Category: News

Well, there are thirty-five craters on the moon named after Jesuit astronomers.  Maybe those who decide such things can find another hole up there, or somewhere, to name after this star gazing padre.

Vatican, May. 12, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Humanae Vitae (doc), the landmark encyclical of Pope Paul VI “became a sign of contradiction” because it upheld the Church’s traditional condemnation of contraception, Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) told a Roman audience … Continue reading →

CNA STAFF, May 10, 2008 / 04:58 pm (CNA).- A former Jordanian minister has seized upon commentary about the decline of Western power, saying on Arabic-language television that Islam will conquer Rome.  He went on to say that Spain is … Continue reading →

Vatican, May. 9, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Cardinal Dario Castrillon-Hoyos has told an Italian magazine that diocesan bishops should show good will in granting requests for the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass under the terms of the motu proprio authorizing … Continue reading →

Kansas, May. 9, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City has announced that Governor Kathleen Sebelius should not receive Communion because of her support for legal abortion. Read article here.

The actor, Jim Caviezel, has some words of wisdom that you may like to read in this interview with Lifesite News.

These were the last words of Ismael Molinero Novillo from his deathbed in a prison of war camp. “I want nothing of this world.  I belong to God and I live for God. If I die I will be totally … Continue reading →

And this for a letter-to-the-editor she wrote as a private individual on her own time. Toledo,OH, May 8, 2008 / 03:01 am (CNA).- An administrator at the University of Toledo has been placed on paid administrative leave after writing a … Continue reading →

Vatican City, May 8, 2008 / 04:40 pm (CNA).- In a letter to all of the episcopal conferences of the world to mark the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on May 30, the World Day of Prayer for … Continue reading →

CWN reports Warsaw, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Roughly one-fourth of the students graduating from Polish high schools this year will make a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Czestochowa, the KAI news agency reports. About 125,000 students are expected … Continue reading →

This is a very important visit the success of which we should pray for. Armenian prelate begins visit to Rome Vatican, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, arrives in Rome today … Continue reading →

Bo Pelini, head football coach at the University of Nebraska, threw his support behind the fundrais-ing campaign by addressing more than 100 supporters of Catholic radio at an event April 13 in Lincoln. “Catholic radio is a lot like coaching,” … Continue reading →

This news is so disheartening that I am unable to comment. Associated Press includes this lie in its wimpish and accommodating article: “While China’s most onerous restrictions on religious activity have been lifted, many of the country’s estimated 12 million … Continue reading →

Naples, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Italian media reports confirmed that the blood of St. Januarius liquefied on May 4 in a recurrence of an annual miracle. Read article here

Rome, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The Rosary is “not some pious practice relegated to the past,” Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) remarked on May 3. In fact, he observed, “the Rosary is experience what is almost a new … Continue reading →