Oregon inventor, 90, turns his genius to sheltering homeless people
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — In a sturdy homemade woodshop amid filbert orchards not far from the Willamette River, the gears of 90-year-old Vern Stuewe’s mind crank all day. “What does the world need most right now?” Stuewe often asks himself. A longtime member of St. Mary Parish in Corvallis, Oregon, the inventor ruminated on the […]
FSSP says Pope Francis has issued decree confirming its use of 1962 liturgical books
June 22,2013: The prostration of the ordinands during the Litany of the Saints at the Fraternity of St. Peter’s Roman parish, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome / CNA Vatican City, Feb 21, 2022 / 04:49 am (CNA). Pope Francis has issued a decree confirming that the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) can continue […]
In Shahkot, Christian tombs desecrated by real estate company (AsiaNews)
Shahkot is a region in Punjab (map), Pakistan’s most populous province. When local Christians saw that a bulldozer was destroying graves, they immediately organized a protest, blocking a road and halting the cemetery’s destruction.
Becciu back in court as Vatican trial resumes; attorneys argue Pope has abused authority (Pillar)
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu oversaw the internal affairs of the Roman Curia as Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State from 2011 to 2018. Pope Francis created him a cardinal in the 2018 consistory and named him Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. In 2020, Becciu resigned from the “rights connected to […]
Pope: How sad it is when Christians think of waging war with each other (AsiaNews)
Pope Francis made these remarks on February 20 during his Angelus address, in which he reflected on Luke 6:27-38, the Gospel reading of the day.
We are not Christians if we wage war against one another
Commenting during the Sunday Angelus on the Gospel passage in which Jesus tells His disciples to love their enemies, Pope Francis lamented, “How said it is when people and populations that pride themselves on being Christian see one another as enemies and think of waging war against each other!” Read all
Nigerian air strike kills seven children in Niger
Seven children have been killed and five injured in Niger, in an airstrike by the Nigerian army targeting bandits whose activities are responsible for a wave of killings and kidnappings. Read all
BREAKING: Pope Francis confirms FSSP ‘not affected’ by his ‘general’ restrictions on Latin Mass
In a meeting February 11, Pope Francis confirmed the Fraternity of St. Peter’s ability to continue using the liturgical books of 1962, following a worldwide novena to Our Lady.
Concerning a Certain Diocese…
My dear Wormwood, I want to applaud you with regard to the work you have undertaken in one of the Enemy’s foremost dioceses in the Americas. For far too long, that detestable place has flourished virtually unchecked by us. But since the enthronement of our beloved Pachamama in Rome, events have gone better than I […]
BREAKING: Pope Francis confirms FSSP ‘not affected’ by his ‘general’ restrictions on Latin Mass
In a meeting February 11, Pope Francis confirmed the Fraternity of St. Peter’s ability to continue using the liturgical books of 1962, following a worldwide novena to Our Lady.