Interfax Religion: “To a certain degree a child’s life before birth is protected in 139 countries of the world. Russia, which is dying out, belongs to the category of the most liberal countries where a human life before birth is … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Russia
Moscow: Putin Lauds His Patron St. Vladimir at Dedication of 52′ Statue
Catholic Culture: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the dedication of a 52-ft. high statue of St. Vladimir near the Kremlin. Vladimir the Great, who ruled as grand prince of Kiev from 980 to 1015, converted to Christianity in 988 … Continue reading
Why Is the US an Agent Provocateur in Ukraine?
This is a revealing interview by a Russian American political analyst with a paleoconservative American writer that does not explain everything, but does explain much that is behind our government and the EU’s involvement in aiding and abetting the crisis … Continue reading
Russia To Shift Natural Gas Supply Route from Ukraine to Turkey
Bloomberg: Russia plans to shift all its natural gas flows crossing Ukraine to a route via Turkey, a surprise move that the European Union’s energy chief said would hurt its reputation as a supplier. Full report is here.
Like Hitler?
I recently heard a man describe Russian President Vladimir Putin as being “like Hitler”. He was explaining Russia’s “invasion” of the Crimea to one of his children. I know the man pretty well, and know that like the majority of … Continue reading
Will Russia Ban Abortion?
LifeNews: Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning abortion advertising. Some members of the Duma (the Russian state assembly), are talking about going even further and banning the procedure itself. The Russian Orthodox Church, whose numbers are swelling … Continue reading
Peaceful Pro-Marriage Protester Gets Four Months for ‘Rebellion’
CatholicOnline: Nicolas Bernard-Busse was given four months in prison for protesting against a State which has decided that his position concerning marriage and family are unacceptable. To promote them is rebellion. This 23-year-old French student was arrested following a demonstration outside the studios … Continue reading
The Weekly Standard: Russia’s demographic disaster, Last details, is being exacerbated by the fact that abortions are outpacing live births in Russia. “Abortion is rampant, with 13 abortions performed for every 10 live births,” writes Last. “Consider that for a moment: … Continue reading
Russia: Fistfights in the Duma Over Homosexual Propaganda
ArcaMax: The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Friday approved in the first reading a controversial measure against the spread among minors of “propaganda” seen as supporting homosexuality. Read more here.
Father Walter Ciszek, Warrior for Christ in Atheist Russia
“I was born stubborn.” “…I was tough, not in the polite sense of the word, but in the sense our neighbors used to use the word those days in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, when they shook their heads and called me ‘a … Continue reading
Russia Ready to Pass Bill Outlawing Public Homosexual Propagandizing
Turtle Bay and Beyond: The bill would prohibit disseminating information “which could cause damage to the health or moral and spiritual development of minors, including by inducing them to form warped perceptions that traditional and non-traditional married relations are equally … Continue reading
Putin and Communist Party Leader Ushered in Ahead of Freezing Crowds to Venerate Our Lady’s Relic
AsiaNews: Not even in the Soviet times could the mummified corpse of Lenin boast such numbers. Political leaders, aware of the importance of the event, took advantage of the occasion to boost their visibility ahead of the legislative election on … Continue reading
‘God Bless and Keep the Tsar…’
Play-goers or movie-buffs might recall the end of this “prayer for the Tsar” offered impromptu by the Rabbi near the beginning of “Fiddler on the Roof”: “…far away from us!” The line reflects a popular anti-monarchist sentiment that scorns all … Continue reading
“No Compromise” Says Likely New Russian Patriarch
What this tells me is that the conversion of Russia, and she will be converted, will be a most manifest work of Our Lady that will stun the world. Moscow, Jan 23, 2009 / 07:03 am (CNA).- An Orthodox prelate … Continue reading
Royal Russian Converts: The Two Princes Galitzin
The name Galitzin should be known and loved by every American Catholic. Prince Dimitrius Augustine Galitzin was the second priest ordained in the United States, and the first to receive all of his clerical orders here. He worked as a … Continue reading
