According to news accounts filtering out of a besieged Christian village in Syria, a Christian man who was given the choice to convert to Islam or die chose the path of his Master and was slaughtered for the faith.
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois says today's Catholics must "adjust" to living in an environment of persecution similar to that suffered by Christians in the early Church and under communist rule.
Pope Francis is planning to consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on October 13 while kneeling before the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary from Fatima which will be flown to Rome for the event.
If anyone is still wondering whether "gay rights" is turning into a war on religion in the U.S., the case of a Catholic school being bullied after firing a homosexual who recently married his partner is just another example of this alarming trend.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSThe secular media is abuzz this week with headlines claiming Pope Francis may "soften" the Church's stance toward homosexuals because of comments he made during an impromptu press conference held on board his flight back to Rome on Sunday.
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