such were the last words of one of three Christians, killed by extremists after their refusal to accept Islam in Ma’loula, which has already become famous among the faithful as “a land of Martyrs”.LINK
Author Archives: Joseph Saraceno
Russian Patriarch to Obama: Syria’s Christians Nearing ‘Extermination’
On September 10, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirillissued a letter addressed to “His Excellency Mr. Barack Obama, President, United States.” Whether one wishes to interpret this communique as a product of politics or sincerity, it accurately highlights the plight of Syria’s Christians, especially in the broader context of a larger civilizational struggle.LINK
United Methodist Church -some members vow to marry gay & lesbians
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) The Rev. Steve Heiss presided at his first same-sex marriage ceremony in a field in upstate New York on July 7, 2002. At the time, gay marriage was not legal in New York, and it remains illegal in the United Methodist Church. LINK
Did You Know 200 Million Girls are “Missing” Thanks to Abortion, Infanticide?
Austria: Catholic Church Fined for Phone Texting
Francis & the Vatican II Gospel by Fr. Campbell+St. Michael the Archangel
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Barilla Pasta Doesn’t Want Gay People in Their Ads
Hooray : Let us all buy Barilla products and show our support.
On Wednesday, the pasta company’s chairman, Guido Barilla, said it was never going to happen and that if gay people don’t like it they “can always go eat someone else’s pasta.”LINK
Pope Urban VIII better to believe than not to believe
This is one of the main problems with some Traditional Catholics. I found this statement by Pope Urban VIII on a Traditional web site and there is no proof of this statement below by this Pope. And even he he did say it, it’s just a private opinion. Has no doctrinal authority whatsoever. Joseph Continue reading
Francis & Rio de Janerio World Youth Day
Billy Graham’s grandson: evangelicals ‘worse’ than Catholics on sex abuse
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) The Christian mission field is a “magnet” for sexual abusers, Boz Tchividjian, a Liberty University law professor who investigates abuse said Thursday (Sept. 26) to a room of journalists. LINK
Anglican Ordinariate Use coming up – Mass on October 10
History will be made in the Catholic Church on Thursday 10 October when a new text for the Mass which includes traditional Anglican words is officially introduced in London. Benedict XVI described these as “precious gifts” and “treasures to be shared”. LINK
‘Christians No. 1 target of extremists and bigots’
In Pakistan, a suicide bomber kills 75 people at a Christian church. In Kenya, terrorists chase Muslims out of a shopping mall, then start killing Christians, especially those who could not give them the name of Muhammad’s mother. LINK
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Russian court in Krasnodar orders Quran to be added to Federal list of extremist materials
“According to the report on the study by the Forensic Center… in the books there are statements containing a positive assessment of hostilities of a group relative to another group of persons united, on the grounds of their attitude to religion, in particular, Muslims against non-Muslims; as well as the statements of encouragement, LINK