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Boston’s Magnificent Holy Trinity Church Closes

NEWS RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: C. J. DOYLE (617) 524-6309 CATHOLIC ACTION LEAGUE MOURNS CLOSING OF HOLY TRINITY CHURCH The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today mourned the closing of the venerable Holy Trinity church … Continue reading

Homosexual Activists Harass General Pace

On the TFP’s web site, Michael Whitcraft has posted a brief and quite good article on the steady smear campaign against General Peter Pace. The lesson? When those who aggressively promote moral turpitude of the highest order feign the moral … Continue reading

Pope Stresses Value of Fear of God

Vatican, Jun. 23, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Fear of God is completely unlike the “existential fear” of modern man, Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) told his midday audience on Sunday, June 22. The Holy Father observed that in the day’s … Continue reading

Cardinal’s Sister Speaks of His Suffering at Eucharistic Congress

QUEBEC CITY, JUNE 19, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Many people have read about Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân’s faith in the Eucharist through his autobiographical writings. But participants at the International Eucharistic Congress got another perspective. Elizabeth Nguyen Thi Thu Hong, … Continue reading

Dual Unity? The Latest in the Evolution of the Balamand Betrayal

CWN Reports: Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Kiev, the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church– the largest of the Eastern Catholic churches– had offered the possibility that Byzantine Catholics might seek communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate, without giving up their … Continue reading

Don’t Mess With Rev. Michael Pfleger

This showman priest parades as a “Catholic” pastor with impunity. Because he fought against gangs and guns in the parish neighborhood and opposed an obscene billboard, one might think he’s OK.  But he is not OK.

Princess Alessandra Borghese: A Faith Rekindled

Clip from London Telegraph: “Her attachment to traditional Catholic values is as fierce as it is unapologetic. On the evening of our meeting, she is due to address an audience at the Brompton Oratory, bastion of the unreformed approach to … Continue reading

Pray for the Soul of Tim Russert

Newsweek has an interesting article on the late Tim Russert, news host.  Everyone had been speaking about his strong Catholic Faith, so his friend, Jon Meacham, an Episcopalian, focused on that in his eulogy.

Pope Wants Tridentine Mass Available in Every Parish

From the London Telegraph Asked whether the Latin Mass would be celebrated in many ordinary parishes in future, Cardinal Castrillon said: “Not many parishes – all parishes. The Holy Father is offering this not only for the few groups who … Continue reading