In addition to its beautiful new Western-Iconographic crucifix, the New Hampshire college has a once-a-week Latin Mass. Recently, Thomas More also announced a $250.000 commuter scholarship for students from New England.
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Anglican Church in America Formally Requests Unity with the Holy See
The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America, the American Province of the Traditional Anglican Communion, have issued a press release concerning their formal petition for union with the Catholic Church under the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution … Continue reading
Catholic Education Assoc. Keynote Speaker a Pro-Abort Humorist
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
It’s Raining Fish in the Outback
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
Chicago Archdiocese Opens Canonization Cause for American Priest Born into Slavery
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
‘Catholic’ University Law Schools Push for Confirmation of Rabid Pro-Abortionist Dawn Johnsen
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
Annunciation Forum to be Held in Rome to Consider Defining Fifth Marian Doctrine
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
Iraq’s Dechristianization Continues
“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
Spain’s Bishops Conference Says King Will Not Be Excommunicated If He signs New Abortion Law
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
Confessions Are Not Valid Over the Telephone
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.
Catholic Lawyers of Argentina Battle Buenos Aires Judge for Allowing Homosexual ‘Marriage’
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
Vatican Spokesman Warns of Increasing Violence Against Christians in Many Countries
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
Father and Two Brothers of Catholic Priest Murdered in Iraq in Their Own Home
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.
Blesseds André and Mary MacKillop Will Be Joined by a Princess in October Canonization
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
54% of Texas Hispanics Identify Themselves as Conservative, But . . .
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.
