The movie Mash began with the song “Suicide is Painless” playing that same line for refrain. I never saw the movie but I watched the Youtube clip that accompanies this very painful news item. It is a diabolical piece of … Continue reading
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Monsignor Domenico Bartolucci on Liturgy
Three days ago, I posted a notice concerning a significant book by Monsignor Brunero Gherardini. Today, I would like to give a hat tip to Carlos Antonio Palad at Rorate Caeli for making public another major monsignoral moment for tradition. … Continue reading
Catholic Church Must Evangelize, That Means She Must Preach Conversion
There are two current news items that showcase what happens when false ecumenism obscures the necessity of entering the Church and living the Catholic Faith in order to be saved. One involves Jewish leaders the other Buddhist. CWN reports here … Continue reading
Death Threats Sent to Three Nicarguan Bishops
The dangerous situation grows more intense with the Leftist President Ortega’s Attorney General accusing two of these bishops of being CIA agents. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, AUG. 19, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Nicaraguan prelates are planning to inform Benedict XVI about the “dangerous situation … Continue reading
“Mr. Novak, life is short, but eternity is forever.” RIP
Just a young woman wearing a cross whom he asked at a dinner he was attending if she was a Catholic. When she said “Yes,” he, a non-practicing Jew, confided that he and his wife had been attending Mass every … Continue reading
First Catholic President of South Korea Passes Away at 85
I don’t know very much about Thomas More Kim Dae-Jung. But one must admire a political figure that publicly forgave his enemies, even those from a military court that passed a death sentence upon him, and who wasn’t afraid to … Continue reading
Money for What?
Attorney fees? Three hundred cases of sexual abuse by clergy and religious brothers and the lawsuits that ensued cost the bankrupt Fairbanks diocese a ton of money. What a shame. What will be the cost in the next life for … Continue reading
Seniors Org. AARP Has a Very Unhealthy Ideology
A good alternative would seem to be the American Seniors Association. I am currently looking into it. Is anyone familiar with this organization? In materials provided to CBS News on Monday, AARP said 60,000 citizens have left its membership rolls … Continue reading
Vatican Council II: An Open Discussion, by Monsignor Brunero Gherardini
[Update: Monsignor Brunero Gherardini’s book can be purchased now. The English title is The Ecumenical Vatican Council II: A Much Needed Discussion. If readers “in the know” would alert us to the publication of his subsequent volumes, we would appreciate it … Continue reading
Belmont Abbey College Under Attack for Denying Contraception Coverage to Employees
This is an update to a previous news post. The college is obviously being targeted as a test case to see if the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will be able to dictate employment policies for Catholic institutions; not only colleges … Continue reading
Half a Million Pilgrims Flock to Marian Shrine in Sri Lanka to Thank Our Lady for End of Civil War
With the pervasiveness of evil all around us and the collapse of Catholic culture in the West it expands the heart with joy to read about the virility of the Faith in lands where Catholics are a small minority as … Continue reading
Vietnam Hero Father Capodanno to Be Honored With Mass at National Shrine
Reading ab0ut this fearless Maryknoll Navy chaplain fills one with astonishment. The servant of God was awarded posthumously the Purple Heart for giving his life to protect a wounded Marine. CNA reports: Servant of God Fr. Vincent Capodanno, a U.S. … Continue reading
Spain’s Justice Minister Threatens Doctors Who Will Not Do Abortions
CNA reports: The Collegial Medical Organization and various pro-life groups in Spain have strongly rejected statements by the country’s Minister of Justice, Francisco Caamano, who said Thursday that “there is no room for conscientious objection” when it comes to abortion. … Continue reading
Catholic Convert World’s Oldest Pupil Dies in Kenya
He went to grade school in order to learn to read so he could read the Bible. CNA reports: The Kenyan man named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest pupil, who enrolled in classes to … Continue reading
Woman Can’t Prosecute Man Responsible for Death of Unborn Twins in Auto Accident
Diogenes comments for CWN’s Off the Record: A Vermont woman named Patricia Blair has suffered a tragedy: Her unborn twins were killed in an auto accident. Blair– who survived, obviously– thinks that the driver who caused the accident should be … Continue reading
