Like its immediate predecessor, this Ad Rem is a sneak preview of our conference. In the second of his celebrated “Twelve Labors,” Hercules was challenged to slay a multi-headed beast called the “Lernaean Hydra” owing to its lair being the … Continue reading
Category: Current Issues in the Church
Pope Refuses to Meet With US Sec of State Pompeo
LifeSite News, Calvin Freiburger: Pope Francis is refusing to meet with U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo during the latter’s visit to Rome this week, apparently over Pompeo’s criticism of the Vatican for renewing a controversial agreement with communist China. … Continue reading
Moslem Who Killed Priest Tried to Decapitate Him
Very informative article on current jihad in Italy. Church Militant, Jules Gomes: The illegal immigrant who murdered a pro-migrant Italian priest may have been associated with mosques or groups linked to radical Islam, Church Militant has learned. Father Roberto Malgesini … Continue reading
‘Insane,’ ‘A Deal With the Devil’ Says Cardinal Zen
Church Militant, Jules Gomes: The Vatican’s second-in-command is defending the Holy See’s deal with China, a day before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to shame Pope Francis for wanting to renew the controversial concordat. Report is here.
Keeping Track of Ongoing Satanic Attacks on Catholic Churches in US
LifeSite News, Martin Burger: A new interactive map is keeping track of attacks “on Catholic statues, parishes and persons in North America in 2020.” Launched by Complicit Clergy, an organization of laypeople attempting to hold Catholic clergy accountable for sexual perversion … Continue reading
Archbishop Cordileone’s Strong Message: ‘To City Hall You Are Nothing’
First Things: Archbishop Cordileone delivered the following homily at St. Mary’s Cathedral Plaza in San Francisco on September 20, 2020. Whenever I hear today’s Gospel reading, I recall the years that I served as pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe … Continue reading
Father Altman’s Inspiring Video, a Man Who Means What He Says
US Sec of State Pompeo Begs Vatican to Stand Up for Persecuted Church
And he’s not even Catholic. LifeSite News, Dorothy Cummings McLean: The United States Secretary of State has published an essay begging the Vatican to speak out against human rights abuses in China. Michael R. “Mike” Pompeo, the US Secretary of … Continue reading
Communist Government Steps Up Persecution of True Catholic Clergy
CNA: The Chinese government continues to imprison Catholic clergy – including bishops – who refuse to support the Communist Party, according to a new report out of the province of Jiangxi. Report is here.
You Can’t Be Catholic and a Democrat
Church Militant, Marco Tosatti: [Archbishop Vigano] “What is clear is that Catholics cannot vote for, much less the hierarchy approve, a “Catholic” politician who does not put the integrity of the Church’s doctrine into practice. The self-styled Catholic Joe Biden, … Continue reading
Sermon: Just Say No to the Corona Crock and Its Nasty Vaccine
A 20-minute sermon video that’s so good it got yanked from YouTube VERY quickly. Worth hearing, worth sharing. God bless this priest.
Fr. Daniel P. Horan Likens Sister Deirdre Byrne to a Nazi
Fr. Z: Once in a while I have the disgusting experience of reading something by Fr. Daniel P. Horan, OFM (aka The Horan of Babylon) who twists souls at the ultra-liberal Chicago Theological Union. (CTU’s official reaction to Pres. Trump’s … Continue reading
Baptism and the Mad Scientists of Liturgical Experimentation
You may have heard about Father Matthew Hood, a member of the presbyterate of the Archdiocese of Detroit who discovered, to his horror, that he had not been baptized validly and was consequently neither validly confirmed nor validly ordained. Father … Continue reading