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Baby Drop-Off Box by Benedictine Sisters in Ecuador-28-Dec-2019

A group of religious sisters in Santo Domingo, Ecuador has installed the country’s first baby drop-off box, as an alternative to abortion for mothers who find themselves unable to care for their newborns. CNS news reported that the Missionary Benedictine inaugurated the country’s first “Cradle of Life” baby drop-off box on Dec. 10, 2019 in Santo Domingo. The box is located in the exterior wall of their Happy Valley Home, a temporary shelter providing foster care for at-risk girls and adolescents. The sisters will support babies left in the box for up to three months. If the mother wishes to come back for the baby, she can also receive support from the Happy Valley Home. If the mother does not return after three months, the baby will be given up for adoption. Inside the drop-off box is a bassinet and a letter assuring mothers that their babies will be cared for with love and medical attention. “We don't know what happened in your life that you're making this decision, and we're not judging it,” the letter says. Women can leave their babies safely and anonymously in the box. Once the door to the box is closed from the outside, it cannot be reopened, thus ensuring the baby's safety. An alarm sounds inside the home, alerting the personnel of the baby's arrival. “Every life is a gift and children are like stars, there's never too many,” said Mother Teresa of Kolkata. The ...

More American Youth Becoming Prolife-March for Life turns historic-26-Jan-2019

Thousands of anti-abortion activists, including many young people bundled up against the cold weather gripping the nation's capital, gathered at a stage on the National Mall Friday (January 18, 2019) for their annual march in the long-contentious debate over abortion. Signs reading "Choose love, Choose life," "I am the pro-life generation," and "Defund Planned Parenthood" dotted the crowd gathering under hazy, wintry skies at the morning rally. Like last year, President Donald Trump addressed the group by video. He promised to veto any bill that “weakens the protection of human life.” Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, who attended the event, listed actions the administration has taken over the past two years to deter abortions. Trump noted that the administration has ensured foreign aid doesn’t flow to organizations that promote abortion. Pence credited Trump with nominating conservative judges to the federal bench. Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill., who is one of the only anti-abortion Democrats in the House, also addressed the morning rally. Ben Shapiro, a popular conservative commentator, was the featured speaker. Shapiro spent his time on a live show "debunking" abortion rights arguments. He discussed the value of life and emphasized that his arguments were based in science, rather than religion alone. "Abortion is not just pulling a plug," Shapiro said. "Abortion is a violent act." Pence and h...

President Trump Signs the New Law to help Persecuted Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria-14-Jan-2019

President Donald Trump signed into law, on December 11, 2018, the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act, which seeks to ensure US aid reaches Christian and Yazidi genocide victims. The bill was passed unanimously in the House Nov. 27, and in the Senate Oct. 11. This bill was introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (Republican-New Jersey), and the lead Democratic sponsor was Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California). This was Smith’s second attempt at getting the bill signed into law, and altogether it took 17 months for this bill to be passed. Trump was joined at the Dec. 11 signing by Vice President Mike Pence, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, Ambassador to the Holy See Callista Gingrich, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus Carl Anderson, Smith, Eshoo, Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, and many others. Trump said it was a “great honor” to sign H.R. 390 into law, and remarked that his administration has had great success in fighting Islamic State. The group has lost nearly all of its territory since its peak in 2015. “This bill continues my administration's efforts to direct US assistance for persecuted communities including through faith-based programs,” he said. The signing of the legislation is a symbol of the US speaking “with bold moral clarity and political unanimity,” Anderson said in a statement provided by the Knights of Columbus, which were heavily involved with t...

Sister Thankamma from Kerala helps villagers in Kashmir's strife-torn border regions:-31-Dec-2017

Sister Thankama had no idea of life in India's violence-ridden Jammu and Kashmir state before she moved there eight years ago. She now knows the risk of living in a conflict zone all too well, but loves her work with the church-run St. Joseph Community Hospital. A native of the southern Indian state Kerala, the 41-year-old nun from the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary congregation, moved to the area on the India-Pakistan border after working in villages in other northern Indian states including Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. Sister Thankama, who uses only one name, was surprised about the lack of awareness among the local people about several diseases. She discovered the inhabitants living close to the border areas failed to take women's health and child birth seriously. The nun has been working in the border districts of Smailpur, Mandal, Nowshera and Nagrota where she said people don't receive much-needed government attention in terms of medical assistance. Like in other areas in this border region, dreadful diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and pregnancy-related maladies take their toll. "In the early days, I was surprised that people suffering from TB weren't aware of the important timing for taking their medicines," she told ucanews.com while attending to patients in a hospital run by the Jammu and Srinagar diocesan Catholic Social Service that covers the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, "pregnant women were taking their p...

Pope Francis gets a special gets a special edition Lamborghini-15-Nov-2017

VATICAN CITY -- Luxury sports car maker Lamborghini has presented Pope Francis with a brand-new, special edition Huracan that will be auctioned off with the proceeds donated to charity. Lamborghini officials presented the sleek, white car with yellow-gold detailing to Francis on Wednesday in front of the Vatican hotel where he lives. The pope promptly blessed it. There is no doubt he is going to auction it or sell it to help the poor. That was what he did when Harley Davidson gifted him with a special edition motorcycle. He even auctioned the Jacket he got with the bike....

Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism-19-Jun-2017

Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism, the Emmy award-winning documentary film, is now available to stream on Netflix! Narrated by actor Jim Caviezel and with original music by renowned composer Joe Kraemer, the film documents St. John II’s role in the fall of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe. It explores how his spiritual leadership influenced Poland’s Solidarity movement, which contributed to the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989. For film details, visit jp2film.com. A guide to the documentary can be found at kofc.org/college...

New Jersey Teenager attempted to Assassinate Pope Francis-05-Apr-2017

A New Jersey teenager Santos Colon Jr. pleaded guilty Monday (April 3, 2017) for attempting to provide material support to terrorists and plotting the assassination of Pope Francis when he was on a trip to Philadelphia during the Papal mass in September 2015. Colon was a juvenile when he was involved in the plotting. Even as he was arrested in 2015, he was not charged then. According to the Department of Justice, Colon pleaded guilty in Camden federal court before the U.S. District Court Judge Noel L. Hillman. The announcement was made Monday by Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick and Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary B. McCord. Prosecutors said Colon admitted to conspiring an ISIS-inspired plot of detonating bombs across Philadelphia between June 30, 2015 to Aug. 14, 2015. He also admitted to the planning of Pope's assassination prior to his visit to the city. However, prosecutors did not reveal the motive behind the attacks and said that they are continuing investigations. Under Colon's plea agreement, authorities said they won’t charge Colon with other offenses, including "attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (namely the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) between April and August in 2015" or "attempting to obtain and use a weapon of mass destruction." However, he will face up to 15 years in prison and a $250,0...

Pope Francis Baptizes 26 kids. Tells Parents- teach your children the faith by your life-example-08-Jan-2017

Pope Francis today (Jan8,2017) baptized 28 babies during Mass in the Sistine Chapel, reminding parents that by asking for the Sacrament of Baptism, the gift of faith, for their child, they have a responsibility to guard it and to help it deepen. “The faith is to believe what is the truth. God the Father who sent his son, and the spirit who gives life,” he said Jan. 8. “But faith is also to trust in God, and that you must teach them, with your example, with your life.” Pope St. John Paul II started the custom for the Pope to baptize babies in the Sistine Chapel on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The Baptism of the Lord is typically celebrated by the Church on the Sunday following Jan. 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, unless in a particular country the Epiphany is celebrated on Jan. 7 or 8, as it is in the US. In that instance the Baptism of the Lord is then celebrated the following Monday. In his homily, Pope said faith “must be lived,” a journey that must be walked and which must give “witness.” “And the faith is light: in the baptismal ceremony you will be given a lighted candle, as in the early days of the Church. And for this reason Baptism, in those days, was called ‘illumination,’ because faith illuminates the heart, makes things seen with a different light,” he said. During the liturgy, in which the Pope baptized 15 boys and 13 girls, som...

Face of Mercy--A Powerful, Stunning Film of Hope, Healing and Forgiveness-25-Oct-2016

Since his election to the papacy, Pope Francis has inspired millions by urging us to embrace Mercy, ultimately revealed in the face of Christ. Now comes an extraordinary new film on this powerful message that brings hope, healing and forgiveness to a broken world. Narrated by Jim Caviezel, The Face of Mercy explores the history and relevance of Divine Mercy in our turbulent times. Watch its story unfold, from an unpretentious Polish nun who experienced powerful visions of a merciful God, to her countryman Pope John Paul II who propelled the message of Divine Mercy onto the world stage, and now the “Year of Mercy” bestowed upon the Church by Pope Francis. Filmed in stunning 4K and seamlessly weaving together theology, and history with modern testimonials and visual effects, this stirring film creates a remarkable tapestry of what constitutes the face of mercy in our modern world. Meet the woman who found freedom in forgiveness after seeing her family wiped out by genocide; the former-NFL linebacker who walked away from football to share Christ’s mercy with the homeless; the baseball player who traded MLB ambitions for the monastery; the priest with a drug-dealing past, and the young widow who chose mercy towards her husband’s killer. These moving testimonies will remind us all that Divine Mercy is not just a devotion of the past or some abstract theology – it is alive, it is present, and it will transform the world. For Youtu...

Bio Of A Childhood Built On Feeding Siblings. My Child Never Eats A Single Mouthful Unless You Are Sharing It With Others-04-Sep-2016

Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia. Mother Teresa's original name was Anjeze Gonxha Bojaxhiu. The youngest of the children born to Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu. Her father was a successful merchant and she was youngest of the three siblings. She received her First Communion at the age of five and a half and was confirmed in November 1916. From the day of her First Holy Communion, a love for souls was within her. Her father’s sudden death when Anjeze was about eight years old left in the family in financial straits. Drane raised her children firmly and lovingly, greatly influencing her daughter’s character and vocation. Anjeze’s religious formation was further assisted by the vibrant Jesuit parish of the Sacred Heart in which she was much involved. At the age of 12, she decided that she wanted to be a missionary and spread the love of Christ. Her mother once said "My child, never eats a single mouthful unless you are sharing it with others," At the age of 18 she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. There she received the name Sister Mary Teresa after St. Thérèse of Lisieux. After a few months of training at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dublin Mother Teresa came to India on 6 January 1929. On May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948, Mother Teresa taught...

Tiny Indian Nun, Now a Saint, Saint Mother Theresa-04-Sep-2016

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis today (September 7,2016), fast-tracked to canonization just 19 years after her death. She was known as the "saint of the gutters" during her life, because of the care she provided to the poor and sick people she picked from the filthy and dirty streets of Calcutta (now called Kolkota). She worked among the poorest of the poor and sickest of the sick and became recognized as one of the most recognizable faces of charity in 20th century. Tens of thousands of pilgrims packed St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for a service to honor the tiny nun. A Nobel peace laureate, her legacy complements Pope Francis's vision of a humble church that strives to serve the poor, and the festivities in her honor are a highlight of his Holy Year of Mercy, which runs until Nov. 8, 2016. Standing under a canvas hung from St. Peter's Basilica showing the late nun in her blue-hemmed white robes, Pope Francis said she was a "dispenser of divine mercy" and held world powers to account "for the crimes of poverty they created". Around 120,000 people attended the ceremony, according to Vatican estimates, celebrating the life of a woman who Pope Francis said it might be difficult to call "Saint" as people felt so close to her they spontaneously used "Mother". Late Pope John Paul II (now Saint Pope John Paul II), who met...

Be Dreamers. Download Good Heart. Pope Tells World Youth.-03-Aug-2016

Pope Francis wrapped up his Polish visit on Sunday (July 31, 2016) with a huge outdoor Mass where he told young people to look beyond the instant gratification afforded by technology, and instead to try to change the world. Hundreds of thousands of young people, many of whom camped out for the night, waved national flags and cheered as Pope Francis arrived to say the Mass in a large field on the outskirts of Krakow at the end of his five-day trip to Poland where he presided at the Catholic Church's World Youth Day festivities. Pope Francis, 79, who has said he is a "disaster" with technology, sprinkled his sermon at the last major event of the trip with social media and technology terms. He urged the young people to "'download' the best 'link' of all, that of a heart which sees and transmits goodness without growing weary." He said their response to the challenges of life cannot be "texting a few words," that prayer should be given pride of place over their internet "chats", and that God's memory was not a "hard disk" filled with files on everyone, but more of a compassionate heart that wants to help them "erase" evil. Pope encouraged them to continue "to be dreamers (who) believe in a new humanity, one that rejects hatred between peoples, one that refuses to see borders as barriers". The trip has been marked by heavy security, including metal detectors and sniffer dogs at most...

Pope Francis Proclaims Two New Saints—One a Nurse-06-Jun-2016

Pope Francis canonized two new saints yesterday June 5th 2016 : A Lutheran convert who hid Jews during World War II (Elizabeth Hesselblad) and the Polish founder of the first men's religious order dedicated to the immaculate conception (Stanislaus Papczynski, a Roman Catholic priest). Pope called Swedish-born Elizabeth Hesselblad and Stanislaus Papczynski "exemplary witnesses to this mystery of resurrection" during the canonization Mass in St. Peter's Square. Poland's President Andrzej Duda and first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda attended the ceremony. Hesselblad saved the lives of 12 Jewish members of the Piperno-Sed families by hiding them in the convent in Rome where she was superior from December 1943 until the capital's liberation on June 4, 1944. Israel's Holocaust center Yad Vashem bestowed on her the title "Righteous Among the Nations." It said Hesselblad never tried to convert those she saved but, "rather insisting that they say their Hebrew prayers and fulfill other obligations of their religion." Hesselblad, who was baptized in the Reform Church, migrated to the United States where she worked as a nurse and converted to Catholicism. She later moved to Rome, where she became a nun and dedicated her life to her religious order. She died of natural causes in 1957 and was beatified in 2000. She is Sweden's second saint in 625 years, following Saint Bridget, who was canonized in 1391....

I appreciate him more than any Islamic leader. Says Syrian refugee saved by Pope Francis. -01-May-2016

In an exclusive interview with Yahoo Global News Reporter Katie Couric, 4 among the 12 Syrian refugees opened their hearts. On April 16, Pope Francis visited a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, where over half a million refugees — primarily from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq — found refuge in 2015 alone. And the pope did not return home empty-handed. He brought 12 Syrian migrants, including six children, back to Italy with him. They were emotional while opening up about their harrowing journeys out of Syria and how grateful they are to the pope for the new lives they are starting in Rome. “He’s a very kind man,” said a refugee named Nour a lady Engineer from Damascus, Syria. She and her husband Hasan were brought to Rome by Pope Francis. “He’s a real human being. For me, I appreciate him more than any Islamic leader, or Islamic religious man, or any Arabic leader, because nothing has been done by these men, like him. By Arabic leaders or by Muslim leaders… No one has done the same thing.” “His actions did not have to do with our skin color or religion,” said Ramy, another refugee and his wife Suhila. “And it proves that human beings are brothers with other human beings.” The four have not seen Francis since their relocation, but they all know what they’d tell him should their paths cross again. “I will say to him,...

Pope Takes to Vatican Three Muslim Families With Six Children—In Papal Plane.-16-Apr-2016

The Vatican City population of about 800 grew by 12 as Pope Francis put three families of Syrian refugees aboard the papal plane before leaving Greece. The Vatican said in a statement that the pope "desired to make a gesture of welcome regarding refugees" by taking in the families, which include six children. "These are all people who were already in camps in Lesbos before the agreement between the European Union and Turkey." "The Pope's initiative was brought to fruition through negotiations carried out by the Secretariat of State with the competent Greek and Italian authorities." The Vatican noted that all of the refugees are Muslim. "Two families come from Damascus, and one from Deir Azzor (in the area occupied by Daesh). Their homes had been bombed," the statement continued. "The Vatican will take responsibility for bringing in and maintaining the three families. The initial hospitality will be taken care of by the Community of Sant'Egidio," a lay service organization. The Vatican will pay for their housing and care costs. At the Port of Lesbos, Pope Francis was joined by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymus II, where he prayed that in caring for refugees "may we seek a world where none are forced to leave their home and where all can live in freedom, dignity and peace." Pope Francis told reporters aboard his plane that &l...

US State Department has not yet declared brutal killing of Christians in Middle East as Genocide.Please Sign this Petition--22-Feb-2016

Christians in the Middle East continue to suffer, and in order to help them further, we need to do our part in convincing the U.S. Government to officially designate their persecution as genocide. Already many of our brother Knights have helped us give generously to humanitarian relief for those affected, with more than $8 million dollars raised. These funds have provided assistance in the form of food, clothing, shelter, general relief, education, religious instruction, medical care and much more. Pope Francis has called what is happening to Christians in the Middle East “genocide.” The European Parliament has done the same, as have prominent voices such as the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and Genocide Watch. This is not a partisan issue. Presidential candidates and elected leaders of both American political parties have said Middle Eastern Christians are facing genocide. But despite the evidence that these individuals and institutions have found compelling, the U.S. State Department has still not made such a designation. Experts indicate such a designation could help those who are suffering so much by opening up for them certain legal protections and options that might otherwise be unavailable. Please take two minutes to join Supreme Knight Carl Anderson as well as Catholic bishops, Christian religious leaders and other advocates in signing the petition at StopTheChristianGenocide.org. Sin...

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