem to support the traditional doctrine that unbaptized infants cannot have the beatific vision. CWN reports: … Continue reading
Obama to Present Pope With American Saint’s Stole
I don’t know what to say anymore. Baltimore, Md., Jul 9, 2009 / 03:10 pm (CNA).- When President Barack Obama visits the Holy Father tomorrow, he will present a stole worn by St. John Neumann, a 19th century Redemptorist priest … Continue reading
Justice Ginsburg On the Real Reason She Is So Pro-Abortion
Diogenes over at CWN is not going to let this outrageous admission, from a Supreme Court justice, slip under the radar. CWN reports: We all know– or ought to know, since the evidence is plentiful– that Margaret Sanger, the patron … Continue reading