CNA reports: This past Saturday evening, Barack Obama became the first U.S. President to make an appearance at the Human Rights Campaign, the largest pro-gay “marriage” organization in the country. President Obama delivered an impassioned speech in which he criticized … Continue reading
CatholicOnLine reports: “The image is similar,” [Orozco] noted, “but it does not have the three-dimensional properties that are characteristic of the Shroud.” “It’s all just another trick to attack the Shroud,” he argued. “Garlaschelli himself acknowledged that he was financed … Continue reading
CNA reports: Father Damian, the famous apostle to the lepers, left Flanders, Belgium at the age of 23 to go on a mission to modern day Hawaii. “Not without fear and loathing,” Pope Benedict underlined, “Father Damian made the choice … Continue reading
The name of the prison is rather strange, but it was a wonderful grace to bring the inmates the relics of so great and so well known a saint. Prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London venerated the relics … Continue reading
Deacon Fournier has an excellent commentary on this over at CatholicOnLine. He compares the pro-abortion president to Mother Theresa, who received the Prize in 1979. Mother Theresa used the occasion to deliver a very powerful and moving exhortation to love … Continue reading
What a beautiful story this is! Nothing short of miraculous. CNA reports: As the October 11 canonization of the Fr. Damien de Veuster approaches, an art teacher is leading a small group from Hawaii to Rome to present Pope Benedict … Continue reading
LifeNews reports: A Georgia abortion practitioner displayed his pro-woman credentials Monday afternoon when he was arrested in a road rage incident that saw him punch a woman in the face. Sandy Springs police arrested Marietta-based abortion practitioner Daniel E. McBrayer, … Continue reading
CatholicOnline reports: Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, told the assembly Tuesday that while they were gathering in Rome to discuss the situation of the Church in Africa, a parish in his diocese was burnt down, … Continue reading
CNA reports: A Missouri bishop has decried a “mentality of sterility,” naming it as a main factor in the present crisis of family life. He predicted that the renewal of the family and the Church would take place only when … Continue reading
Hong Kong (AsiaNews) – Mgr James Lin Xili, bishop of Wenzhou (Zhejiang) died on 4 October at the age of 91. For his faith he spent 16 years in labour camps and in recent years, though ill and immobilised in … Continue reading
LifeNews reports: A pro-life watchdog group has uncovered evidence showing that student health insurance plan provided by Boston College, a Catholic school, includes coverage for “family planning services.” The Cardinal Newman Society has confirmed that includes birth control but it … Continue reading
John Allen of National Catholic Reporter writes: For months now, Turkson has been widely tipped for a major post in the Roman Curia: President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, succeeding Italian Cardinal Renato Martino, himself almost 77. … Continue reading
Phil Lawler of Catholic Culture website recounts his visit last year to the Carthusian hermits on the 900th anniversary of the death of Saint Bruno the founder of their Order. “If you’ve ever spent autumn in New England, you know … Continue reading
Good for Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo. CWN reports: The Diocese of Richmond, which has vetted speakers for orthodoxy since Bishop Francis DiLorenzo was appointed bishop in 2004, has declined to allow Pax Christi to hold an event at a parish … Continue reading
Here is the complete schedule for our Saint Benedict Center Conference on October 30-31 (Friday and Saturday): Friday 11:30 am Registration Opens 12:00 pm Angelus and Brother André Marie’s Opening Remarks 12:30 Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M. 2:15 Brian Kelly 4:00 … Continue reading
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