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Undiscovering Columbus: Notre Dame President Puts Explorer Under Wraps

January 25, 2019 World News Comments Off on Undiscovering Columbus: Notre Dame President Puts Explorer Under Wraps

The University of Notre Dame has capitulated to several left-of-center causes and ideologies that threaten its reputation as the premier Roman Catholic college in the nation. The most recent submission to contemporary ideologies is the decision to cover the murals depicting Christopher Columbus that previously decorated the central administrative building on Notre Dame’s campus. Notre Dame President Father John Jenkins announced Jan. 20 that the paintings of the Italian-born Spanish explorer would be preserved but no

Trump defends Covington students, says they were ‘treated unfairly…smeared by media’

January 22, 2019 World News Comments Off on Trump defends Covington students, says they were ‘treated unfairly…smeared by media’

January 21, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Tonight, President Donald Trump tweeted in support of the Covington Catholic High School students “smeared by media,” noting early judgments about the kids’ encounter with a Native American activist were proven to be false. Trump tagged Tucker Carlson in his tweet. The FOX News host had used his Monday opening monologue to explain the situation to viewers.

Priest gives pulpit to homosexual partners to share ‘witness’ story prior to Sunday Mass

January 18, 2019 World News Comments Off on Priest gives pulpit to homosexual partners to share ‘witness’ story prior to Sunday Mass

Update Jan. 18, 2019: St. Joan of Arc pulled the video this morning of the two homosexual men giving their pre-Mass presentation. We are now using a source for the video provided by Complicit Clergy.  MINNEAPOLIS, MN, January 17, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A parish priest in Minnesota gave the pulpit to a same-sex “married” couple in a pre-Mass presentation last Sunday, allowing the two men to showcase their homosexual partnership, which included a child whom they said was conceived by IVF and carried to term via surrogacy. Alan Nachtigal and Blake Wilson were legally

China’s crackdown on Christians continues

January 17, 2019 World News Comments Off on China’s crackdown on Christians continues

Beijing, China, Jan 15, 2019 / 02:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A campaign by the Chinese government to ‘Sinicize’ religion is ongoing, with detention and indoctrination of Muslims in the far west of the country, and the closing of underground churches to the east. In early December, Wang Yi and more than 100 members of his congregation were detained in Sichuan province. Some w

Cdl. Wuerl will not celebrate youth Mass prior to March for Life

January 17, 2019 World News Comments Off on Cdl. Wuerl will not celebrate youth Mass prior to March for Life

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 16, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Embattled Cardinal Donald Wuerl will not celebrate the Archdiocese of Washington’s January 18 Mass for Life, which is scheduled to occur before the annual March for Life. Instead, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, will be the principal celebrant. Also celebrating the Mass will be Auxiliary Bishops Mario Dorsonville and Roy Campbell. The archdiocese confirmed that Wu

Support Archbishop Viganò on his 78th birthday!

January 17, 2019 World News Comments Off on Support Archbishop Viganò on his 78th birthday!

January 16, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, turns 78 years old today. Born in northern Italy, Archbishop Viganò was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. He spent the next several decades working in the Vatican’s diplomatic corps. In April of 1992, he was consecrated archbishop by Pope John Paul II, who appointed him papal ambassador to Nigeria. Before exposing widespread sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in 2018, Archbishop Viganò served as Secretary General of the Vatican City Governatorate from 2009 until 2011. Pope Benedi

Cdl. Burke: Pope Francis’ response to abuse crisis is ‘more confusing than anything’

January 14, 2019 World News Comments Off on Cdl. Burke: Pope Francis’ response to abuse crisis is ‘more confusing than anything’

January 14, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Raymond Burke told German TV in a January 8 interview that Pope Francis’ response to the abuse crisis is “confusing.” Cardinal Burke stated that Pope Benedict was “very clear on this [matter of abuse],” while “it is difficult now to say what exactly the approach” to the current abuse crisis is under Pope Francis. “It is more confusing than anything.” When discussing the recent statements of Archb

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Trashes Pro-Life People: You’re “Not in Line With Society”

January 12, 2019 World News Comments Off on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Trashes Pro-Life People: You’re “Not in Line With Society”

Justin Trudeau, Canada’s radically pro-abortion prime minister, blasted pro-life advocates Wednesday amid a nation-wide outrage about barring pro-life groups from a federal grant program. “An organization that has the explicit purpose of restricting women’s rights by removing rights to abortion, the right for women to control their own bodies, is not in line with where we are as a government and quite frankly where we are as a society,” Trudeau said in answer to a question about free spe

Cardinal’s trial puts French Church in glare of Catholic abuse scandal

January 7, 2019 World News Comments Off on Cardinal’s trial puts French Church in glare of Catholic abuse scandal

The Roman Catholic archbishop of Lyon goes on trial on Monday charged with failing to act on historical allegations of sexual abuse of boy scouts by a priest in his diocese. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is the highest-profile cleric to be caught up in the paedophile scandal inside the Catholic Church in France, and will stand trial alongside five others from his diocese. While most of the recent focus in the Church’s global abuse crisis has been on Australia and Chile, Barbarin’s trial puts the spotlight on Europe’s senior clergy again,

Trudeau to issue new coin commemorating decriminalizaton of gay sex

January 6, 2019 World News Comments Off on Trudeau to issue new coin commemorating decriminalizaton of gay sex

OTTAWA, January 4, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has granted the Royal Mint permission to release a new one-dollar coin designed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his father’s decriminalization of homosexuality. Trudeau’s government approved the coin design on December 14, reported CBC last month. According to CBC, the design is a “… stylized rendering of two overlapping human faces within a large circle, the left half o