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Kansas City Archbishop Bars Pro-Abortion Governor from Communion

Brian Kelly — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:29:05 +0000

Kansas, May. 9, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City has announced that Governor Kathleen Sebelius should not receive Communion because of her support for legal abortion. Read article here.

The Caviezels Adopt Second Disabled Child

Brian Kelly — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:27:45 +0000

The actor, Jim Caviezel, has some words of wisdom that you may like to read in this interview with Lifesite News.

Beatification Cause Opened for Another Young Hero of Spanish Civil War

Brian Kelly — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:10:03 +0000

These were the last words of Ismael Molinero Novillo from his deathbed in a prison of war camp.

“I want nothing of this world. I belong to God and I live for God. If I die I will be totally God’s in heaven, and if I don’t die, I want to be a priest. We need saints!”

Full article here.

University Administrator Placed on Leave for Criticism of Homosexual Lifestyle

Brian Kelly — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:03:24 +0000

And this for a letter-to-the-editor she wrote as a private individual on her own time.

Toledo,OH, May 8, 2008 / 03:01 am (CNA).- An administrator at the University of Toledo has been placed on paid administrative leave after writing a column in a local paper that argued against including homosexuals as “civil rights victims” and characterized homosexuality as a lifestyle choice. More here.

Prefect of Clergy Calls for Priests to have “Radical Commitment” to Christ

Brian Kelly — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:54:39 +0000

Vatican City, May 8, 2008 / 04:40 pm (CNA).- In a letter to all of the episcopal conferences of the world to mark the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on May 30, the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, has said that the priestly vocation can only be lived with radical commitment.

The Cardinal also stressed a continuous abandonment to Mary in this inspiring message. Well worth reading here.

One Quarter of Poland’s High School Students Will Make Pilgrimage to Our Lady’s Shrine

Brian Kelly — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:45:02 +0000

CWN reports

Warsaw, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Roughly one-fourth of the students graduating from Polish high schools this year will make a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Czestochowa, the KAI news agency reports.

About 125,000 students are expected to participate in the 34 different pilgrimages that are being organized by Polish dioceses for recent high-school graduates.

Head of Armenian Apostolic Church in Rome to Confer with Pope

Brian Kelly — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:41:04 +0000

This is a very important visit the success of which we should pray for.

Armenian prelate begins visit to Rome

Vatican, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, arrives in Rome today for a visit that will continue through May 9.

The Armenian patriarch– who will be accompanied by 18 bishops and 75 members of the Armenian laity– will be formally greeted by Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) at the regular Wednesday papal audience on May 7. Catholicos Karekin will meet privately with the Pontiff on Friday, May 9. Full article here.

Nebraska Cornhusker Head Coach Boosts Catholic Radio

Brian Kelly — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:35:41 +0000

Bo Pelini, head football coach at the University of Nebraska, threw his support behind the fundrais-ing campaign by addressing more than 100 supporters of Catholic radio at an event April 13 in Lincoln.

“Catholic radio is a lot like coaching,” Pelini said. “You reach people in different ways.”

A member of St. Peter Parish in Lincoln, Pelini told the crowd he is “committed” to Catholic radio. More here.

Chinese Orchestra Plays for Pope While Faithful Catholics Remain in Prison

Brian Kelly — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:52:23 +0000

This news is so disheartening that I am unable to comment.

Associated Press includes this lie in its wimpish and accommodating article:

“While China’s most onerous restrictions on religious activity have been lifted, many of the country’s estimated 12 million Catholics worship in congregations outside the state-approved church.”

China’s “most onerous restrictions” on Catholic religious activity have not been lifted; they continue in full force. Restrictions have been lifted for those schismatics who register with the government run Catholic Patriotic Association. In joining the Association one must sign a denial of one’s allegiance to the authority of the pope. Priests and bishops who have not joined are routinely rounded up and incarcerated. Many of them have never been heard from. Many of them are doing hard labor in “reeducation camps.”

You can read the whole page of misinformation here.

CNN and 20 TV Stations Witness Liquefication of Blood of St. Januarius

Brian Kelly — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:17:11 +0000

Naples, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Italian media reports confirmed that the blood of St. Januarius liquefied on May 4 in a recurrence of an annual miracle. Read article here