Rome, Mar. 25, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Some of the 138 Muslim intellectual leaders who signed an appeal for dialogue with the Catholic Church have now criticized the publicity that greeted the conversion of Magdi Allam, the Italian journalist who was … Continue reading
Maybe I am missing something here, but was this a denial of permission for Catholics to build a Church in Saudi Arabia or a refusal by the royal family to build one? I cannot fathom how the latter prospect could … Continue reading
Bogota, Mar 24, 2008 / 11:19 am (CNA).- The Colombian daily “El Tiempo” revealed on Holy Saturday that a crisis that could have ended in an open conflict between Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela was averted by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe … Continue reading
Diogenes, listing the many woes which constitute “The Void” in the Church’s life, pays tribute to Karl Rahner’s contribution: Or again, think of the Church’s missionary outreach to the unevangelized: once a prime concern for Catholics everywhere, now emptied of … Continue reading
Bravo to Mr. Michael Hirsh for his short, well articulated poke at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Here is an excerpt: Founded in 1981, the SPLC’s Intelligence Project notes that hate groups in the United States number 888 (which, if … Continue reading
FRIBOURG, Switzerland (MARCH 24, 2008) – The Fraternity of St. Peter is happy to announce the following ordination information: Ordinations to the Deaconate: Saturday, May 31, 2008. Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Congregation of Divine Worship, will ordain 7 … Continue reading
From The Christian Post: “Over the last few days some media have been disseminating fantasies – I can’t use any other word – about my secret Catholicism, citing my visit to the Sacro Convento friary, where the remains of St. … Continue reading
This is a footnote to my earlier piece on Mr. Allam’s conversion. In a moving profession of Faith in which he traces his path to baptism, the new convert says how he will hold his head up high in the … Continue reading
For all those lately expressing their outrage at the Catholic Church for one reason or another, Mr. John Robson proposes a radical course of action: If you reject Christianity, don’t join the church Who would have thought it? Without actually … Continue reading
Rabbi Walter Homolka, is executive director of the Abraham Geiger College at the University of Potsdam, Germany, has accused Pope Benedict XVI of “accepting” “anti-Semitic tendencies.” The comments were published on Good Friday and pertained to the new prayer for … Continue reading
“I see no reason to apologize for what God says, that homosexuality is a sin, I will not apologize. I did not say anything false. I did not say anything malicious or hateful.” By John-Henry Westen OKLAHOMA CITY, March 20, … Continue reading
From The Australian, we learn that “Pope Benedict XVI has risked a renewed rift with the Muslim world by baptising a converted Muslim born journalist who describes Islam as intrinsically violent and characterised by ‘hate and intolerance’ rather than ‘love … Continue reading
On behalf of all the religious and staff at Saint Benedict Center, I wish you and your families a holy, grace-filled Triduum and a blessed Easter Sunday. All friends and benefactors will be in our prayers during these most holy … Continue reading
In light of the inordinate amount of media attention given to the new Good Friday prayer for the conversion of the Jews, I would like to reveal a great secret. As we are constantly reminded, the new prayer in the … Continue reading
Gorbachev, a convert? Why has he hidden it? Where does he attend Mass? What does he mean by “[arriving] at the Church” through St. Francis of Assisi? “It was through St. Francis that I arrived at the Church, so it … Continue reading
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