Thomas Sternberg, president of the ZDK council of German lay Catholics, told Sunday’s convention wrap-up on Munster’s main plaza that religion, when lived out properly, was the “motor of peace,” not the cause of wars. Leading German bishop Cardinal Reinhard Marx told the open-air mass – while its offertory monies were collected for war-affected Syrians – that faced by the
OTTAWA, May 11, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A pro-life Conservative Member of Parliament touched off a ruckus in the House of Commons Wednesday when he shouted out that abortion “is not a right!” And MP Ted Falk is not only getting slammed by Liberals and NDP, but he’s reportedly been muzzled by Conservative leader Andrew Scheer in the wake of the controversy. Falk heckled Prime Minister Justin
NEW YORK, New York, May 9, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Timothy Dolan has defended the controversial 2018 Met Gala as “a celebration of what we call the evangelization of culture.” “I did not find the spirit of the evening to be offensive or blasphemous at all,” the cardinal told Crux of the event where a Victoria’s Secret model dressed as a sexy cardinal alongside dozens of other
Yesterday, I posted about weird. Now, like the commercial, I say: But wait! There’s more! How about this? Big fashion gala in NYC with cooperation of the Holy See
Entitled “Liberating freedom. Faith and politics in the third millennium”, Pope Francis describes the work as a sort of compass to “understand our present and find a solid orientation for the future.” He elaborates on the main themes touched upon and concludes his preface saying that together with Benedict’s powerful Opera Omnia these writings are also “ a real source of inspiration for political action that, by placing the family, solidarity and equity at the centre of its attention and planning, truly looks to the fu
Amazon kicked out a leading American pro-life organization from its charitable fundraising site this week based on the recommendation of a radical liberal group. The colossal online retailer told Alliance Defending Freedom that it can no longer participate in its AmazonSmile program, which raises money for non-profit organizations, according to ADF. What’s more, Amazon told ADF that it relied on the recommendation of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a radical pro-abortion group, in making its decision. “ADF is one of the nation’s most respected and suc
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis has asked the bishops of Germany to come to a “unanimous” decision on whether a Protestant spouse who is married to a Catholic may receive the Holy Eucharist in some exceptional cases. The news follows reports that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the Pope’s approval, had already written a letter to German bishops rejecting their proposal to allow some Protestant spouses to receive Holy Communion. According to the reports, Pope Francis did not wish the letter to be made public because it didn’t “fit the narrative and direction” of this ponti
Vatican City, May 2, 2018 / 04:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said that it is not possible to have a relationship with God if we are attached to sin and the devil, encouraging Christians to cut those ties and re-proclaim their faith in Christ and his Church. “To the extent that I say ‘no’ to the suggestions of the devil – he who divides – I am able to say ‘yes’ to God who calls me to conform to Him in thoughts and deeds,” the pope said May 2.
April 30, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – In the opinion he wrote for the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case Chief Justice Taney observed that “the class of persons who had been imported as slaves…, whether they had become free or not…” had “for more than a century been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect, and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit[emphasis mine].” Such was the attitude Justice Taney ascribed to “the state of public opinion … which prevailed in…Continue Reading