It’s “the Holidays,” so chipper good will, merriment, warm feelings, and all that good stuff are abounding.* Why, right now we’re even inclined to be a little ecumenical this time of year and admit that the Lutherans are on to … Continue reading
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37 Catholic Religious (30 Priests) Slain in 2009
Catholic Culture reports: The Congregation for Evangelization has published biographies of the 30 priests, two seminarians, two women religious, and three lay pastoral workers slain during 2009. Six were killed in Brazil, six in Colombia, four in the Democratic Republic … Continue reading
Hundreds of Thousands Rally Again in Madrid for Marriage, Family, Innocence and the Pre-Born
I believe this is now an annual event on account of the anti-Christian government’s attempts to undermine the moral law and the public expression of the Catholic Faith. Catholic Culture reports: At a huge outdoor Mass in Madrid for the … Continue reading
Health Care Reform Bill Is Communistic
Even if this bill had specifically stated that it would not fund abortion or contraception it would be treasonous to support it. Alan Caruba of CNS News.com reports: If you felt a frisson of fear on news that the Senate … Continue reading
Holy Scripture a Medium for Conversions to the Church in Shanghai
CNA reports: Many conversions are taking place in Shanghai, China, in part thanks to the encouragement of Bible reading and youth outreach programs. One convert’s story began in a classroom encounter with Catholicism and led to the conversion of another … Continue reading
Palestinian Christians Object to Israeli ‘Apartheid’
Their moving cri de coeur can be found at Kairos Palestine , and reported on CWN. Even western (especially American) Christian naivete (and theological error) in the matter is addressed: “…theologians in the West try to attach a biblical and … Continue reading
India: Avenging ‘Christian Elephants’?
In recent months, herds of wild elephants have begun to storm villages that are home to some of the worst persecutors of Christians during the troubles. In one village, where in August a year ago the Christians had to run for their lives while their homes were being destroyed by rioters, a herd of elephants emerged from the surrounding jungle exactly one year later, in July 2009, at the same time of the day of the attack.
These elephants first attacked a rock crusher machine owned by a key leader of the persecution movement. They then went on to destroy his house and farms. Continue reading
Jewish Leaders Criticize Declaration of Pius XII’s Heroic Virtue
CWN reports. Of course, they do not represent all Jews, but certain leaders have cared to opine venomously on this particular exercise the Supreme Pontiff’s charism of sanctifying the Catholic flock. The sad irony is that the “scientific” investigation some … Continue reading
Blessed Frère André to be Canonized
In a meeting today with the Prefect of the Congregtion for the Causes of Saints, Archbishop Angelo Amato, Pope Benedict XVI approved twenty-one decrees pertaining to canonizations, beatifications, and declarations of heroic virtue. Blessed André Bessette, the patron saint of … Continue reading
Outrageous Blasphemers Continue to Desecrate Doors at Last Supper Church Site
Asia News: Jerusalem (AsiaNews) – A further outrage was committed last night against the Franciscan church adjoining the Cenacle on Mount Zion, next to the Room of the Last Supper. Read more of this ongoing story here.
Judge Uphols Ruling Against Photography Co. That Refused Service to Homosexual Ceremony
CNA reports: Attorneys for a small photography company charged with violating anti-discrimination laws for declining to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony” are planning to appeal a New Mexico judge’s decision to uphold the New Mexico Civil Rights Commission’s ruling against … Continue reading
Virginia Law Allows Mother to Kill Baby After Birth If Cord Still Attached
Diogenes has this report here
Jesuit University Allows Law Student Group to Advertise Abortion Escort Service
Catholic Culture reports: The law school of one of the nation’s leading Jesuit universities has a student organization that advocates for legalized abortion. Law Students for Reproductive Justice– one of the Fordham University School of Law’s 35 student organizations– believes … Continue reading
Grenades Tossed at Two Catholic Churches in Mosul, Baby Girl Killed, Students Wounded
Madmen terrorists are determined to drive Christians out of Iraq. Catholic Online reports: A policy of “ethnic and religious cleansing” is underway in Mosul; in fact, it has worsened as Christmas approaches, Mgr Louis Sako told AsiaNews. For the archbishop … Continue reading
CEO of Christian Medical Assoc. Quits AMA Over Pro-Abortion Policies, Advises Other Doctors Do Likewise
I was amazed to read the bio listing this doctor’s achievements at home and in Africa. Now he is putting on the gloves to expose how the AMA is controlled by a special interest faction of anti-life, anti-family forces. CNA … Continue reading
