CWN reports Warsaw, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Roughly one-fourth of the students graduating from Polish high schools this year will make a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Czestochowa, the KAI news agency reports. About 125,000 students are expected … Continue reading
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Head of Armenian Apostolic Church in Rome to Confer with Pope
This is a very important visit the success of which we should pray for. Armenian prelate begins visit to Rome Vatican, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, arrives in Rome today … Continue reading
Nebraska Cornhusker Head Coach Boosts Catholic Radio
Bo Pelini, head football coach at the University of Nebraska, threw his support behind the fundrais-ing campaign by addressing more than 100 supporters of Catholic radio at an event April 13 in Lincoln. “Catholic radio is a lot like coaching,” … Continue reading
Chinese Orchestra Plays for Pope While Faithful Catholics Remain in Prison
This news is so disheartening that I am unable to comment. Associated Press includes this lie in its wimpish and accommodating article: “While China’s most onerous restrictions on religious activity have been lifted, many of the country’s estimated 12 million … Continue reading
CNN and 20 TV Stations Witness Liquefication of Blood of St. Januarius
Naples, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Italian media reports confirmed that the blood of St. Januarius liquefied on May 4 in a recurrence of an annual miracle. Read article here
Pope Encourages Praying the Rosary
Rome, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The Rosary is “not some pious practice relegated to the past,” Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) remarked on May 3. In fact, he observed, “the Rosary is experience what is almost a new … Continue reading
Mexico City: Priest Beaten to Death in Rectory
Mexico City, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – A Mexican priest was beaten to death in his rectory on Friday, May 2. Father Julio Cesar Mendoza Acuna, who was 33, was found bound and beaten in the bathroom of his rectory … Continue reading
Pope Welcomes 33 New Swiss Guard Recruits
The swearing in ceremony is today. Vatican, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) welcomed 33 new recruits to the Swiss Guard on May 5, as they prepared for swearing-in ceremonies the next day. The Pontiff … Continue reading
Spain a Launching Pad for Secularist Agenda in S. America
Madrid, May 2, 2008 / 01:49 pm (CNA).- A prominent lay Catholic in Spain who was recently named to the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Lola Velarde, said this week that Spain’s President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s secularist agenda is … Continue reading
Catholic Action League Criticizes Knights of Columbus for Dodging Vote on Suspension of Pro-Abortion Politicians
May 4, 2008 – The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts is criticizing the State Council of the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus for refusing to allow a vote this morning at their annual convention on a measure which would have required … Continue reading
Good News: Pope Not Among Time’s 100 Most Influential Leaders
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican says it is happy that Pope Benedict was left off Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people, which included the Dalai Lama and the spiritual head of Orthodox Christians. “I am … Continue reading
Newly Discovered Documents Reveal Communist Conspiracy to Terminate John Paul II
Among the signers of the liquidation decree is Mikhail Gorbachev. The Canadian Free Press article begins: “Warsaw, Poland: New, sensational documents concerning the attempt against the late pope, John Paul II, have been revealed in a new book by John … Continue reading
Zimbabwee Crisis Critical/China Sends Arms to Terrorist Ruling Party
Harare, Apr 22, 2008 / 09:07 pm (CNA).- A coalition of Catholic and Protestant church leaders has appealed to the world to end the state-sponsored terror and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe, the Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA) reports. The … Continue reading
Animals and Plants Now Have “Rights” in Switzerland
Don’t Tread on Me takes on a new meaning in the Alps. CNA reports. “Geneva, Apr 30, 2008 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- Switzerland has now become a country in which the unborn are less important than plants and animals. The … Continue reading
Miracle Brings Bl. Father Damien Closer to Sainthood
Honolulu, May 1, 2008 / 08:02 pm (CNA).- The Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints has ruled that a Hawaiian woman’s cure from cancer was a miracle linked to her prayers to Blessed Father Damien De Veuster. The missionary … Continue reading