Catholic Culture reports: On the eve of a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Russia’s President Dmitri Medvedev, there are new signs of substantial progress in relations between the Holy See and the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, and hint that … Continue reading
Zenit News: Benedict XVI today encouraged the faithful — and particularly priests — to trust in God’s goodness and approach the sacrament of confession. Read more here.
CNA reports: Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) has decided to pull out of the Communion controversy after unsuccessfully “milking” his confrontation with Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, said Joe Fitzgerald, a political analyst from the Boston Herald. Read full article here.
Catholic Culture reports: Surprising some pundits, New York’s state senate, by a 38-34 vote, rejected a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage. Gov. David Paterson, a Catholic, described the day as one of the saddest in his career. Link … Continue reading
Pat Buchanan has an informative analysis here.
CNA reports: Some 50,000 people participated in the “Costa Rica March for Life and the Family” on November 28, which concluded with an address calling on officials to reject any law that would attack these fundamental values. More here.
Catholic Online reports: On Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, the “Vital Voice newspaper”, which claims to “provide a diverse and independent voice for the St. Louis Community”, ran a story by Colin Murphy entitled “Hundreds Protest Outside of St. Louis’ Cathedral … Continue reading
Diogenes reports from Catholic Culture: … I was hungry, and you protected me from trans fat. New York’s patricians update the Let Them Eat Cake mentality. From the Metro (via James Taranto): When a small church comes to the Bowery … Continue reading
On the lighter side. Then, again, such ignorance is all part of the fall of Christendom. Zenit News: St. Andrew is Scotland’s patron, not Scotland’s native son, affirmed Cardinal Keith O’Brien as the nation prepared to celebrate the national holiday. … Continue reading
These are the Holy Father’s prayer intentions for the month of the Nativity: “That children may be respected and loved and never be the victims of exploitation in its various forms.” His missionary intention is: “That at Christmas the peoples … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass ad orientem on December 1, in the Pauline Chapel at the apostolic palace. The chapel had been renovated earlier this year, with the altar moved to allow the priest to celebrate Mass … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Today the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI met with “His Royal Imperial Highness Otto von Hapsburg, archduke of Austria.” The Vatican protocol office thereby conferred upon the Austrian visitor a title that he himself had renounced. … Continue reading
Who would’ve thought that you’d ever see an article in the NY Times giving a critical review of the New Mass and its principal architect? Well, in yesterday’s paper there it was. Here’s the lede of Kenneth Wolfe’s editorial opinion … Continue reading
MADRID, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Today the Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Episcopal Conference issued a statement saying that politicians who vote for a proposed law liberalizing abortion in Spain place themselves in an “objective state of sin and, … Continue reading
Catholic Online reports: The resolution has two main objectives: the first – to push for further access to abortion as a “Human Right” – the second: to limit the possibility for individual health care providers and institutions “to refuse to … Continue reading
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