Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, asked today in Ohio to further clarify his stance on life issues, said (ht: LifeNews.com): “I think I’ve said time and again that I’m a pro-life candidate and I’ll be […]
Below, from the Vatican Information Service, is a report on the Pope’s remarks today about the 50th anniversary of Vatican II. In the coming weeks, Catholic World Report will be posting about a dozen pieces […]
Last August in Omaha, Bishop Daniel Conlon of Joliet, Illinois delivered a speech entitled, “Help for Bishops in Rebuilding Trust.” The talk was designed to encourage the lay faithful in speaking up about all of […]
L’Osservatore Romano has published the foreward and two excerpts from Pope Benedict XVI’s forthcoming book on the childhood of Jesus, slated to be published in Italy before Christmas. L’OR reports that negotiations are underway for […]
In late September I went along to what was described as an “anti-blasphemy” rally in the middle of Toronto. It was in response to the notorious “Innocence of Muslims” movie trailer, which was shown on […]
From Pope Benedict XVI’s homily yesterday, given during the Mass, in St. Peter’s Square, that opened the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelisation: At various times in history, […]
Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem by Carol Delaney Free Press: New York, 2012 319 pp, paperback, $16.00 Another Columbus Day is upon us and while the protests are not as sizeable or virulent as […]
Be sure to check out Carl’s post on the two newest Doctors of the Church, St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen – he’s got links to the Holy Father’s homily from yesterday […]
Pope Benedict, opening the Synod of Bishops, observed that “in every time and place, evangelization always has as its starting and finishing points Jesus Christ, the Son of God (cf. Mk 1:1); and the Crucifix […]
A follow up to my blog post yesterday re: Episcopalian Bishop Andrus’ allegedly being snubbed at Archbishop Cordileone’s installation Mass following Bishop Andrus’ criticisms of Archbishop Cordileone and the Catholic Church: CNN posted a story […]
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