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Facebook Is ‘Ripping Apart’ Society, Former Executive Warns

December 12, 2017 World News Comments Off on Facebook Is ‘Ripping Apart’ Society, Former Executive Warns

Last month, former Facebook president Sean Parker expressed fears over what the social network is “doing to our children’s brains.” It was developed to be addictive, he said, describing Facebook as a “social-validation feedback loop” that exploited weaknesses in the human psyche. Now another Facebook alum has come out with deep regret over his involvement in the company’s work. This time it’s venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya, Facebook’s former head of user growth, who told the Stanford Graduate School of Business that he feels “tremendous guilt” over Facebook’s divisive role in

Pro-life leaders pledge fidelity to Catholic faith, refuse to follow ‘erring pastors’

December 12, 2017 World News Comments Off on Pro-life leaders pledge fidelity to Catholic faith, refuse to follow ‘erring pastors’

December 12, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Over 30 Catholic pro-life and pro-family leaders, representing 11 countries, have signed a Pledge of Fidelity to the Catholic, declaring their refusal to follow “erring pastors” in the Church today. The leaders announced the pledge today, and have set up a website with the full list of signatories at www.fidelitypledge.com. “If there is any conflict between the words and acts of any member of the hierarchy, even the pope, and the doctrine that the Church has always taught we will remain faithful to the perennial teaching of the Church,” the ple

Please Pray for Dr. Robert Hickson

December 9, 2017 World News Comments Off on Please Pray for Dr. Robert Hickson

Over the past couple of years, Maike Hickson has become a very important part of our work here. She has helped us greatly in our coverage of European stories, particularly in the German-language press. She has built relationships with other international Catholic writers and thinkers like Marco Tosatti and Roberto de Mattei, among others. She has established communications with critical prelates in the Church — including members of the curia — which has not only given us access to their thoughts, but has given them an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the sto

Archbishop Naumann: “If the Church is silent on the destruction of life, we’re being negligent”

December 8, 2017 World News Comments Off on Archbishop Naumann: “If the Church is silent on the destruction of life, we’re being negligent”

Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas was recently chosen by his brother bishops to lead the U.S. Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee of Pro-Life Activities. The 68-year-old native of St. Louis, Missouri, was selected on November 14 by a vote of 96-82 over Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago. The vote surprised some as a cardinal usually serves in the position; New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan currently serves in the role. Archbishop Naumann was ordained a priest for the St. Louis archdiocese in 1975. He served in a variety of parishes and became vicar general. He was ordained an auxiliary bishop in 1997, and became coadjutor archbishop of Kansas City in 2004; he succeede

LA convent sale controversy ends in favor of archdiocese, Katy Perry

December 7, 2017 World News Comments Off on LA convent sale controversy ends in favor of archdiocese, Katy Perry

Los Angeles, Calif., Dec 6, 2017 / 12:51 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- This week, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and singer Katy Perry were awarded a joint $10 million sum for punitive damages over a church-owned hilltop property which was illegally sold to a developer in 2015 after the archdiocese had accepted an initial offer from Perry. The property, a former convent belonging to the Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters, is a church-owned estate under the care of

CDL. BURKE TO OFFER PONTIFICAL MASS AT WISCONSIN SHRINE

December 2, 2017 World News Comments Off on CDL. BURKE TO OFFER PONTIFICAL MASS AT WISCONSIN SHRINE

LA CROSSE, Wis. (ChurchMilitant.com) – Cardinal Raymond Burke will offer Pontifical High Mass on Sunday, December 10. The Mass will be at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, at 9:30 a.m. The date of the Mass is between the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 and the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12. (The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is a Holy Day of Obligation.) Cardinal Burke is known for his commitment to theological orth

Newly revealed vision of St. Pope John Paul: Islam will invade Europe

November 29, 2017 World News Comments Off on Newly revealed vision of St. Pope John Paul: Islam will invade Europe

Bienno, Italy, November 23, 2017 (LifeSiteNews): A close friend of Saint John Paul II has affirmed that the late pope, revealed to have been a mystic, told him that Europe would be invaded by Islam. Speaking to a large group at the hermitage of “Saints Peter and Paul” this past October, Monsignor Mauro Longhi of the Opus Dei

Cardinal Dolan, alumni ‘baffled’ over Notre Dame decision to offer birth control coverage

November 29, 2017 World News Comments Off on Cardinal Dolan, alumni ‘baffled’ over Notre Dame decision to offer birth control coverage

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, November 28, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — The University of Notre Dame’s recent about-face to provide birth control via its health coverage is baffling, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said. “We rejoiced when Notre Dame united with us in our expression of deep concern that the federal government was intruding on the realm of conscience,” the USCCB pro-life chief said in a recent Wall Street Journal article. “Thank God Notre Dame was with us.” But the archbishop of New York and chair of

Spain’s Catholic Church speaks out against Catalan independence drive

November 28, 2017 World News Comments Off on Spain’s Catholic Church speaks out against Catalan independence drive

The head of the Catholic Church in Spain has criticised a declaration of independence approved by Catalonia’s regional parliament last month, calling it “serious and disturbing”, a spokesman said Monday. Cardinal Ricardo Blazquez Perez, the president of the Spanish bishops’ conference, delivered the message at a gathering of clergy from across Spain in Madrid last week, the conference’s spokesman Jose Maria Gil Tamayo.told journalists. “Regarding the situation in Catalonia, the cardinal said, and I quote him verbatim, that the declaration of independence is a serious and distu

Pope sends telegramme of condolence following terror attacks in Egypt

November 26, 2017 World News Comments Off on Pope sends telegramme of condolence following terror attacks in Egypt

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegramme of condolence for Friday’s attack on a mosque in Egypt, saying he was “profoundly grieved to learn of the great loss of life caused by the terrorist attacks on Rawda mosque in North Sinai”. At least 235 people were killed as they gathered for Friday prayers at the al-Rawda mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed. Witnesses said dozens of gunmen arrived in off-road vehicles and bombed the mosque before opening fire on people as they attempted to flee. Signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, the telegramme says, “In expressing his solidarity with the Egyptian people at this hour of national mourning, [Pope Francis] commends the victims to the mercy of the Most…Continue Reading