Vatican City, Dec 10, 2008 / 11:37 am (CNA).- The Paul VI Hall held around 5,000 faithful this morning, who listened to Pope Benedict unfold St. Paul’s teaching on the sacraments. When people receive the sacraments, he explained, they encounter … Continue reading
It’s a big event every year on December 2, the lighting of the Capitol Christmas tree. This year the priest who serves the White House and Congress accented the Christ in Christmas in his prayer. Speaker of the House Pelosi … Continue reading
The young man, Shin Dong Hyuk, managed to escape from a prison camp and live to tell about it. The following account from an interview he gave in Seoul is shuddering.
If ever I have seen encouraging news that is tragic at the same time it is this. Young men who seek to enter the Latin Rite seminary are sent home because of lack of space. Such a situation should be … Continue reading
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 7, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Philosopher and writer Marcello Pera says Europe must call itself Christian because it’s exactly what can bring the continent together. Pera, an Italian senator, presented his latest book, “Perché Dobbiamo Dirci Cristiani” (Why We … Continue reading
Deacon Keith Founier, who writes for Catholiconline, provides important information and good arguments in the battle against the conspiracy of deconstruction. He also names one of the devil’s most active lobbyists in the war against God and man, “Lambda Legal.” … Continue reading
It is a victory for now in this Central American nation. The congress just decided not to hear a proposal for a new law that would impose unnatural, immoral, and, therefore, unhealthy sexual practices as part of the public school … Continue reading
The Jesuit-educated refugee from communism is perceived as a moderate republican. But he has something wonderfully immoderate to say on the life issue: Aside from one major issue, Republican moderate Joe Cao says he’s open on everything else. “The only … Continue reading
(The following comes from a poster on the Konkani Catholics e-group on Yahoo. We are publishing it here to bring attention to the plight of Indian Christians subjected to this barbarity. It is supplied to us via a Tertiary who … Continue reading
On the web site of the Balitmore Sun, columnist Ron Smith takes issue with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). For those unfamiliar with the group, some basics are in order: it is not pro-Southern; nor is it poor; nor … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia since 1990, died this morning. He was 79. Born in Estonia, the future head of Eastern Orthodoxy’s largest autocephalous Church– and the largest Christian group outside the Catholic Church– … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: The Lourdes medical panel that has decided since 1954 which cures that take place at the should be deemed miraculous has abandoned the practice. Certain cures instead will be deemed “remarkable.” The panel’s secretary said, “The medical … Continue reading
Someone who knew Chief Anrig in his student days noted that his nickname was “Custos.” Custos is the Latin word for policeman. Swissinfo.ch reports: A 36-year-old police chief from central Switzerland was thrust into the limelight this week when he … Continue reading
This is a very interesting article, not only because it authenticates Antonio Gramsci’s conversion, but because it highlights his strategy for Communizing all Europe. In order to do that, Gramsci insisted that the Church, the new order’s main enemy, would … Continue reading
We received news yesterday on the death of Brother Dominic Maria, O.S.C.O. Brother was an early member of Saint Benedict Center and a convert of Father Feeney’s from Protestantism. He was a Harvard student and the scion of the famous … Continue reading
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