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
There are sedevacantists who accuse the present Roman Pontiff of denying the bodily Resurrection of our Lord. They cite a passage from one of his theology books, ambiguous at best, in which then Father Ratzinger spoke of the pre-existing (not-yet-incarnate) … Continue reading
Madrid, Mar 26, 2008 / 03:39 pm (CNA).- A report by the Madrina Foundation in Spain has revealed that pregnancy is the main reason why 25% of women between the ages of 18 and 25 lose their jobs. The figure … Continue reading
Oklahoma City, Mar 27, 2008 / 05:58 am (CNA).- A young man who was injured in an all-terrain-vehicle accident woke from his coma and showed signs of life just minutes before he was to be disconnected from life support, Dateline … Continue reading
London, Mar. 26, 2008 (CWNews.com) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will allow reconsideration of the Act of Settlement, which bars Catholics from the throne, the Herald newspaper reports. The Act of Settlement, passed in 1701, stipulates that neither a … Continue reading
By Magdi Allam 3/25/2008 Zenit News Agency (www.zenit.org) “I converted to the Christian Catholic religion, renouncing my previous Islamic faith. Thus, I finally saw the light, by divine grace. On my first Easter as a Christian I not only discovered … Continue reading
On March 25, 2004 Catholic President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines signed Proclamation No. 586 which states, among other things, that March 25, and every year thereafter, is declared as the the “Day of the Unborn” in the Philippines. … Continue reading
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