December 11, 2009
The following article was published by C-Fam (Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute). Because of the profound effects of abortion laws on our culture, our businesses and our societal sense of values and ethics, this powerful new report from the World Economic Forum is extremely useful and eye-opening. In summary, the report gives statistical fact…
December 8, 2009
The Three Divine Persons imbue this sublime creature with all her privileges, her favors, and her graces, and with all of her holiness. The Eternal Father created her pure and immaculate and is well pleased in her for she is the worthy dwelling of his only Son. Through the generating of his Son in his…
December 8, 2009
Unbeknownst to many it seems, there are less than 420,000 Chaldean Catholics in Iraq, which equals 1.7 percent of Iraq’s total population. The Church in Iraq has suffered greatly at the hands of radical Islamic violence including the murder of priests such as Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni and two subdeacons on June 3, 2007 and…
December 8, 2009
Vatican City, Dec 7, 2009 / 11:42 am (CNA).- In a meeting with a group of Brazilian bishops on Saturday, the Holy Father warned of the dangers of Marxist liberation theology and noted its grave consequences for ecclesial communities. During the ad limina visit, the Pope recalled that “last August marked 25 years since the…
December 8, 2009
On November 20, 2009, a group of prominent and widely diverse Christian clergy, leaders and scholars released the Manhattan Declaration, a three-paragraph clarion call for Christians of all denominations to adhere to and defend, under any circumstance, their core principles—which are anchored both in divine and natural laws—regarding the sanctity of human life, traditional marriage…
November 20, 2009
The mad, relentless, reckless, crazed and frenetic race to force U.S. citizens to live without healthcare choice and instead to live within the tight constraints of an ill-conceived, hastily patched together, undebated, unevaluated, nationalized, government-owned and managed healthcare system continues on at breakneck speed. A Quick Recap The U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops and numerous…
November 3, 2009
Bryan, TX (LifeNews.com) — The director of a Texas-based Planned Parenthood has resigned her position saying that she has had a change of heart on abortion. The development highlights the powerful results ultrasounds have in convincing people of the humanity of the unborn child and the need to oppose abortions.. Abby Johnson (pictured above) had been…
November 2, 2009
November 2, All Souls Day, the one day in the calendar year that we Catholics pay special attention to critical need to pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. On this day, all Masses are offered for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, and it remains a Holy Day of Obligation. To supplement what we hear…
November 2, 2009
“The only think necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” —English philosopher Edmund Burke The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a nationwide bulletin insert this Sunday. The message was clear: Tell Congress to remove Abortion Funding and Mandates from the health care reform measures. Currently, all…
November 2, 2009
by Rev. Lawrence G. Dunklee, M.Div., M.A. “Mr. Businessman went to Mass, he never missed a Sunday. Mr. Businessman went to hell for what he did on Monday.” This well-known poetic ditty is often cited by people who work in Catholic social justice as a clever way of reminding us of the importance of…
October 20, 2009
In an unprecedented and carefully coordinated simultaneously timed announcement from both Rome and London, the Vatican opened its doors in a wide embrace of Anglican laity, priests and bishops who wish to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. The official release from the Vatican, with Catholic Business Journal editorial highlights and subheads…
October 14, 2009
by John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, October 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the Bishops of Canada prepare to meet for their annual Plenary Assembly in Cornwall Ontario later this month, the International Right to Life Federation (IRTL) has written the bishops a letter regarding the recent controversy over the international development arm of the Conference – the…
October 13, 2009
CA Governor Signs Bill Recognizing Out-of-State Same Sex “Marriages” by Bill May Late Sunday night, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger further undermined marriage and the family in California by signing SB 54, a bill to recognize same-sex “marriages” in California that were performed in other states or countries. With the Governor’s signature, out-of-state same-sex “marriages” performed prior…
October 13, 2009
WASHINGTON DC, October 13, 2009, 3:25pm EST — Minutes ago, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee approved the latest in a series of Congressional healthcare bills aimed at ultimately fulfilling Barak Obama’s fierce and public determination to institute a national health care plan by year’s end. Today’s bill passed on strict partisan lines with the exception…
October 13, 2009
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a saint? Yes, following whatever Our Lord invites us to embrace, of course. But doesn’t it often seem like the most reasonable course of action, especially in controversial situations, is the “middle road?” But, who defines the “middle”—is it culture? peers? media? Pope Benedict XVI culls…
October 13, 2009
From the Vatican: VATICAN CITY(VIS)—At 10 a.m. today the Holy Father celebrated the Eucharist in the Vatican Basilica. During the ceremony he canonised five blesseds: Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, Polish former archbishop of Warsaw and founder of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary; Francesc Coll y Guitart, Spanish professed priest of the…
October 7, 2009
Rome, Italy (CNA)—The Italian daily Il Foglio published an article today entitled “L’ascia del vescovo pellerossa – Charles J. Chaput contro Notre Dame e l’illustre cardinale sedotto dall’abortista Obama” (The ax of the redskin Bishop – Charles J. Chaput against Notre Dame and the illustrious cardinal seduced by the pro-abortion Obama) in which the Archbishop…
October 3, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Zenit.org)—The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ conference pro-life committee is inviting people to spend a day with a child and learn the lessons God teaches through him or her. Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, affirmed this in a statement released for Respect Life Sunday, which will take place this weekend.Sunday’s celebration will focus…
October 3, 2009
Dominican Priest Shares View From Confession Box By Carmen Elena Villa ROME, OCT. 2, 2009 (Zenit.org).- They have a fixed schedule, a day of rest, and a couple of hours for lunch. Their office is not a desk with a computer, but a confessional. They are the basilica confessors, those priests assigned a special ministry…
September 17, 2009
Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer (pictured above), president of Human Life International, recently posted a powerful letter regarding the early morning, September 11, cold-blooded murder of James Pouillon, an elderly Michigan-area pro-life supporter who was gunned down in front of Owosso High School while protesting abortion with a large sign depicting a baby and the word…