Saint Luke the Evangelist by Ermes Dovico

Adam Smith Connor, prosecuted for violating a buffer zone protecting an abortion clinic, was found guilty and given a two-year conditional discharge and a £9,000 payment. This is the first time a thought crime has been recognised in the UK.

UNITED STATES

Shame on Democrats, Governor Whitmer mocks the Eucharist

Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer's staged a mockery of the Eucharist by giving a crisp to a kneeling feminist, mimicking the act of taking Communion. She speaks of a misinterpretation, but it her feeble excuse fails to convince.

UNITED KINGDOM

Judgment time for Smith-Connor and anti-abortion prayer

October 16: A British judge will rule on the case of the war veteran arrested for silently praying near an abortion clinic. If found guilty, it will be the first conviction in the UK and Europe for thoughtcrime.

Father George Haddad with some students
INTERVIEW / FATHER HADDAD

In Bethlehem there is a Catholic school preparing for a better future

Despite the many difficulties and discrimination caused by the war, more than 1,200 students - Christians and Muslims - keep hope alive. ‘Education is the key to being able to stay in this land and make it a safer place’. Says Father Giorgio Haddad, Franciscan, director of the Holy Land School.

Africans almost absent among the 21 cardinals appointed by Pope Francis: failure to endorse gay blessings bars entry to the sacred college. Promoted Radcliffe, the pro-lgbt Dominican preacher at the Synod.

Ecclesia 07_10_2024 Nico Spuntoni

After a year of war against Hamas, Israel acts like a maverick, violating international law. It claims the right to exist, but ignores the prerogatives of other peoples. Since 7 October to date, the Israeli army has killed 41,878 people in the Gaza Strip and 96,794 have been injured.

Cardinal Muller

Abundance of political correctness and devoid of concern for the crisis of faith in Christ: the former Prefect of the Doctrine of the Faith comments on the pre-Synod penitential vigil and points the finger at the bankruptcy curators in cassocks.

DAILY COMPASS ANNUAL CELEBRATION

To follow Jesus to the cross, perseverance is the way to salvation

Jesus is the one persecuted par excellence because the world struggles to accept his nature and message. The same sort falls to his disciples in every epoca. Yet, the Passion is the way to persevere in the faith and remain in the Church. The causes of the ecclesial crisis and its remedy: Mary. The necessary union of mercy and doctrine. Here is the meditation of Monsignor Nicola Bux, at the Daily Compass Day held on Saturday 28 September.

END OF LIFE

The unlearned lesson of the British child who refuses to die

NR, 4 years old, was taken off life support last April by decision of his doctors and judges but continues to live and is thriving. Consequently, the judge revoked his sentence but still does not understand the moral of the story, namely what love and best interestsreally mean.

NEW CONSULTANTS

Fernandez appoints progressive theologians to change Church teaching on morality

The new Consultors of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith are progressive theologians who promise to change the Church's doctrine on contraception, homosexuality, marriage, theology of the body, to fundamentally change Catholic morality in general.

AFRICAN CONTINENT

Pope’s call for cancelling poor countries debts rewards most corrupt governments

Cancelling the debt of the poorest states is one of the constants of solidarist thinking. But young Africans protest against corruption and oppose the indebtedness of their governments.