1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Today, 7 April, the much-expected conference on “Catholic Church, where are you going?” took place in Rome. The conference was inspired by the late Cardinal Carlo Caffarra – one of the four dubia cardinals – who died last September. At … Continue reading
The Federalist, Maureen Mularkey: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime is not the first to employ a puppet church to absorb, and finally dissolve, the genuine one. In the Ukraine of the 1920s, the so-called Living Church prefigured the Catholic Patriotic Association, … Continue reading
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: During Easter, not only did a German priest and monk declare that he could well imagine a female pope in the future, but Cardinal Christoph Schönborn – whom Pope Francis has called a “great theologian” and to whom the pope entrusted the … Continue reading
ChurchMilitant: Australian Catholics are outraged that an influential conference for Catholic school leaders is featuring speakers supportive of same-sex “marriage.” Report is here,
For those older friends of Saint Benedict Center, I think you will agree with me that Fred MacMurray (+1991) and the late Brother Hugh MacIsaac, M.I.C.M., who died in 1979, could have passed for twins. I was curious to see … Continue reading
ChurchPop: This is so touching. In a video going viral around the world (you can watch it below), a boy with down syndrome comes up to an actor playing Jesus in a Viacrucis (Way of the Cross) procession in Mexico to … Continue reading
Crux, John L. Allen, Jr.: Ferment around Pope Francis’s latest bombshell “interview,” in which the pontiff was quoted denying Hell, shows no signs of fading, as an Italian columnist was fired this week after saying the interview was “fake news,” … Continue reading
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: In the wake of the 4 April revelation that seven German bishops have turned to the Vatican in protest against the recent decision of the German Bishops’ Conference in favor of intercommunion for Protestant spouses of Catholic, Ulrich Ruh, a … Continue reading
Tom Nash, Catholic Answers: In a recent article that has received a lot of attention online, Protestant apologist Brian Culliton argues that a close reading of the early Church Fathers illustrates they didn’t believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The … Continue reading
One would think that all Egypt would have been converted to the Catholic Faith upon a million people in 1968 having viewed this apparition, an apparition of Mary repeated many times (even the Moslem President at the time. Abdel Nasser … Continue reading
CNA: A priest whose father was executed following Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising has died at the age of 104, after a lifetime of mission work. Father Joseph Mallin, S.J., passed away early Easter Sunday at a Jesuit community house in … Continue reading
Catholic Herald: A co-founder of 40 Days for Life was received into the Church this Easter after attending Mass for 28 years. David Bereit, a former Presbyterian, had attended Mass every Sunday since meeting his future wife in January 1990. Story … Continue reading
Fatima Perspectives, Christopher Ferrara: I would be willing to bet that there is a direct correlation between progressivism-Modernism on the part of a Catholic cleric and his choice of a pastel blue shirt in place of the traditional black (cassocks now … Continue reading
Hard to figure what is going on here. The Republican Congress just passed its omnibus funding bill two weeks ago giving PP 500 million dollars of taxpayer money. Now, with Pence’s vote, federal funding of PP can be blocked by … Continue reading
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: This might well have been one of the most poignant Easters in our lifetime. It was overshadowed by Pope Francis’ purported claim — later half-denied — that Hell does not exist, a claim which caused the public indignation of Catholic author … Continue reading
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