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
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Obama Gets Nobel Peace Prize, Nominated After Only Two Weeks in Office
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
Incredible Painting of Blessed Damien to be Given to the Pope October 11
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
Killer of Pre-Born Babies Punches Female Motorist in the Face
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
Congo’s Archbishop Has to Leave Synod: Priests Attacked and Abducted
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
Missouri Bishop Cites “Mentality of Sterility” As Scourge of Catholic Family Life
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
Heroic Underground Bishop Dies Under House Arrest, Spent 16 Years in Labor Camp
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
Jesuit College Student Health Care Program Covers Contraception, Possibly Abortion
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
Young Cardinal Peter Turkson of Cape Coast, Ghana, Wants to Stay in Africa
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
Reflections on the Carthusian Life on Mount Equinox in Vermont
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
Bishop of Richmond, VA, Denies Platform for Pax Christi and Maryknoll Speakers
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
2009 SBC Conference Schedule
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
Obama Keynote Speaker at Fundraiser for Radical Pro-Homosexual, Pro-Abortion Group
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — President Barack Obama will keynote a dinner for an organization known for its pro-gay activities but which has also promoted abortion. In addressing the Human Rights Campaign, Obama is making the second overture to the pro-abortion … Continue reading
During Synod of African Bishops Pope Urges Students to Pray the Rosary for Africa
VATICAN CITY, OCT. 4, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Today, after praying the midday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, Benedict XVI extended an invitation to university students of Rome to pray the rosary “with Africa and for Africa.” Read more here.
Kansas City Star Takes Crude Jab at the Church and the Pope
This diocese is one of the most thriving in the country for vocations, but the secular paper’s Tom Ryan has issues with the Church spreading the Faith in Africa. It’s telling for the blatant anti-catholicism of today’s media that such … Continue reading
