From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 23 March 2012 (VIS) – Benedict XVI today began his twenty-third apostolic trip abroad, which is taking him to Mexico and Cuba. The Holy Father departed from Rome’s Fiumicino […]
Don’t expect to see this story on CNN or be mentioned in one of Nancy Pelosi’s entertaining press conferences; from CNSNews: Thirty-year-old Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, who told a House Steering and Policy Committee […]
From LifeNews.com: On March 23, concerned citizens in over 50 cities — including Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco — will gather at federal buildings for a rally with the theme, “Stand […]
I’m starting to think that the only different between a Maureen Dowd screed and a New York Times‘ news piece is that the former is likely more objective, balanced, and charitable than the latter. Here […]
“The Bishops speak for the Catholic and apostolic faith, and those who hold that faith gather around them. Others disperse.” — Francis Cardinal George (Feb. 14, 2012) It is no surprise that dissenting, protesting Catholics—those […]
From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 20 March 2012 (VIS) – Given below is a note released this morning by the Holy See Press Office concerning the summary of the findings of the Apostolic Visitation […]
The topic of capital punishment has become, in recent decades, a contentious and increasingly confusing one among Catholics. Some Catholics insist the Church has finally—and authoritatively—renounced the death penalty. Some argue further that the death […]
From BBC News, this bad news: Cuban police have arrested dozens of opposition activists, a week ahead of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI. Most of those detained are members of the protest group Ladies […]
From another excellent piece by George Weigel, “After ‘United For Religious Freedom’”, posted today on the National Review site: As for next steps, the Lori committee on religious liberty will shortly issue a comprehensive statement […]
At least one well-known and powerful political conservative would vote for President Obama—if he (the conservative, not Obama)—were American. The Telegraph reports: At a state dinner in Washington, the Prime Minister [David Cameron] likened Mr Obama to […]
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