Category: News

On Friday, Pope Benedict send a message to the President of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for the study of Marriage and the Family. The message was occasioned by an International Congress marking 40 years of Pope Paul VI’s … Continue reading →

Although there may be a “new text” in the future, for now “The Vatican plans to remove the Eucharistic Prayers for Children from the authorized prayers of the Roman Missal,” according to Catholic World News. This is good news indeed, … Continue reading →

Hanoi, Oct. 1, 2008 (CWNews.com) – In an escalating battle with government officials in Hanoi, Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet is now under virtual house arrest. The archbishop’s office is closed. His staff has locked the gate outside the office … Continue reading →

Los Angeles, Oct 1, 2008 / 12:47 pm (CNA).- Eduardo Verastegui, the Mexican actor who starred in the movie “Bella,” joined pro-life sidewalk counselors and prayerful demonstrators at a Los Angeles abortion clinic on Saturday as he counseled women to … Continue reading →

Catholic News Service: ROME (CNS) — The Democratic Party in the United States “risks transforming itself definitively into a ‘party of death,’” said U.S. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Vatican’s highest court. Read his interview with Avvenire here:

Ecumenical News International: Roman Catholics can learn from the 16th-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther, the Vatican’s top official for Christian unity, has said, as Protestant churches in Germany prepare to launch a 10-year series of events leading up to the … Continue reading →

Eduardo Verástegui, the former Mexican singer and actor who starred in the hit move “Bella,” has recorded a new video asking Hispanic voters in the United States to reject Barack Obama because of his pro-abortion views. Verástegui challenges Latino voters … Continue reading →

LONDON, (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview, Baroness Mary Helen Warnock has said that people suffering dementia have a duty to commit suicide.Baroness Warnock, called the “philosopher queen”, is regarded as Britain’s leading moral philosopher. She said that she hopes people … Continue reading →

A hundred priests and ten thousand courageous Catholics march in protest in Hanoi over Communist injustices and the confiscation of Catholic properties during previous regimes. This is an ongoing story.  There have been many confrontations between thugs and the faithful … Continue reading →

Having read this article I kept asking myself: What does it all matter if there is salvation outside the Church?

This was a very inspiring address.  In it the Holy Father spoke with great eloquence on Christ’s desire to be one with us and how He left us the sacrament of His love in the Holy Eucharist.

Paris, Sep 13, 2008 / 03:46 pm (CNA).- Over 200,000 people gathered at the square surrounding the Les Invalides complex in Paris this morning for Mass with the Pope. In his homily the Holy Father urged his listeners to “shun … Continue reading →

Hanoi, Sep 11, 2008 / 03:08 pm (CNA).- Thousands of Catholics in Hanoi are continuing their peaceful protests asking for the return of their land illegally seized by the Vietnamese government. Worried about the international exposure of their tactics, the … Continue reading →

He served valiantly in Vietnam, but adamantly, loudly, and persistently opposed the war in Iraq. David Donadio’s eulogy of his family’s friend is a tribute worth reading.

Phil Lawler at CWN exposes the hypocrisy and duplicity, never mind illogic, of this double standard.  The “I will not impose my view” career politician has replaced the ideal that was true statesmanship.  Of course, that cowardly amoralism seems only … Continue reading →