Deo Gratias! After 40 years of “exile,” the solemn traditional rite returns to St. Peter’s Basilica. Robert Moynihan has the inside scoop at Inside the Vatican. Thank you, Archbishop Burke!
Category: News
Czech Out the Pope
Andrew Cusack has a great write-up of Pope Benedict’s visit to Bohemia and Moravia. Besides narrating the events surrounding the visit, Mr. Cusack offers some informative background, such as this: Eighty years of the Catholic Church being considered an enemy … Continue reading
Rome-SSPX Doctrinal Discussions Begin October 26
“Formal theological discussions about Vatican II will begin later this month, it was announced today. Why is Benedict XVI allowing this new debate on the most vexed questions of the Second Vatican Council?” Robert Moynihan attempts to answer that question … Continue reading
In Televised Debate Peru’s Former Health Minister Confounds Pro-Abort Feminist
This is encouraging. The whole country was able to hear a passionate and well-presented defense of the pre-born and, at the same time, a scathing rebuke to the unnatural crime of women publicly encouraging other women to kill their own … Continue reading
Mexican Actor Rallies Pro-Life Action in Colombia
CNA reports: Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui, who starred in the film “Bella” and has become a pro-life activist, is encouraging Colombians to attend a march this Saturday to protest a proposal to open an abortion clinic in the city of … Continue reading
Wealthy Homosexual Activist Wants “Combat” Against “Cowardly Prejudices” of Catholics
CNA reports: Delivering an acceptance speech for a GLSEN award, a wealthy homosexual activist has attacked Catholic leaders, saying they are among his movement’s “greatest adversaries.” He called on his allies to combat “head-on” religious organizations opposed to homosexual causes … Continue reading
Making a Habit of Being Responsible
In light of Bishop Sample’s taking action to prevent a heterodox fellow bishop from speaking in his diocese, Phil Lawler has a commentary well worth reading on his website. CWN: It’s easy to shirk responsibility. It can be habit-forming. More … Continue reading
Horrific Genicide Continues in Republic of Congo
CWN reports: Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing their homes as the conflict between the Lord’s Resistance Army and Congolese forces expands in the northeastern portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dr. Bruno Miteyo, director of Caritas … Continue reading
White House Economics Advisor Promotes Death Panels
LifeNews reports: Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin got pilloried for suggesting that the government-run health care system set up under the bills in Congress would lead to “death panels.” But, now, a video has surfaced showing … Continue reading
Thomas More College to be Consecrated to Sacred Heart
Dr. William Fahey, the new president of Thomas More College in Merrimack, New Hampshire, announced that tomorrow, October 16, the Catholic liberal arts college will be consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The faculty and teaching staff will also … Continue reading
Nearly Half a Million Faithful Came to Honor Our Lady of the Pillar
Even the Royal Air Club of Zaragoza sent two planes to drop flowers from the heavens. And two F-18s from the military did a fly over. With the socialist government doing all it can to undermine the Catholic Faith in … Continue reading
20,000 Attend Funeral of Underground Chinese Bishop
Dumb Communists. They imagine they can change reality by censoring a word. The word “bishop” means shepherd. CWN reports: Twenty thousand Chinese Catholics– watched over by 1,000 police– attended the October 10 funeral of Bishop James Lin Xili of Wenzhou. … Continue reading
Director of FOA Denies That Population is the Cause of the Hunger of the Poor
CNA reports from Vatican City: During his remarks at the Synod of Bishops of Africa taking place at the Vatican, the Director of the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO), Jacques Diouf, rejected the myth that the increase … Continue reading
Father Emil Kapaun: up for the Medal of Honor and Canonization
This would seem to be a first: an American army chaplain, whose cause for canonization has been introduced in Rome, is also being considered for the Medal of Honor. From the site promoting his cause: Father Kapaun, was born in … Continue reading
What’s the Most Common Birthname in London? Mohammed!
And the same goes for Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, and Oslo, according to Joseph Meaney, Director of International Coordination for Human Life International. He has an article here on Amsterdam’s inner corruption in Inside Catholic.
