Category: News

Three new speakers have been confirmed for our July 18-20 conference. The conference site has the information: Philip F. Lawler to Speak Brian Kelly to Speak Tim Ehlen to Speak

A friend of Richard Dawkins, the atheist biologist P.Z. Meyers, was removed from an invitation-only screening of Ben Stein’s new move. “I hope PZ’s experience has helped him see the light,” Mathis said.  “He’s distraught because he could not see … Continue reading →

From Catholic World News: In February the European Commission warned the Irish government that the nation’s anti-discrimination policies do not measure up to European standards. The European Commission cited the Irish law that allows Church-related institutions such as schools, hospitals, … Continue reading →

Restaurant chain puts executive on board of US homosexual chamber of commerce. By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, DC, March 31, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) has announced that Richard Ellis, vice president of … Continue reading →

Pro-Life Group Plans Demonstration By John-Henry Westen ERIE, PA, March 31, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hillary Clinton is going to hold a campaign rally at Mercyhurst College tomorrow, Tuesday, April 1, 2008.  The Catholic College boasts of the pro-abortion Senator and … Continue reading →

According to Haaretz, “The Vatican is expected to issue a statement next week in which the Catholic Church will make it clear that the resumption of the use of an old Latin prayer by Pope Benedict XVI during mass on … Continue reading →

John Allen’s answers: For a pope committed to reawakening a strong missionary spirit in Catholicism, receiving a high-profile convert during the Easter Vigil is a symbolic way of making the point. In effect, Benedict is saying that the church shouldn’t … Continue reading →

Islam has outpopulated us: VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday. Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican’s newly-released 2008 yearbook of statistics, said … Continue reading →

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI’s outreach to traditionalist Catholics by liberalizing the use of the Tridentine Mass already is bearing fruit, said Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos. The cardinal, president of the Pontifical … Continue reading →

Vatican, Mar. 28, 2008 (CWNews.com) – In an interview with the Vatican newspaper, the head of the Ecclesia Dei commission has indicated that priests do not require permission from their bishops in order to celebrate the extraordinary form of the … Continue reading →

Catholic group challenges university presidents to disband pro-homosexual groups By Michael Baggot SPRING GROVE, PA, March 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Volunteers for the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) found that 45% of the websites … Continue reading →

Expert says, “Brain death was concocted, it was made up in order to get organs. It was never based on science.” By John Jalsevac OKLAHOMA, March 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 21-year-old Zack Dunlap, a man who was diagnosed as “brain … Continue reading →

Washington, Mar. 27, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Americans have a strongly positive view of Pope Benedict XVI, according to a new poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus. In a survey conducted by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, 58% … Continue reading →

On the national sovereignty front: President Bush wanted Texas to adhere to a World Court ruling and the Texas courts resisted. After years of wrangling, the Supreme Court has just agreed with Texas. [Full article]

The subject of this story in the Boston Herald, Joseph R. Nolan — known around these parts as “Judge Nolan” — was a student of Brother Francis at Holy Cross College. Still a friend and supporter of the Center, he … Continue reading →