Last week I posted the story of the young girl Gloria Strauss whose remarkable faith and devotion inspired so many as she joyfully carried the cross of cancer that took her life at the age of seven. This is a … Continue reading
Category: News
Physicist Says No Natural Explanation for Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe
This is a must read. The first ever Marian Congress dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe just ended in Phoenix, Arizona. I will post more about it when I find more information. This testimony is not the only one from … Continue reading
Polish Priests Offer a Very High Mass
Anchorage, Alaska, Aug 9, 2009 / 02:21 pm (CNA).- What is believed to be the first known Mass ever celebrated at the top of Mt. McKinley took place on July 3, when three childhood friends from Poland summited the 20,320-foot … Continue reading
Documentary to Air on Female Religious Victims of Communism
It is rare to hear of anything in the media exposing Communist atrocities. But this program will be aired on September 13 on ABC affiliates. CWN reports: A documentary that examines the persecution of nuns in Eastern Europe between the … Continue reading
Vietnamese Annual Marian Days Festival August 6-9 Carthage Missouri
I haven’t seen any news yet about this annual Catholic religious and cultural event. One blogger wrote that 80,000 were expected to arrive this year. On Friday and Saturday the crowds are the largest, but only thirty policemen are on … Continue reading
Confessions Every Day 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM at the Mall
The Capuchins of Colorado Springs have rented space at a mall where they have a chapel, Mass twice a day, and all-day confessions. Five priests do a daily rotation. I remember Brother Hugh MacIsaac telling the story about a Boston … Continue reading
Turkish Government Refuses Pope’s Request to Allow Confiscated Church to Reopen
It is the only church in Tarsus, the birthplace of Saint Paul. Seized by the Moslem government in 1943 it was turned it into a museum. Despite the Holy Father’s personal petition the Turks intend to keep it a museum. … Continue reading
Lithuania Outlaws Homosexual Propaganda Targeting Minors
What will irk the opposition the most is the common-sense, rational arguments which led the legislature to ban this kind, and other kinds, of immoral literature getting into the hands of minors. This country wants to protect its children and … Continue reading
White House Wants Names of Opponents of Health Care Reform Bill
Yes, it’s true. It’s on the White House website. They are asking for informants, for people to send in names of any group or person who opposes the proposed program, which, according to the latest AP report, does include abortion … Continue reading
Ecuador and Venezuela Shutting Down Radio Stations
Some of these are being taken over by the government. Any telecommunications medium that is critical of the totalitarian regimes of presidents Chavez and Correa has been shut down or shortly will be. Thirty-four radio stations so far have been … Continue reading
Congressman Says the Salvation of His Soul Comes First
Saying that unless the new Health Care Bill specifically prohibits any abortion funding the first Vietnamese U.S. congressman won’t sacrifice his soul to protect his political career by voting to pass it. CWN reports: Acknowledging that “voting against the health … Continue reading
Militant Pakistani Moslems Burn Village Kill Seven Catholics
CWN reports: Following an August 1 attack by 800 Muslims on Christians in the northeastern Pakistani city of Gojra, Bishop Joseph Coutts of Faisalabad led a protest against government tolerance of anti-Christian violence. Bishop Coutts charged that “a banned Islamic … Continue reading
Catholic Mother’s Faith Replaces Bitterness With Forgiveness
Her first cross was heavy enough. She forgave her father who accidentally killed her baby daughter. The second was much harder to forgive. Her son murdered in cold blood. This woman has a strength that is so heroic, and so … Continue reading
Catholic Diocese in France Boosting Anglican Revival
Well, they are empty anyway argue the pastors, so why not let the Anglicans use them? English hymns are better than silence. Such is the false ecumenism wherein pragmatism trumps the honor of God’s house. TimesOnLine reports: In the Dordogne … Continue reading
Cardinal Rigali Attacks Health Care Legislation for Abortion Subsidies
CWN reports: Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, blasted provisions of healthcare reform legislation passed on July 31 by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Read … Continue reading
