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Ventura’s anti-Serra mob held off by brave defendersSpitting, clawing, scratching, brandishing metal stake

Ventura’s anti-Serra mob held off by brave defenders
Spitting, clawing, scratching, brandishing metal stake

Thanks to the presence of a small band of Catholics, a “Tear Down Junipero Serra” event in front of Ventura City Hall on Saturday concluded with the bronze statue of Padre Serra standing unharmed.

How the Bixby Center pushes all U.S. ob-gyn residents to perform late abortionsComplex Family Planning – a new subspecialty

How the Bixby Center pushes all U.S. ob-gyn residents to perform late abortions
Complex Family Planning – a new subspecialty

In January 2019, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved a new subspecialty for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Complex Family Planning. Dr. Patrick Marmion, an associate professor at Washington State University, says

Worth driving to: St. Columba, ChowchillaExpect good homilies at this small town church: pastor is orthodox and knowledgeable in both philosophy and theology

Worth driving to: St. Columba, Chowchilla
Expect good homilies at this small town church: pastor is orthodox and knowledgeable in both philosophy and theology

Name of Church St. Columba

Address 213 Orange Avenue, Chowchilla, CA 93610

Phone number 559-665-3376

Mass times Saturday vigil, 6 p.m. Sunday, 8 a.m., 10 a.m.,

Only black-led pro-life march in America this FridayOakland’s Stand Up 4 Life rally & march January 24

Only black-led pro-life march in America this Friday
Oakland’s Stand Up 4 Life rally & march January 24

On Friday, January, 24 at Frank Ogawa Plaza, in front of Oakland City Hall, Walter Hoye will lead the 13th Stand Up 4 Life rally and march. Despite the fact that the

Pope Benedict XVI “the deepest thinker”So says filmmaker Werner Herzog

Pope Benedict XVI “the deepest thinker”
So says filmmaker Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog, the well-known film director and film legend [Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1978), Fitzcarraldo (1982)], praised Benedict XVI in a December 7 interview with German newspaper Die Welt. Asked if

Christian student doesn’t think actions on Earth determine afterlifeLaythen has faith but believes that the Bible and concept of deadly sins exist in order to control people

Christian student doesn’t think actions on Earth determine afterlife
Laythen has faith but believes that the Bible and concept of deadly sins exist in order to control people

California Catholic Daily reporter, Mary Rose, visits a California college each week and asks students about God, good, and evil. Interview with Laythen, who is studying psychology, near the Drama building at San Jose City College

Father Illo asks prayers of exorcism Dec. 6"All of us worship idols to some degree, but..."

Father Illo asks prayers of exorcism Dec. 6
"All of us worship idols to some degree, but..."

In his sermon on Christ the King, yesterday, Sunday, Nov. 24, Father Joseph Illo, pastor of Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco, used stronger words than ever: “It is hard for me to say

California Mission Mass celebrated Friday at Santa Clara UniversityWritten down for converted Native Americans

California Mission Mass celebrated Friday at Santa Clara University
Written down for converted Native Americans

On Friday, November 22, at 6:30 p.m. the traditional Latin Mass and California Mission Mass music will return to Mission Santa Clara, which serves as the Santa Clara University Chapel. Two choirs will chant the Propers for the Feast of

SF’s ‘vocations parish’ celebrates 125 yearsPriests, nuns join Patrick Coffin at Star of the Sea

SF’s ‘vocations parish’ celebrates 125 years
Priests, nuns join Patrick Coffin at Star of the Sea

On Saturday, November 9, the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, San Francisco’s Star of the Sea Parish celebrated its 125th anniversary. The day was marked by a Mass celebrated by the pastor, Father Joseph Illo, concelebrated by

Cañada College student: “I’m not saying go eat babies, but…”Brian and Devontay are friends; one Christian and one agnostic, and both pro-abortion

Cañada College student: “I’m not saying go eat babies, but…”
Brian and Devontay are friends; one Christian and one agnostic, and both pro-abortion

California Catholic Daily reporter, Mary Rose, visits a California college each week and asks students about God, good, and evil. Interview with Brian, who is studying psychology, and Divontay, who is studying to be a medical assistant,

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