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
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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
Judicial Fiats a New Philosopher’s Stone
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
Panamanian Alliance Thwarts Efforts of Anti-Catholic Forces
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
Louisiana: Joe Cao, a Catholic, is First Vietnamese-American elected to Congress
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
India: Meet The Real Terrorists
(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
The Southern Poverty Law Center: Profiteering Paladins of PC
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
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Dies
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
We Can’t Say Miraculous, We Are Doctors
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
New Commandant for Swiss Guard
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
