Sold by the Jesuits
Sold by the Jesuits By Marcia Chatelain October 31, 2023 In the early spring of 1860, E. M. Dudley of Livingston County, Kentucky, ran an ad in the local newspaper offering a “Two Hundred Dollars Reward” for the safe return of his “boy Manuel.” The alert wasn’t an appeal for the return of Dudley’s child. […]
Getting Through Life
Getting Through Life By Alexander Stern October 31, 2023 Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki was once asked why there is so little camera movement in his films. “That’s a nuisance when you have a hangover,” he responded. His joke captures three elements of the prolific director’s latest feature, Fallen Leaves: wry humor, a spare style stripped […]
‘Now Comes the Reckoning’
‘Now Comes the Reckoning’ By William Collins Donahue October 31, 2023 It is a window and a mirror. Through it, we observe the growth of the European Union from its humble beginnings in 1952 as the six-member European Coal and Steel Community to the sprawling twenty-seven-member EU with its own currency and virtually without internal […]
Bill Gates pushes digital ID for newborns in Kenya as critics warn of surveillance risk
According to the Kenyan Daily Post, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s role in assisting the Kenyan government in its development and rollout of a government-backed digital ID program was announced after a recent series of ‘closed-door meetings’ with Kenyan President William Ruto.Read More
Knoxville Planned Parenthood was intentionally set ablaze from inside, fire dept. concludes
Exactly one year after the FBI posthumously accused Mark Reno of torching Knoxville’s Planned Parenthood, the Knoxville Fire Department has released its own report stating that the fire was intentionally set inside the building, and all doors were locked when firefighters arrived.Read More
Ontario city councillor’s pay suspended for advocating against ‘pride’ flag, drag shows for kids
Lisa Robinson allegedly ‘promoted attitudes which are homophobic and transphobic, failed to recognize the diversity of the community, failed to protect the dignity of individuals, and attempted to bring forward motions which would not, in our view, withstand scrutiny under Ontario’s Human Rights Code.’Read More
On All Saints’ Day, Pope Francis says holiness is ‘a gift and a journey’
Pope Francis speaks to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus on the solemnity of All Saints on Nov. 1, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 10:46 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday told pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square that holiness is both a “gift” from God and […]
New Orleans Archdiocese to close 10% of parishes, merge others
St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. / Credit: travelview/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Nov 1, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of New Orleans has announced the “difficult and painful decision” to consolidate 11 parish communities, permanently close seven churches, and consolidate three territories in the coming months to ensure sustainability and vitality. Archbishop Gregory Aymond […]
New Orleans Archdiocese to Close 10% of Parishes, Merge Others
LazyLlama Saint Louis Cathedral is in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Archbishop Gregory Aymond made the announcement in an Oct. 29 letter that was read at every Mass at all parishes in the archdiocese last weekend.
Pope presses theologians to be in tune with challenges of daily life and talk with non-believers
Pope Francis is pressing Catholic theologians to be more in tune with the challenges of ordinary people and urging them to dialogue with non-believers as well as believers of various religions.