CNA, Perry West: Small business owners, laborers, and job-seekers in Minnesota can now connect with fellow Catholics using modern technology- a website and social network – and a very ancient concept – a guild. Read about it here.
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China: 20 Years in Prison, Teresa Liu Has Helped Hundreds Convert to Catholic Faith
CatholicPhilly.com, Catherine Sheehan: A woman who spent 20 years imprisoned in China for being a faithful Catholic has helped hundreds of Chinese migrants convert to the faith in Australia. Story is here.
Pakistan: Archbishop Tells Interfaith Gathering ‘We Don’y Want to Convert Anyone’
Catholic Culture: Dialogue “helps negate violent confrontations,” said Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore. “Ours is a society divided between religions and sects since the 1980s, but we do not want to convert anyone. The Church appreciates the beauty of diversity, … Continue reading
Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus: Older Profession of Faith for Protestant Converts
Dilexi decorem domus Domini, Father B. Jerabek: When a person who is already baptized is received into the Catholic Church now, the ordinary profession of faith used is quite simple. The person states (without having to put his or her … Continue reading
Testimony of Justin Martyr Shows ‘Peter’s Memoirs’ Became Gospel of Mark
National Catholic Register, Fr. Dwight Longenecker: Everybody likes a good mystery, and we like to watch as the sleuth sifts the clues, eliminates false leads, tracks down the culprit and gets his man. I enjoyed putting pieces of the puzzle … Continue reading
Cardinal Pell Tried (Unsuccessfully) to Clean Up Vatican Real Estate Accounts
Makes one wonder. National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: By October 2016, two years into his term as prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, Cardinal George Pell had become aware of a Vatican dicastery handling large amounts of unregistered … Continue reading
New Mexico: Bishop Advocates Missa Ad Orientem
Gallup Diocese, Bishop James S. Wall: Recently Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI released a powerful letter, in which he touched on a number of topics, including especially the sexual abuse crisis that has impacted the Church and even society as a … Continue reading
Review of ‘The Case for Liturgical Restoration’ by Charles Coulombe
New Liturgical Movement,: These are hard times for the Catholic Church, to be sure. Scandals of all sorts are daily reported, often rising up to the highest levels. In return, the leadership often seem arbitrary and tone-deaf – unsure of … Continue reading
American Library Association Pushing Perversion Upon Children
One wonders who is behind the ALA and who are Mary Ghikas and Loida Garcia-Febo, Executive Director and President of the Assocation? ChurchMilitant; In June, Personhood Alliance Education brought to light an intentional movement within the American Library Association (ALA) to bring … Continue reading
Poles Rise Up Against Blasphemies of Sodomites
ChurchMilitant, Jules Gomez Over 30 town councils in Poland declared themselves “free from LGBT ideology” after anti-Catholic LGBT parades blasphemed the Blessed Sacrament and the icon of the Black Madonna and Warsaw’s mayor signed a pro-LGBT declaration in February calling for gay … Continue reading
In Footsteps of Xavier: Remnant Interviews Japanese Traditionalist Priest
The Remnant, Michael Matt: As part of the RTV documentary “Hidden Catholics,” Michael J. Matt interviews one of three or four traditional Catholic priests in Japan — Father Thomas Onada, a Japanese convert who is now a priest of the … Continue reading
Great Summary of St. Ignatius of Antioch and Early Church + 107
Catholic Answers, Kenneth D. Whitehead: Some time around the year A.D. 107, a short, sharp persecution of the Church of Christ resulted in the arrest of the bishop of Antioch in Syria. His name was Ignatius. According to one of the … Continue reading
Villanova Historian Calls Three US Bishops ‘Devout Schismatics’
CNA:A Church historian at Philadelphia’s Villanova University has said three U.S. bishops are “devout schismatics” who try to diminish the authority of Pope Francis. “They are devout in the sense that they publicly display their preference for a traditionalist Church … Continue reading
Leave It to Berkeley CA: No More ‘Manholes,’ Now They Are Maintenance Holes
AP:There will be no manholes in Berkeley, California. City workers will drop into “maintenance holes” instead. Nothing will be manmade in the liberal city but “human-made.” And students at the University of California, Berkeley, will join “collegiate Greek system residences” … Continue reading
‘CBS This Morning’ Praises Leana Wen for Her ‘Passion’ for Abortion
LifeNews, Kyle Drennen: On Wednesday, [Vladimir] Duthiers fretted that “Wen’s departure from Planned Parenthood comes at a time when some states are passing severe restrictions on abortion.” Then [Gayle] King chimed in: “I was certainly sorry to hear that….I know … Continue reading
