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Archbishop Fisichella Says Pope Francis Desired Saint’s Presence in Vatican Basilica for Ash Wednesday of Jubilee Year

January 11, 2016 World News Comments Off on Archbishop Fisichella Says Pope Francis Desired Saint’s Presence in Vatican Basilica for Ash Wednesday of Jubilee Year

Zenit.org The remains of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, often known as Padre Pio, will be exposed for veneration in St. Peter’s Basilica next month. According to Vatican Radio, the Vatican announced this Monday, noting the remains will be exposed Feb. 8 -14. It was Pope Francis who desired that Padre Pio’s reliquary be present in the Vatican for Ash Wednesday of the Jubilee of Mercy, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, communicated in a letter he had written to the Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo. “The Holy Father,” the prelate wrote, “has expressed his strong desire that the remains of St. Pio of Pietrelcina be exposed in St. Peter’s Basilica for Ash…Continue Reading

Cardinal Roger Mahony . . . Catholic clergy set to lead Coachella Mass to pray for refugees

January 8, 2016 World News Comments Off on Cardinal Roger Mahony . . . Catholic clergy set to lead Coachella Mass to pray for refugees

As the national debate continues on whether to allow Syrian refugees into the United States, Catholic organizers expect thousands of people to come together in Coachella Sunday to pray for people fleeing hardship in their homelands. The 10th annual Migration Mass, a service that’s part of National Migration Week celebrated by the Catholic Church each year, aims to show unity and support for the estimated 60 million refugees across the world. For the first time, Our Lady of Soledad Church will host the service presided by Bishop Gerald Barnes of the Diocese of Sa

The Cardinal Newman Society . . . Major Issues We’re Following in Catholic Education in 2016

January 5, 2016 World News Comments Off on The Cardinal Newman Society . . . Major Issues We’re Following in Catholic Education in 2016

The Cardinal Newman Society’s reporting in 2015 highlighted numerous issues — positive and negative — impacting faithful Catholic education in the U.S., and we expect many of these issues to continue trending into 2016. In the past year, Newman Society reporters covered cultural and institutional threats to faithful Catholic education, including the U.S. Supreme Court marriage ruling, problems with Common Core, Planned Parenthood’s close ties to Catholic colleges, ongoing HHS mandate lawsuits threatening religious freedom and scandalous commencement speakers at Catholic colleges. Yet, many faithful Catholic colleges and schools have responded with vigor to the current challenges and de – See more at: http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/4595/Opinion-Major-Issues-We%E2%80%99re-Following-in-Catholic-Education-in-2016.aspx#sthash.O3ZB0dhq.dpuf

Swiss Nuncio: Communion Is for Catholics

January 3, 2016 World News Comments Off on Swiss Nuncio: Communion Is for Catholics

Abp. Gullickson nixes Communion for divorced adulterers, active gays and Lutherans BERN, Switzerland (ChurchMilitant.com) – Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, nuncio to Switzerland, is closing the door on Communion to civilly remarried divorcees, unrepentant homosexuals and non-Catholics such as Lutherans. Gullickson, appointed to his post in Switzerland in September, spoke frankly on these topics in a recent interview to the Swiss paper Tages Anzeiger. The 66-year-old archbishop, originally from Sioux Falls

Death Panels Are No Joking Matter Now

December 31, 2015 World News Comments Off on Death Panels Are No Joking Matter Now

Remember when those who worried about “death panels” were mocked? Well, it’s no joking matter now. Imagine you’re the mom or dad of a 46-year-old former sheriff’s deputy who’s been in the hospital for two months after a non-cancerous mass was found on his pancreas. Imagine further that your son is on a ventilator but can still interact with you and make his wishes known via movements of his hands or head. Imagine that in these interactions your son has clearly said he wants to live. Then consider your son had no health insurance when he went to the hospital, and now, a hospital “ethics committee” has decided it’s time to pull the plug, because further treatment is not “in…Continue Reading

Christian Bakers Say the Government Cleaned Out Their Bank Accounts

December 31, 2015 World News Comments Off on Christian Bakers Say the Government Cleaned Out Their Bank Accounts

Melissa Klein was checking her bank accounts just a few weeks before Christmas when her face turned ashen. The money was gone—every single penny. Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries had confiscated all the cash in Mrs. Klein’s checking account and savings account as well as a special account set aside for their church tithe. Yes, friends—the state of Oregon stole money meant for our Lord. Mrs. Klein and her husband, Aaron, are devout evangelical Christians who own a mom-and-pop bakery—Sweet Cakes By Melissa.

Greg Burke’s Appointment Signals Beginning of Communications Reform

December 22, 2015 World News Comments Off on Greg Burke’s Appointment Signals Beginning of Communications Reform

After an eighteen-month study and seeking the advice of media experts on reforming the Vatican’s media operation, three Vatican appointments over the past couple of days have signaled the beginning of those reforms. The Holy See announced today that St. Louis native and former Register and Fox News correspondent Greg Burke is to become the new vice director of the Holy See Press Office, replacing San Marino Passionist Father Ciro Benedettini who has served in the role for 20 years. The position has until now involved assisting the press office director in staging press conferences, overseeing administration, and disseminating information, as well as sometimes representing the Holy See in Father Lombardi’s absence. Since June 2012, Burke has served as senior…Continue Reading

Apparently a job in food services doesn’t need to present the Faith

December 20, 2015 World News Comments Off on Apparently a job in food services doesn’t need to present the Faith

MILTON, Mass. (ChurchMilitant.com) – An all-girls Catholic prep school in Massachusetts unlawfully discriminated against an actively homosexual man when it withdrew his job offer upon finding out he’s in a same-sex civil “marriage.” That was the ruling of Norfolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins on Wednesday. The man, Matthew Barrett, had been offered a job as the food services director at Fontbonne Academy in Milton, but that job offer was taken back after he

Cardinal Burke Inspires National Rosary Campaign to Storm Heaven

December 18, 2015 World News Comments Off on Cardinal Burke Inspires National Rosary Campaign to Storm Heaven

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 17, 2015 /Christian Newswire/ — On December 8, Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the launch of The Jubilee Year of Mercy, His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The Mass and rosary prayed by His Eminence marked the official inauguration of the newly inspired national Rosary Campaign dubbed “Operation Storm Heaven” which Cardinal Burke is leading. The campaign is an initiative of Catholic Action for Faith and Family and aims to rally one million Catholics to pray the rosary on the first day of each month throughout the year. The specific intentions set forth by the Campaign under the guidance of Cardinal Burke will be united with the personal…Continue Reading

Feds Can’t Locate Thousands Who Had Visas Revoked Over Terrorism Concerns

December 18, 2015 World News Comments Off on Feds Can’t Locate Thousands Who Had Visas Revoked Over Terrorism Concerns

The United States has revoked 122,000 visas – 9,500 over terrorism concerns – since 2001, but doesn’t know where all those former visa-holders are, according to congressional testimony on Thursday. Michele Thoren Bond, assistant secretary for the Bureau of Consular Affairs, was grilled before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where Republican Chairman Jason Chaffetz charged, “You don’t have a clue, do you?” When asked where those people currently are, Bond admitted, “I don’t know.”