Daily Archives: August 6, 2012

Martyrology-August 8th Roman Martyrology-August 8th- on this date in various years- The holy martyrs Cyriacus, deacon, Largus, and Smaragdus, with twenty others who suffered on the 16th of March, during the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian. Their bodies were buried on the Salarian Way by the priest John, but were on this day translated by Pope St. Marcellus to the estate of Lucina, on the Ostian Way. Afterwards they were brought to the city and placed in the church of St. Mary in Via Read more [...]

Thousands of Filipino’s gather to protest and pray against anti-life RH bill before Tuesday vote by Calvin Freiburger www.lifesitenews.com/news/thousands-of-filipinos-gather-to-protest-and-pray-against-anti-life-rh-bill MANILA, Philippines, August 6, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Saturday, thousands of red-clad Filipino Catholics braved the rain to protest so-called “reproductive health” legislation which critics fear would promote population control and threaten conscience rights. Read more [...]

Obama Attendance at Catholic Charities Dinner Sparks Criticism by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 8/6/12 www.lifenews.com/2012/08/06/obama-attendance-at-catholic-charities-dinner-sparks-criticism/ President Barack Obama has been invited to attend the annual Al Smith Catholic Charities dinner this October in New York and the participation of the pro-abortion president at the dinner is drawing nationwide condemnation. Obama accepted the invitation of Archbishop of Read more [...]

French Catholic Church prayer against gay marriage, euthanasia By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS | Mon Aug 6, 2012 www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/06/us-france-catholic-idUSBRE8750K020120806 PARIS (Reuters) – The French Catholic Church will revive a centuries-old custom next week with an updated national “prayer for France” opposing the same-sex marriage and euthanasia reforms planned by the new Socialist government. The prayer, to be read in all churches on Aug 15, echoes Read more [...]

Tens of thousands honor Our Lady of Guadalupe in Los Angeles CWN – August 06, 2012 The Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Knights of Columbus sponsored a Guadalupe Celebration at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 5. Media estimates of attendance at the event, which included prayer, speakers, and music, ranged from 45,000 to 100,000. Our Lady “is calling us to dedicate our lives to the loving plan of God,” said Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles. “To everything for his glory, in our Read more [...]

[Meanwhile on the ecumenical front ...] Papal message of support for inter-religious gathering in Japan CWN – August 03, 2012 Pope Benedict XVI has sent his greetings to an Inter-religious Gathering of Prayer for World Peace, being held in Japan. The Pontiff noted that the meeting—an annual event held on Mount Hiel—evokes “the spirit of the 1986 historic meeting in Assisi” convened by Blessed John Paul II. The Pope expressed confidence that the Mount Hiel meeting—the 35th Read more [...]