LifeSite News reports: The National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) has invited Garrison Keillor, a pro-abortion, pro-gay “marriage” Episcopalian, as a keynote speaker at the group’s annual convention. Keillor, well-known as a humorist and host of A Prairie Home Companion, has … Continue reading
Catholic Online reports: Hundreds of spangled perch fell on the town of Lajamanu, population of 650. “These fish fell in the hundreds and hundreds all over the place. The locals were running around everywhere picking them up,” resident Christine Balmer. … Continue reading
CNA reports: Fr. Augustus Tolton, a man born into slavery who became the first American diocesan priest of African descent, is now being considered for canonization. Cardinal Francis George announced on Monday that the nineteenth century priest’s cause for sainthood … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily reports: Faculty members from law schools at three Catholic universities in California are among the signers of a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging the confirmation of former NARAL lawyer Dawn Johnsen as assistant attorney … Continue reading
Zenit reports: During 2009, cardinals and bishops from every continent have petitioned Benedict XVI to consider promulgating the dogma of Mary’s spiritual Maternity under its three essential aspects as co-redemptrix, mediatrix of all graces, and advocate. This came after five … Continue reading
“The United Nations estimated that 683 Christians fled Mosul between February 20 and February 27. Chaldean Catholic Bishop Emil Shimoun Nona of Mosul estimated that ‘about 400 families’ had left the city’s community of 4,000 Christians.” This disheartening data comes … Continue reading
Catholic News Service: If King Juan Carlos of Spain signs a new law easing restrictions on abortion, as he is constitutionally required, the country’s bishops will not take action against him, the general secretary of the Spanish bishops’ conference said. … Continue reading
Zenit reports: “For the faithful Catholic,” the spokesman clarified, “[confession] has a sacramental meaning which requires the effective presence of a priest.” Full article here.
CNA reports: The Corporation of Catholic Lawyers is appealing the decision of a Buenos Aires judge which, on Tuesday, allowed two gay men to marry in the Argentinean capital. The lawyers assert that her ruling violates the country’s current laws … Continue reading
CNA reports: Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi reflected on current anti-Christian persecution in his recent appearance on a weekly television show. Religious minorities, he said, suffer because of the “hate and violence” that religious extremism generates. Thinking of recent examples … Continue reading
CNA reports: The persecution of Christians in Iraq escalated on Tuesday, as three relatives of a Syro-Catholic priest were killed in their own home in the city of Mosul. Full story here.
Zenit reports: The nuns of the Poor Clare convent nestled in the eastern Italian town of Camerino are expecting the canonization of a princess of the region to have universal repercussions. The rest of the story of Blessed Camilla Battista … Continue reading
Dallas News reports: AUSTIN – A bent to conservatism and family makes Hispanics a promising pool of votes for Republicans, but the party’s targeting of illegal immigrants has withered its attraction.Read more from this polling report here.
I have heard that even the public buses in Malta have a statue of Our Lady on the driver’s dashboard. CNA reports: In preparation for Pope Benedict’s coming visit to Malta, the Holy See has released some numbers concerning the … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Catholic relief agencies in 40 nations have received $198 million in donations from individuals and $36 million pledges from governments and other institutions to assist Haitian earthquake victims, according to Caritas Internationalis, the international consortium of Catholic … Continue reading
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