California Catholic Daily: In his letter dated Sept. 27, 2019, the cardinal focused on a June 2019 church document, “Pastoral guidelines of the Holy See concerning the civil registration of clergy in China” which he said risks creating a schismatic … Continue reading
ChurchMiliant, David Nussman: An Austrian cardinal is standing by his decision to allow a drag queen to sing inside the cathedral at a large fundraising event. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna is defending the blasphemous fundraiser concert, which he allowed to take place … Continue reading
AsiaNews, Vladimir Rozanskij: During the Christmas liturgies, Church attendance fluctuates between 1 and 3%. This is the lowest figure found in all Christian countries, including secularized France. The government praises the results of Moscow’s “Journey into Christmas”, but some emphasize … Continue reading
Morning Star News, Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria on Wednesday (Jan. 8), the same day four students were kidnapped from a Catholic seminary in Kaduna state. Report is here.
The Catholic Thing, Robert Royal: China is a large, strange, complex, contradictory thing, even before you get to the large, strange, complex, contradictory, and murderous form of Communism that has come to dominate its various peoples. No one understands it … Continue reading
CNA: Cardinal George Pell has reportedly been transferred out of the Melbourne prison in which he has been incarcerated for more than a year after a drone illegally flew over the prison grounds. More here.
ChurchMilitant, Jules Gomes: A star evangelical preacher has shocked Protestants after preaching on the Real Presence of Jesus in Holy Communion and rejecting the exclusively symbolic interpretation of the Eucharist. “I didn’t know that for the first 1,500 years of church history everyone saw it [the … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Jay Copp: [Daniel] Mitsui jokingly calls himself a “spirit of Nicea II Catholic.” His understanding of the role of religious art has its roots 1,200 years ago with that Church council, which reversed an earlier council’s suppression … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Today, January 3, the Church calendar offers us the (optional) feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. At Mass the entrance antiphon reminds us, “At the name of Jesus, every knee should bend…” And then something … Continue reading
Cathoic Stand, Peter Darcy: Your guardian angel guides you and guards you. And luckily, for some of us sinners, they never, ever, stop trying to save our souls. We know from our earliest instructions in the faith that angels exist … Continue reading
Ignitum Today, Father Carlos Martins: Want to hear a real demon story, one for which I can personally vouch? A good priest friend of mine — let’s call him Fr. George — is an exorcist. When he performs an exorcism on someone … Continue reading
Bitter Winter, An Jin: To exert pressure on the clergy who refuse to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), the United Front Work Department (UFWD) and Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau in Fuzhou, the capital of the southeastern province of Fujian, organized a conference in … Continue reading
ChurchMilitant, Ryan Fitzgerald: An Islamic terrorist group attacked a bus in Kenya Monday, but the jihadists weren’t able to target and kill the Christians because Muslims on the bus wouldn’t help identify them. Report is here.
CNA: In an interview with the German magazine Stern, the Archbishop of Munich and Freising was asked, “What do you do when a homosexual couple asks you for an episcopal blessing?” Marx responded: “I can bless them both in the … Continue reading
The Hustle, Michael Waters: As Ben Franklin once quipped, death is one of the only certainties in life. And with that certainty comes an endless supply of customers. Every year, 2.8m people die in the US. Around 40% of them opt to be … Continue reading
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