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
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‘A Teaching Moment’ About Hell? Well, How About It?
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
Seven German Bishops Protest Bishops Conference’s Allowing Communion for Some Protestants
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
Testimony of Three Second Century Fathers on Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
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
Egypt: The Apparition of Our Lady at Zeitoun, 50th Anniversary April 9
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
RIP Father Mallin, Son of Executed Irish Freedom Fighter, Dies at 104
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
Co-Founder of 40 Days For Life Received Into Catholic Church
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
Bishop of Porto, Portugal, and Priest of Pontifical Academy for Life Offer New Moral Code for the Indulgent
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
Senate Passes Bill Allowing States to Defund Planned Parenthood
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
Preparations for War, Confusion in the Church, the World Needs Fatima — All of It
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
Palestine: Slaughter in Gaza, 17 Dead, 1400 Wounded, Israel Uses Snipers on Unarmed Protesters
Aljazeera: The Palestinian Authority has declared Saturday a day of national mourning after 17 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces as thousands marched near Gaza’s border with Israel in a major demonstration marking the 42nd anniversary of Land Day. Report here.
Povera Irlanda: Another Disgrace for What Was the Land of Saints and Scholars
AP: Guinness is flowing in Irish pubs on a Good Friday for the first time in 90 years. Lines of people were reported as pubs opened at 7 a.m. to serve alcohol, thanks to legislation that overturned the 1927 ban on … Continue reading
The Skull of Adam Was Buried Beneath the Cross of Christ
This is an interesting account of the translation of Adam’s bones to Noah and on to Melchisedeck who was the Priest/King of Salem (Jerusalem). Melchisedeck placed them on a hill outside the city. Even the Jews of Our Lord’s time … Continue reading
Passover Ritual, the Last Supper, and the Fourth Cup
A short and illuminating article concerning the Last Supper and how Our Lord fulfilled the drinking of the fourth cup on the Cross. And, I might add on my own that even though it was vinegar that was given to … Continue reading
Motley Crew of Young’uns Can’t Reach ‘Consensus’ On What to Teach the Church
Fatima Perspectives, Christopher Ferrara: As described here by John Allen, the pre-Synodal meeting of “young people” in Rome to prepare for the upcoming “summit of Catholic bishops on youth,” was an even bigger fiasco than I had thought. It was, in fact, a … Continue reading
