Lisa Correnti, San Diego mother of seven, has a web site called One Nation Under God. On that site is a petition you can sign asking the U.S. bishops to take a strong stand with pro-abortion politicians. The effort has … Continue reading
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CDF’s New Document on Bioethics
The Holy See’s Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith has just released a new doctrinal document titled “Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions” which deals with a number of questions and provides a moral analysis of a number of … Continue reading
Little Victim of Hindu Violence Wants to Spread the Gospel
What an inspiring story this is. A ten-year old girl, whose face and body were severely burned by a fire bomb, forgives her enemies and thanks “the Baby Jesus” and all those at the hospital who healed her wounds. In … Continue reading
Saint Benedict Center in New England Power Outage
According to Bloomberg.com, about 1.25 million people were left powerless in New England as a result of freezing rain. We here at Saint Benedict Center, which is situated on a hilltop in a rural town, are still without power, but … Continue reading
Cherie Blair at Angelicum: More Women in the Curia
So, you’re married to the ex prime minister of England, and you’re Catholic, so now, at the invitation of what was once a great university, you get to tell the Roman Curia to emasculate itself. I can’t think of any … Continue reading
Stop the Obama Abortion Bailout
The president elect is planning to save the baby-killing industry, or so says a memo from the Obama transition team. Some pro-lifers have begun to fight.
Avery Cardinal Dulles, R.I.P.
On the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, Avery Dulles died. It is not widely known, but the famous Jesuit theologian was, with Catherine Goddard Clark and Christopher Huntington, one of the three founders of the original Saint … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood Fires Abortion Center Staffer Covering Up Statutory Rape
When your profession is homicidal, a little rape cover-up probably doesn’t seem all that bad. So much for protecting the rights of women. The story is at Livenews.com: Planned Parenthood Fires Abortion Center Staffer Covering Up Statutory Rape
Millions Face Starvation in Zimbabwe
Take a minute and think about the shuddering reality of what is happening in this African country. Almost half of its thirteen million people are starving to death. The people are so desperate that they are mixing cow dung with … Continue reading
Jewish Lawyer Exposes Rank Bigotry of Canadian Human Rights Commission
Canadian author, journalist and attorney, Ezra Levant, has done something unusually heroic. He has made himself a civil-rights guinea pig to test the system, that system being Canada’s Orwellian “Human Rights Commission.” The commission is a neo-Stalinist enforcer of liberal … Continue reading
Pope Benedict Speaks About the Church as an Organism, the Living Body of Christ
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
Pelosi Gets Flack Over Christmas Tree Ceremony
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
Escapee From North Korea Labor Camp Tells of Horror
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.
Not Enough Room for Religious Aspirants in Holy Land
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
Atheist Philosopher/Writer Insists Europe Must Assert Its Christian Identity
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
