Holy See Urges U.S. to Seek Peaceful Resolution to Syria Crisis
BY EDWARD PENTIN 08/29/2013 VATICAN CITY — The Holy See is using diplomatic channels to convince the U.S. government and its allies not to take military […]
Month: August 2013
Fr. Samir on Syria and Egypt – Full Interview
Fr. Samir Khalil Samir, a professor of philosophy, theology and Islamic studies based at St. Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon, gave a long and very […]
Still Learning From Pius X, 100 Years Later
Foe of Modernist Heresy Has Many Lessons for Today On Tuesday, the Church began commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Pope St. Pius X. […]
US Mistaking Islamists for Victims, Egypt’s Christians Say
This article appeared in LIGNET, August 20, 2013 Security / Middle East and North Africa SITUATION REPORT Scores of churches and church-run institutions were attacked, […]
Benedict XVI Makes Brief Trip to Castel Gandolfo
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI briefly returned to the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday, where he spent time in prayer and attended a […]
40 Churches Burned, Looted or Destroyed in Egypt
The video here (warning: contains some violent images) is CCTV footage showing a mob attacking St. George’s Coptic Orthodox church in Sohag, Upper Egypt, a […]
Misinterpreting Francis
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ comments on homosexuality during a press conference on the papal plane back from World Youth Day in Rio were largely […]
Bringing the Liturgy Back to the Real Vatican II
The abuses of the sacred liturgy that followed the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are “strictly correlated” with a great deal of moral corruption […]