LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – It’s a very clever fake, this retail front, the blogger writes. It manages to get the major details just right. “They looked like Apple products. It looked like an Apple store. It had the classic Apple store winding staircase and weird upstairs sitting area. The employees were even wearing [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – The U.N. Children’s Fund, or UNICEF on Sunday airlifted emergency nutrition supplies and water equipment to the town of Baidoa. The delivery included five tons of food and medicine to treat malnourished children. Included in the shipment was equipment to supply clean water for a camp near Baidoa that [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – The 56-year-old Chavez appeared fatigued during his speech to thousands of supporters this week from a balcony of the presidential palace. “No one should believe that my presence here … means that we’ve won the battle. No, we’ve begun to climb the hill. We’ve begun to beat the illness [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – The 56-year-old Chavez appeared fatigued during his speech to thousands of supporters this week from a balcony of the presidential palace. “No one should believe that my presence here … means that we’ve won the battle. No, we’ve begun to climb the hill. We’ve begun to beat the illness [...]
BEIJING, China (Catholic Online) – The brutal tyrant Joseph Stalin of the former Soviet Union is credited with asking the following question of Winston Churchill, “How many divisions does the Pope of Rome have?” His belligerence proved no match for the Catholic Church. It is also reported that Pope Pius XII, hearing of the arrogance [...]
‘LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – The latest violence is just part of widening chaos in Yemen since protests began in February, calling for the end of the 33-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The president is still undergoing treatment in Saudi Arabia after an attack on his palace in June. The Saudi foreign [...]
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AsiaNews) – The Pope expressed his “deep sorrow” for the victims of the Norway attack, urging the faithful to pray for all those affected by the tragedy. He also renewed his “sad appeal to abandon forever the path of hatred and flee from the rationale of evil.” Pope Benedict XVI, who yesterday had [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – There were no reports of violence as the marines boarded the Dignite-Al Karama yacht in the eastern Mediterranean. Israeli naval vessels had told the pro-Palestinian activists onboard that they would take control of the boat unless it left the area. The Israeli navy engaged the people on the yacht [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – Syrian state-run TV said the deaths in Damascus and Homs were caused by snipers from “armed gangs.” An activist has declared that the city of Hama, where marchers were seen carrying olive branches has become a “tangible example of resistance to injustice” in Syria. Hundreds of thousands also protested [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – The U.N. Children’s Fund, or UNICEF on Sunday airlifted emergency nutrition supplies and water equipment to the town of Baidoa. The delivery included five tons of food and medicine to treat malnourished children. Included in the shipment was equipment to supply clean water for a camp near Baidoa that [...]