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.
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Catholic Ceremony Excluded From State Affairs But Bolivian President Welcomes “Ancestral Blessing” Rite
CNA reports: Constitutional, political and social analysts noted recently that the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, violated the constitution he himself signed into existence by celebrating a pre-Colombian “ancestral blessing” rite. Bolivia’s constitution states in article four that the State … Continue reading
New Constitution of Dominican Republic Defends Life From Conception Until Natural Death
President Leonel Fernandez is jubilant. Catholic Culture reports: After seven months of congressional debate, the Dominican Republic has implemented a new constitution which defends life “from conception to natural death.” More can be read here.
Queen Sends Her Lord Chamberlain to Confer with Catholic Archbishop About Anglicanorum Coetibus
Interesting. She is, after all, the head of the Anglican Church of England. Catholic Culture reports: After the release of Anglicanorum Coetibus last November, Queen Elizabeth II sent her Lord Chamberlain to speak with Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster, to … Continue reading
Pope Sneaks Out to Catch Last Day of Patron Saints of Europe Exbibit
Catholic News Service: Pope Benedict XVI left the Vatican unannounced last evening to visit an art exhibit, according to reports today from Vatican Radio and L’Osservatore Romano. Yesterday marked the end of the four-month run of the exhibit, “The Power … Continue reading
God Bless Bishop Tobin of RI and “Keep the Heat On”
CNA reports: For many elderly or disabled individuals, winter is a unsettling time filled with depression brought on by escalating utility bills, social isolation and many other factors. “There is a fear factor in winter when you are alone,” began … Continue reading
Papal Preacher “Only in the Philippines Can These Things Happen”
Friday ended the five day Congress for priests in Manila, which is actually a retreat. 5500 priests attended. Catholic News Agency reports: The Philippines’ five-day Second National Congress of the Clergy (NCC II) ended on Friday after unexpectedly drawing more … Continue reading
Missionary Hero Returns to Philippines at Eighty
There are great men of God who refuse to die in a foreign environment. The foreign environment for this Irish missionary is his native land. After suffering for over a month as an abducted prisoner of Moslem rebels, a brief … Continue reading
Filippino Workers in Saudi Arabia Pressured to Convert to Islam to Keep Jobs
Catholic Culture reports: Filipino migrant workers employed in Saudi Arabia come under heavy pressure from their employers to convert to Islam, the AsiaNews service reports. There are an estimated 200,000 Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia, where many are required to … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood Not Only Kills Children in the Womb It’s Out to Kill Their Souls at Age of Ten
Catholic Culture reports: In its new report “Stand and Deliver,” the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is demanding that governments, religious institutions and society at large provide “comprehensive sexuality education” for children as young as ten years old. An IPPF … Continue reading
Exhausted Salesian Sisters Plead for More Help in Haiti
CNS reports: Sister Silvi Elie hasn’t eaten all day, and the tiredness shows on her face as she pleads with a Brazilian nongovernmental organization for some tents for the homeless families who have camped out on the patio of her … Continue reading
Addressing Roman Rota Pope Stresses Bond of True Charity and Justice and Indissolubility of Valid Marriage
Catholic News Service: Charity without justice is “only a forgery because charity requires that objectivity that is typical of justice and which must not be confused with inhumane coldness,” the pope said. Read full article here.
5500 of the Philippines 7000 Priests Make Communal Retreat This Week
From Intentional Disciples Blog: In this year of the priest – over 5,000 Filipino priests – more than 70% of the country’s 7,000 Catholic clergy – are going to be on retreat this week together with Fr. Ranierio Cantalamessa as … Continue reading
Sexual Behavior Is a Free Act of the Will Not an “Identity”
The European Union is pushing hard to criminalize any opposition to homosexual behavior. There, apparently, was enough opposition in the parliament to force a postponement on the voting for the measure. Zenit News interviewed Grégor Puppinck, director of the European … Continue reading
Quebec Government Declares War on Catholic Teaching About Homosexual Acts
Douglas Farrow of Catholic Civil Rights League: The Québec policy against homophobia was released in December with introductory fanfare from Premier Jean Charest and Justice Minister Kathleen Weil, who is officially “the minister responsible for the fight against homophobia.” It … Continue reading
