Fifty thousand Indian Christians were forced to flee their homes to avoid death at the hands of roving bands of Hindu murderers. Their homes were destroyed and their crops set on fire. Twenty thousand found refuge in these camps set … Continue reading
I didn’t think Malta had any homosexual activists. Well, at least this one is logically honest. Hate to see you go, Dr. Attard, but you’ve been gone a long time already. You’re just now realizing that you are not a … Continue reading
A number of prominent politcos, including vice-president elect Joseph Biden, spoke about an imminent crisis that would test Obama’s mettle on the international scene. Well, we have not one crisis but many already. Globally it may get worse and quickly.
File this one under D for “Duh.” Mr. Carl Djerassi is an octogenarian who has the unenviable distinction of having made a key discovery in the creation of the pill. He is now saying, in effect, that it was all … Continue reading
With Catholics continuing to contracept themselves out of existence, these alarming words by a scientist who never thought in his “wildest dreams” that his invention would be used for contraception are a sobering diagnosis of the moral sickness of what … Continue reading
As the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal Renato Martino was not speaking for the pope, and I have just learned that Vatican spokesman, Father Frederico Lombardi, has made that clear to the press. Martino, however, … Continue reading
Lifenews reports: Father Richard John Neuhaus, one of the leading Catholic thinkers on the pro-life side of the abortion debate has died at the age of 72. Neuhaus became very ill suddenly on Wednesday from several side effects from the … Continue reading
I was utterly appalled yesterday to read a column that I cannot locate this morning in which the author wrote about how sick and tired he was of all the attention given to the suffering people of Gaza. His point: … Continue reading
From Catholic World News: “Vatican officials have confirmed that Father Roger Haight, a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, has been ordered not to teach in his fields of Christology and systematic theology. The new action against … Continue reading
An old departed friend of Saint Benedict Center is happily remembered on the web site of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. Father Paul Wickens, who championed the innocence of children by combating compulsory “sex education” in Catholic … Continue reading
Sin is destructive because it is in opposition to the will of the Creator who is all Good. No Catholic can claim ignorance of the fact that the use of artificial contraceptives is a mortal sin. I should say “no … Continue reading
Anne Hendershott has an article in the on-line Wall Street Journal about Caroline Kennedy and the Kennedy family politicians’ predilection for abortion. She writes of the 1964 meeting at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Mass., the colloquium wherein the Kennedy … Continue reading
For a Patriot fan, like myself, it was good to see that Miami lost yesterday; and for a Catholic editor, like myself, it was good to see that the Baltimore Ravens, who won a wild card playoff berth, was the … Continue reading
In an inspiring article in his diocesan weekly, the outspoken cardinal expressed no optimism as far as the Communist government in China granting religious freedom. He stressed that the hope of the Chinese faithful lies in suffering and prayer, with … Continue reading
Here, in Purcellville, Virginia, was a priest who exemplified the good pastor. Those who knew him were surely blessed. Those who knew him have an advocate whom they can approach now at any time. May the soul of Father Michael … Continue reading
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