Rueters: Kenyan police halted a gay wedding on the Indian Ocean coast on Friday and arrested several suspected homosexuals, police said. Full story here.
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More on Pro-Life, Pro-Family Catholic Laura Chinchilla, President-Elect of Costa Rica
Catholic OnLine’s Deacon Fournier reports with commentary here.
English College in Rome Hosts Exhibit on Martyred Priests of the Tudor Persecutions
Forty-four priests, graduates of this college, were martyred between 1581-1679. Among the many things on display are records of Protestant spies who infiltrated the college in order to gather the names of the Catholic seminarians who, after ordination, were going … Continue reading
And You Thought Joseph Smith’s Magical Crystal Glasses Were Weird
Catholic Online reports: The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953 by science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard as an extension of his self-help book Dianetics. That book claimed that all of a person’s psychological problems can be traced back … Continue reading
Costa Rican President-Elect Promises to Uphold Christian Values
After her election, Laura Chinchilla went to Our Lady of the Angels shrine to thank the Blessed Mother for the victory. CNA reports: Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Urena of Costa Rica sent his greetings to the country’s first female president, Laura … Continue reading
The Pontifical Academy for Life and a ‘False Compassion’
Its president, Archbishop Fisichella, no longer has the trust of some of its members. All because of one of his articles published in “L’Osservatore Romano,” approved by the secretariat of state. The scholar Michel Schooyans’ broadside against the false “compassion” … Continue reading
Tebow Ad, Nothing Much There, No Mention of Abortion
Phil Lawler of Catholic Culture: That’s it? That?! Two weeks of internet obsession, and the Tim Tebow ad was over in 30 seconds. It was nice. Read more here.
Diabolical Video Games Get Explicitly Diabolic
Susan Brinkmann of Women of Grace website reports: A long-time video gamer and devout Catholic is sounding the alarm about a new breed of satanically-themed video games that target God and the Catholic Church, invite players to make pacts with … Continue reading
Cardinal Gives Strong Criticism of Some Religious Orders’ Abandonment of Catholic Mission
Here’s a quote from Catholic Culture’s post. Cardinal [Franc]Rode also described the post-Vatican II era of religious life as “rich in experimentation but poor in robust and convincing mission.” Read more here with link.
Cardinal Zen Defends Underground Suffering Church in China, Opposes Union With CCPA
I was glad to see this news item, because there was a lot of confusion even among the true Catholic bishops hidden in China. Zen’s message does clarify things regarding the Holy Father’s message to the Catholics of China. Catholic … Continue reading
Tim Tebow Not the First Football Star to Make a Pro-Life Video
In 1986, after their 39-20 defeat of the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl, six star players for the New York Giants contributed to a highlight video of the game and at the end of the video they each spoke … Continue reading
Admiral Mullen Head of Joint Chiefs of Staff Abandons Common Sense on Gays in Military
What an unworthy successor to the great General Peter Pace. Mullen wants to lift the prohibition barring open homosexuals from serving in the armed forces. 1050 generals and admirals oppose him. They’ve sent an open letter to the president asking … Continue reading
Do We Need a New “Study” to Tell Us What We’ve Known for Fifty Plus Years?
Sometimes you just want to throw up your hands. Hey, we went through it in the 60s and 70s and 80s. Send your beloved son or daughter to a typical “Catholic” college and forget about having a “Catholic” young man … Continue reading
Atheist Writer Sam Harris Ups the Ante in New Book Attacking Christianity
Benjamin D. Wiker reviews for Crisis magazine the latest atheist apologia: Letter to a Christian Nation. Inside Catholic provides the article. Here’s a clip: “As the title makes clear, however, Harris is not aiming his barbs at Islam in this … Continue reading
American Scholar Posts Article in Israeli Haaretz Lauding Pius XII’s Anti-Nazi Efforts
Zenit News: Dmitri Cavalli: “Perhaps only in a backward world such as ours would the one man who did more than any other wartime leader to help Jews and other Nazi victims, receive the greatest condemnation.” Read more here.
