Horror.
A Catholic bishop says Islamic insurgents have destroyed 20 churches in northeastern Nigeria in recent attacks. Bishop Oliver Dashe Dome says than 500 of his parishioners have been killed since insurgency in the region began in 2009. At least 180 people have been killed in less than two weeks, including 60 children.Continue reading>>>
Praying is a good thing.
Pope Francis has brought American Catholics to their knees. As the pontiff wraps up his first year in the Vatican, a new poll has found that 40 percent of his U.S. flock says they are praying more often than they did a year ago. It could be one sign of what's being called the "Francis Effect" — the impact of a very popular pope with the common touch who isn't afraid to shake things up.Continue reading>>>
The Cardinal Newman Society reports:
Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio hosted a Ukrainian priest to speak about his country’s civil struggle for human dignity, according to the University. Fr. Yuriy Sakvuk discussed the troubles in Ukraine and how the country is undergoing a “revolution of dignity.” The University reports:Continue reading>>>
Our condolences and our prayers go out to Sherry and he Dad who just passed away.
Sherry writes about her Dad here. Please read and share your condolences.
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ig news out of Peoria, IL this morning as Bishop Daniel Jenky just received word that the seven-member board of medical experts who advise the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints at the Vatican unanimously approved a reported miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
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Pretty remarkable.
SITTING down to watch Sister Act star Whoopi Goldberg and some real-life nuns on a BBC TV show, Professor John Bevan knew straightaway that something was wrong with one of the guests. Professor Bevan, of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, spotted that Sister Aelred, of the Arundel Convent in West Sussex, was speaking as though her tongue was too big for her mouth. The senior consultant endocrinologist believed the nun was suffering from acromegaly, a condition that makes the body produce too much growth hormone, and can shorten life by up to 10 years.Continue reading>>>
It is almost like this stuff is predictable or something.
(CNN) - Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage on Wednesday, but suggested in a newspaper interview that it could support some types of civil unions.
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Funny.
One of the most visible aspects of Lent is how it begins: Ash Wednesday. This is the day we all see who is getting ready to enter into the season of Lent by spotting who has ash on their forehead. This guide will help you identify the different types of ashes you may encounter.Continue reading>>>
Catholic News has the details:
U.S. Catholics stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as their country struggles with political tensions, said a statement from the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., said in the March 4 statement that the U.S. bishops, "together with tens of millions of U.S. Catholics of Eastern European descent join Pope Francis in solidarity and prayers for the people of Ukraine for an end to the current tensions and troubling events which continue to unfold there."Continue reading>>>
Is this really the incident that should be promoted in a Catholic newspaper?
Milwaukee’s Catholic Herald recently profiled Father George Clements. The following anecdote struck me. How about you? Clashes with the cardinal Then he [Father Clements] said he did something that upset many people. He took down a statue of St. Anthony and replaced it with one of [Martin Luther] King.Continue reading>>>
I didn't even know this show was still on but this seems like a little good news. If you think about it, I think on mainstream television the number of churchgoing Christians is pretty darn low. I mean really low.
When Sarah Drew was asked to join the cast of “Grey’s Anatomy” as the Christian Dr. April Kepner, she wanted to make sure her religious character would be portrayed fairly and not as a “judgy Christian” often seen in television. “I think in the media, Christians are the butt of every joke or they are portrayed running around condemning everyone to hell,” Drew told FOX411. But when she joined the “Grey’s” cast, writer “Shonda [Rhimes] came to me and said you know a lot about this and to tell [April’s] story authentically, we need your input.’”Continue reading>>>
Horror. Just horrors.
Staffer reflects on aborted children: “We would put them down a flushing toilet”Continue reading>>>
Rod Dreher has the pic:
Archetypes, a gay-positive company, has released a Pope Francis t-shirt, which features an image of the pontiff, plus his quote, “Who am I to judge?”Continue reading>>>
Paul Zummo on the troubling Cardinal Kasper speech.
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Fox News reports:
Purdue University, which once defended the right of a private speaker to blaspheme Jesus, has banned an alumni donor from using the word “God” on a plaque because it might offend someone. Dr. Michael McCracken and his wife made a $12,500 pledge to the university’s school of mechanical engineering. In return, Purdue, a large public university in Indiana, offered the McCrackens the opportunity to name a small conference room in a lab building. They were also invited to supply language for a plaque that would be installed in the room.Continue reading>>>
Terence Jeffrey writes at CNS News:
There are Americans today, holding themselves up as conservatives, who argue that one can be both an atheist and a conservative. This is absurd. There is a God, He made us and all things, and His immutable moral laws apply to all men, in all nations, at all times. These fundamental truths--recognition of which is not confined to any particular religious denomination--were embraced by our Founding Fathers. A social and legal order consistent with these fundamental truths is at the very heart of what modern conservatives seek to conserve.Continue reading>>>
Heckuva guy.
Washington Free Beacon 2013 Man of the Year Gary Sinise treated 50 wounded warriors to Disney World earlier this month, the Orange County Register reports. Honoring the military members was the idea of the Gary Sinise Foundation, which assists military families and first-responders. The actor co-starred in “Forrest Gump,” playing Lt. Dan, who lost his legs in Vietnam. The foundation teamed up with American Airlines, Disney and others to help with arrangements for the four-day trip.Continue reading>>>
Donald McClarey asks, is being a loyal son of the Church enough for a Pope?
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Msgr. Charles Pope writes:
The past fifty years have featured an explosion of promiscuity. I do not argue that there was no sexual sin prior to 1960, but it is a far wider problem today both in quantity and degree. And the results of promiscuity are demonstrable and terrible: STDs, AIDS, teenage pregnancy, abortion, a devastation of marriage and family. Divorce rates have soared. Co-habitation and other alternative arrangements have proliferated. Children are the ones who suffer by not being raised in two-parent families under the formative influence of a father and mother, male and female. Sure enough, under stress, the rates of Juvenile delinquency have gone up even as test scores and graduation rates have diminished. Promiscuity also leads to poverty since the chief cause of poverty in this country is single motherhood. Children living in fatherless homes are 5 times more likely to live in poverty, 9 times more likely to drop out of school, 37% more likely to abuse drugs, 2 times more likely to be incarcerated, 2.5 times more likely to become a teen parent, 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders, 32 times more likely to run awayContinue reading>>>
Does anyone remember dignity?
Watching Season 2 of “House of Cards.” Not to be a scold or humorless, but do Washington politicians understand how they make themselves look when they embrace the show and become part of its promotion by spouting its famous lines? Congressmen only work three days a week. Each shot must have taken two hours or so—the setup, the crew, the rehearsal, the learning the line. How do they have time for that? Why do they think it’s good for them?Continue reading>>>
