Tag Archives: persecution

ACTION ITEM! Support “HobbyLobby” on Saturday, 5 January, against Pres. Obama’s HHS Mandate!

Posted on 5 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From LifeNews:
Thousands to Join Hobby Lobby Appreciation Day Over Mandate Fight
Tens of thousands of Americans have committed to support the Christian crafts store Hobby Lobby on January 5 after courts have refused to issued an ruling stopping the Obama HHS … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts about the Pope’s Lebanon trip

Posted on 27 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Because of my travel and the need for a little down time, I didn’t do much with the Holy Father’s visit to Lebanon.

However, a few things have come to mind after some recent conversations and some reading.
First, even though there … Continue reading →

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CNS: State Department Purges Religious Freedom Section from Its Human Rights Reports

Posted on 8 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The US State Department is run by the surrogates of The First Gay President, Mr. Obama, and they take his order.
Maybe religious liberty is not a human right after all?
From CNS:
State Department Purges Religious Freedom Section from Its Human Rights … Continue reading →

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John Allen’s outstanding talk on the world-wide war on Christians

Posted on 28 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have been waiting for the video of the closing “liturgy” of the L.A. Three Days of Darkness … Religious Ed Congress.
In looking for it, I found a video of a talk by my friend the nearly ubiquitous John L. … Continue reading →

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St. Nicholas Owen, martyr

Posted on 22 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The 2005 Roman Martyrology has this entry:
7. Londinii in Anglia, sancti Nicholai Owen, religiosi e Societate Iesu et martyris, qui multos annos latebras pro sacerdotibus condendis exstruxit, quapropter sub Iacobo rege Primo incarceratus et gravissime tortus, demum in eculeum coniectus … Continue reading →

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“Diocletian Hussein Obama”.

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In another entry about Bp. Morlino’s sermon, a comparison is made between Cyrus and [insert powerful secularizing political figure here, e.g., Pres. Obama] with the point that no figure (e.g., Pres. Obama) can possibly win in the end when it … Continue reading →

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Religious Persecution and Martyrdom

Posted on 21 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader sent me this.
It contains comments made by His Eminence Francis Card. George, Archbishop of Chicago.
In 2010, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago outlined the degree to which he believed religious freedoms (in the United States and other Western societies) … Continue reading →

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Archd. of New York’s particular law forbidding Catholic ministers any participation in same sex “marriage”

Posted on 9 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, author of a useful book on “annulments” (paperback and Kindle) has posted at his excellent blog In The Light Of The Law about particular laws for the Archdiocese of New York issued by Archbishop … Continue reading →

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MUST READ: Young person’s account of harassment and violence at WYD

Posted on 21 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Nolite mirari fratres si odit vos mundus.
Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.
1 John 3:13
In Madrid during WYD the were no lack of twisted, benighted wing-nut protesters harrassing the pilgrims and young people.
One of the readers here has a … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Modern Martyrs, New Evangelization, Non Nobis and Te Deum, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, TEOTWAWKI, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 73 Comments

Vietnamese blogger arrested for challenging media distortions of Pope’s speech

Posted on 1 September 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

What will happen in this regard worldwide, I wonder?
From CNA:
Vietnamese blogger arrested for challenging media distortions of Pope’s speech
Hanoi, Vietnam, Sep 1, 2009 / 02:56 am (CNA).- A blogger who was defending the Church against the state media’s distortions of … Continue reading →

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