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.
Category: News
Kennedy Wanted to “Milk” Controversy with Bishop Tobin, Says Boston Herald Political Analyst
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” Governor Upset His State’s Senate Rejected Same-Sex “Marriage”
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
More Troops For a No-Win War
Pat Buchanan has an informative analysis here.
50,000 March For Life and Family in Costa Rica
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.
Homosexual Activists Protest Outside St. Louis Cathedral During Sunday Mass
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
Sorry, No Trans Fatty Food Allowed Here: NY, NY, Let Them Starve
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
Saint Peter’s Brother Was Not Scottish
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
Pope’s Prayer for All Nations: Open Doors to Christ, the Savior of the World
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
Pope Offers Mass Facing East for Theological Commission
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
Vatican Receives Blessed Karl’s Son as “His Royal Imperial Highness”
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
NY Times Op-Ed Plugs Latin Mass
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
Spanish Bishops Conference Forbids Anti-Life Catholic Politicians from Receiving Communion
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
European Union Draft Resolution Aims at Denying Rights to Pro-Life Health Workers
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
Leading Swiss Bishop Advocating Married Priesthood
Catholic Culture reports: The bishop who will assume the leadership of the nation’s episcopal conference next year is calling for the ordination of married men to the priesthood and says that most of the nation’s bishops support him. Bishop Norbert … Continue reading
