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Interesting capsules from the SPUC: Chinese officials who forced pregnant women to undergo abortions and sterilised couples who had more than two children have reportedly been sacked. The report follows a campaign by pro-life activist Chen Guangcheng who is currently under house arrest for exposing the violations in the local area. He said that the…

An article originally published in Crisis, reprinted at Holy Spirit Interactive, explaining corporal mortifications as a spiritual practice: But let’s go even further. It’s clear that simply being a good person requires some kind of mortification. If a man doesn’t control his anger or resentment, he’ll be impossible to live with, and may even end…

A prayer center opens: The person of Padre Pio, the saint of Pietrelcina, is becoming ever closer to the heart of Lebanese Christians and Muslims. Devotion for this “foreign” saint was celebrated yesterday, Padre Pio’s feast day according to the liturgical calendar, with the inauguration of a “centre for prayer and meditation” in the city…

We had a little bit of discussion of the din in St. Peter’s in Rome, a few months back, occasioned by my dad’s Roman holiday and his reflections on the matter. Here’s an interesting note on a new policy: In Italy, the "tramontana" is the brisk wind that blows away the lazy days of summer…
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