CNA reports: The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have set up a commission to help as many as 200 Anglican congregations join the Catholic Church under the new Apostolic Constitution. John Broadhurst, the Anglican Bishop of Fulham and chairman … Continue reading
In light of the Rom Houben case, John Haas, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, was interviewed here with CNA.
This is astounding. Please share this story. LifeNews reports: After he was the victim of an automobile accident, doctors said 23-year-old Rom Houben was in a comatose state and unable to communicate with those around him. Now, 23 years later, … Continue reading
Lee Duigon,writing for The Chacedon Foundation website, reports: The plan, warns the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), is “to potentially eliminate virtually all state control over the education system and centralize education in Washington, D. C., through nationalized standards, … Continue reading
Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City – St. Joseph led 22,000 high school students from across the nation in a Eucharistic procession in Kansas City on November 20. The students had traveled to the Missouri city for the National Catholic … Continue reading
Meanwhile President Obama is sending a delegation to the International Criminal Court at the Hague. World Net Daily reports: European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first “president of Europe” Thursday, edging out former British … Continue reading
He had received ten death threats, but for the priest, Daniil Sysoyev, “it is a sin not to preach to Muslims.” Rueters: A masked gunman entered a Moscow church and murdered a Russian Orthodox priest who had received death threats … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Reporting on the life of the Church in the African nation of Togo, Father Benoit Eoevi Penoukou, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, says that the First Friday devotion is so deeply rooted that “entire villages … Continue reading
Anglicanorum Coetibus has created a mechanism for bringing hundreds of thousands of Anglicans worldwide into the Church, so we can say that the “Anglican Front” is indeed a very active one. But, according to Sandro Magister, this development has pricked … Continue reading
Catholic Culture’s Phil Lawler comments: With the final ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the 27 member-states of the EU are now formed into a single entity, with a population of nearly 500 million and a GDP of over $18 trillion, … Continue reading
Speaking at a press conference in Rome, a Syrian Catholic archbishop told reporters that persecution and discrimination suffered by Iraqi Christians is ultimately rooted not in governmental actions but in a culture inspired by the Qu’ran. Read more here.
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Faith coming to Taiwan Bishop Peter Liu of Kaohsiung wants the island’s 1.3% Catholic population to become 100%. Agenzia Fides reports: Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) – “After 150 years of effort, we have had a … Continue reading
CNA reports: The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano (LOR) published several articles in its November 17 edition which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the movie “Ben Hur.” The film, which was released on November 18, 1959 and starred Charlton Heston, became … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: At his regular weekly audience on November 18, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the immense flowering of Christian art in the medieval period, and especially “the most exalted artistic creations of all civilization: the cathedrals.” Read more … Continue reading
The first was Saint Joseph Moscati, canonized October 25 (feastday November 16), the second was Saint Richard Pampuri, Doctor of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, canonized on All Saints Day. His feastday is May 1. CNA reported … Continue reading
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