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Notre Dame could face legal investigation for flip-flopping on contraception coverage

January 9, 2018 World News Comments Off

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, January 8, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A group of over sixty Notre Dame alumni attorneys has written an open letter to the university’s president, Father William Jenkins, CSC, to protest the university’s decision to continue the dissemination of contraceptives and abortifacients to its staff and students through its healthcare plan. The Catholic university has allowed contraceptive and abortifacient coverage for staff and students after first unsuccessfully contesting Obama’s HHS ‘contraception’ Mandate and the

Poland: Marches of the Three Kings Draw 1.2 Million

January 9, 2018 World News Comments Off

Under the motto “God is for everyone”, 1.2 million Poles in more than 660 cities and towns in Poland and abroad joined in the March of the Three Kings. This year’s event was accompanied by fundraising “Kings for the East”, the income from which will be delivered to cultural and educational institutions operating beyond the eastern border as well as in Poland for the benefit of the eastern citizens. This March of the Three Kings was one of the largest events in the year of celebrating the 100th anniversary of Poland’s regaining independ

Bishops’ letter on sexual identity prompts LGBT counter-lobbying

January 6, 2018 World News Comments Off

Washington D.C., Jan 5, 2018 / 12:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Several Catholic bishops’ call for clarity and compassion on sexual identity issues such as transgenderism drew the ire of a dissenting Catholic group which is part of a well-funded LGBT activism network. New Ways Ministry’s executive director Francis DeBernardo encouraged his group’s supporters Dec. 18 to write the four bishops who signed the recent letter. Claiming gender transition helps people “become closer to God,” he said the letter is “denying transgender experience” a

Rural Minnesota Catholic parish dismisses musicians over gay marriages

January 6, 2018 World News Comments Off

For weeks now, a Catholic parish in the rural St. Croix River Valley north of the Twin Cities has been praying through turmoil, brought by a trio of startling dismissals. On one hand, even many of the most distressed don’t want any of the 400 or so parishioners to leave the Church of St. Joseph in Taylors Falls and the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Shafer. On the other, some see a wounde

Trump replaces Obama-appointed gay ambassador with family man: report

January 4, 2018 World News Comments Off

MADRID, January 3, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The Trump Administration recently installed a new Ambassador to Spain. The former Obama appointee who was a pro-LGBT openly gay man ‘married’ to a man was replaced with a family man who has a wife and three children. Juan María Piñero of Spain’s Actuall.com reports that Trump’s new Ambassador to Spain signals that the U.S. president has “cut” with Obama’s plans to “impose the LGBT agenda in the world through diplomatic pressures

Former bishop of Charlotte’s Catholic diocese dies at 90

December 24, 2017 World News Comments Off

Bishop William Curlin, who presided over the rapidly growing Catholic Diocese of Charlotte from 1994 to 2002, died Saturday at Carolinas Medical Center. He was 90. The cause of death was cancer, which he had battled for years. Curlin was known as a pastoral bishop and as a longtime friend and spiritual adviser to Mother Teresa. In 1995, he brought the diminutive nun

Pope takes 27 candidates a step closer to sainthood‎

December 20, 2017 World News Comments Off

Pope Francis has authorized 12 decrees on miracles, martyrdom and heroic virtues of 22 men and 5 ‎women. ‎ by Robin Gomes Pope Francis on Monday took 27 men and women a step closer to sainthood. The Pope received Card. Angelo Amato, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and authorized him to promulgate 12 decrees regarding 22 men and 5 women from as many as 8 nations. They concern 3 miracles, a martyrdom and 8 heroic virtues. Nineteen candidates, including 3 miracles and the martyrdom of 16, have been cleared for Beatification, the penultimate stage before Canonization or sainthood. Fr. Patrick Peyton Among the 12 is the decree on the heroic virtues of the noted “Rosary Priest”, Servant of God Fr. Patrick…Continue Reading

Catholic League: Boston Globe Refuses to Name Its Own Abusers

December 19, 2017 World News Comments Off

The Boston Globe, which has turned stories about child sexual abuse by Catholic priests into a cottage industry, refuses to publish the names of its own staff members who have been charged with sexual harassment, according to Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.

Facebook Nixes Photo of Vatican Nativity Scene as ‘Sexually Provocative’

December 16, 2017 World News Comments Off

In one of the least likely stories of all time, Facebook has vetoed a photo of the Vatican’s yearly Nativity scene, referencing its policy against “sexually suggestive or provocative” images. The manger scene integrates into the typical depiction of the Holy Family in Bethlehem, a series of vignettes highlighting the corporal works of mercy: feeding the hungry, visiting the sick and imprisoned, burying the dead and clothing the naked. It was this last element that excited the censors at Facebook with its portrayal of a naked man being offered clothing by a charitable pilgr

America Magazine . . . Celebrates Alabama Win

December 15, 2017 World News Comments Off

If not for black women, Doug Jones might very well have given a concession speech on Tuesday night. Because of their overwhelming support, he will be the Democratic senator from Alabama, putting Roy Moore and his horse, Sassy, out to pasture. Black women voters in Alabama went 98 percent for Doug Jones. That is a staggering percentage. But the real takeaway from this ele

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