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Tag Archives: Syria
US admits Muslim Syrian refugees but bars Christians?
From Spero News: The U.S. bars Christian, not Muslim, refugees from Syria The title of this blog post–The United States Bars Christian, Not Muslim, Refugees From Syria–will strike many readers as ridiculous. But the numbers tell a different story: The … Read More
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First Mass in Krak des Chevaliers in 745 years
This is amazing. I received a note… First Mass in Krak des Chevaliers in 745 years, since 1271, celebrated by Fr Aubry of the Fraternity of St. Vincent Ferrer. The fortress has been damaged and the town has all but … Read More
Refugees Refusing Aid Because It Has A Red Cross On It
Yes, there are true refugees. I don’t think they are all refugees. We shall see. Meanwhile, some are rejecting aid because there is a Red Cross on the packages. What do you think will come of this… migration? May the … Read More
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ISIS supporters hand out leaflets in London, ask people to move to Islamic State
This is interesting. Via Pamela Geller: Londonistan: ‘The dawn of a new era has begun’: ISIS supporters hand out leaflets in London’s Oxford Street encouraging people to move to newly proclaimed Islamic State Since I am sure that we all … Read More
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Holy See’s statement to cowardly terrorists, calls out mullahs, imams
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue released a statement about the wave of terror washing across Syria and Iraq. The statement was in French. HERE Here is an English translation: The whole world has witnessed with incredulity what is now … Read More
“Nobody wants to tell the truth! … They say openly if you don’t convert, we’ll kill you. It turns out they actually mean it.”
Here is a cold cup of reality from former Speaker of the house Newt Gingrich for the viewers of CNN on 8 August: “Nobody wants to tell the truth,” he complained. “The truth is this is a radical Islamist group. … Read More
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Syrian jihadist rebels kill Christians, drain and sell their blood?
More news of the Religion of Peace from WND: NUN: SLAIN CHRISTIANS’ BLOOD DRAINED AND SOLD Vials from beheading victims ‘going for $100,000’ NEW YORK – Atrocities by Syrian jihadist rebels have reached sensational new levels, according to a revered … Read More
VIDEO Islamists Attack Towering Christ Statue in Syria, Bomb Monastery
I saw this at Gateway Pundit: In October Christians erected a towering Christ statue at the Cherubim Monastery in the community of Saidnaya, Syria. The statue is taller than the Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue can be seen from … Read More
SYRIA: Bombs in confessionals
I am catching up on the news. To my horror I saw a story at Vatican Insider, to my knowledge only in Italian at this point, wherein the the Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic Patrairch, Gregorios III, revealed during a visit to … Read More
Pres. Obama has made Putin Leader of the Free World
Sometimes it seems that I am living in a Salvador Dali landscape: clocks melting of tables and all that. Even as I hear about unions turning on the First Gay President over Obamacare, I find an op-ed in today’s Hell’s … Read More
“I never realize how cool wars could be until…”
Ah! Dear Leader!
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How the Catholic Left will support Pres. Obama’s attack on Syria.
I was going to write it, but over at CatholicVote (keep praying for Thom Peters’ complete recovery!), Matt Bowman beat me to it with a great look into the wacky world of the Fishwrap‘s (aka National Schismatic Reporter) support of … Read More
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Catholic priest beheaded by practitioners of the ‘religion of peace’? So it seems, yes.
Just in case you were tempted to FORGET… From The Blaze (not the only source… there are videos…: CATHOLIC PRIEST ALLEGEDLY BEHEADED IN SYRIA BY AL-QAEDA-LINKED REBELS AS MEN AND CHILDREN TAKE PICTURES AND CHEER Syrian Catholic priest Francois Murad … Read More
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Catholic priest killed by Islamist troops, possibly beheaded
On News.va I read that there is going to be some sort of Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee meeting (HERE). I also read (HERE) that practitioners of the “religion of peace” murdered a Catholic priest, Fr Fran?ois Mourad, in Syria near the … Read More
Catholic Near East Welfare Association and winter aid for Christians in Syria
I picked this up from my friend John L. Allen, the nearly ubiquitous and normally fair-minded prolific writer, alas still writing for the über-liberal Fishwrap. My emphases. The Catholic Near East Welfare Association — among the largest the providers of … Read More
