And this happened in Catholic Ireland! What audacity! The poor man had unease and anxiety and was offended by the statue. Then what, pray tell, was he doing teaching in a Catholic school? God bless the caretaker who had the … Continue reading
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Must Read: ‘The Roots of Violence Is the Hatred of the Truth’
This is a must-read article by Maike Hickson. It is timely, provocative, evocative, sobering, and salutary for a serious soldier in the Church Militant. 1Peter5, Maike Hickson: While reflecting on how to write with integrity this article on the current neo-Hegelian … Continue reading
Kenya: Jihadists Kill Four Christians for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Catholic Culture: Members of the jihadist group Al-Shabaab hacked three Kenyan Christians to death after they refused to heed a demand to convert to Islam, according to World Watch Monitor, which reports on the persecution of Christians. More here with link.
Little Paul: ‘Angel of the Tribes’
Tradition in Action, Hugh O’Reilly: This is one of the extraordinary episodes recorded by Fr. Peter DeSmet at the first mission of the Flatheads Indians in St. Mary’s Mission in Bitter Root Valley, Montana. Story is here.
Santa Rosa Bishop Calls for Consecration to Mary of Every Parish and Mission
California Catholic Daily: In preview copy of Aug. 26 letter posted on diocese’s website, Bishop Robert Vasa asks that consecrations be performed after all Sunday Masses on Saturday, December 9 and Sunday, December 10. More here.
San Francisco Parish Has a Pastor Who Believes ‘ the Old Is Better’
Crux, Valerie Schmalz: Father Joseph Illo came to be in charge of the Star of the Sea Church in San Francisco three years ago. He has revitalized the ailing parish with his powerful commitment to traditional Catholic practices. “I was … Continue reading
Prayers: Church Offers Refuge for Thousands of Persecuted Sudanese
CNA: As the civil war in South Sudan heightens, millions are fleeing their homes for safer ground, which many have found at St. Mary Help of Christian’s Cathedral in Wau, the country’s second largest city. Report is here.
Cardinal Brandmüller on the Need for Papal Professions of Faith
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Cardinal Walter Brandmüller – the former president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences and one of the four dubia cardinals – has just published an article in German (in Die Neue Ordnung, August issue) in which he discusses an old ecclesiastical tradition … Continue reading
Brazil’s Bishops’ Conference Opens Door for ‘Some’ Practicing Adulterers to Receive Sacraments
Crux, Felipe Dominguez: The Brazilian Bishops’ National Conference did not close the door that leads to the sacraments for divorced and remarried couples. In a pastoral guide to Amoris Laetitia, the bishops said that, even though Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation reaffirms the … Continue reading
Knights of Columbus and Crux Out to Discredit Traditional Catholic Converts
Rorate Caeli: The Knights of Columbus made a clear choice when the organization decided to sponsor the faltering “Crux” — founded by the Boston Globe for liberal journalist John Allen Jr (when the Globe thought it could cash in on Francis’ … Continue reading
Cardinal Sarah Honors Martyrs of the Vendee, Condemns Modern Revolutionaries
Catholic Culture: “Once again today, more than ever, revolutionary ideologists want to annihilate the natural place of self-giving, joyful generosity and of love,” the cardinal said. “These new revolutionaries are worried by the generosity of large families. They ridicule Christian families, … Continue reading
Syrian Patriarch Laments US Invasion of Iraq
Catholic Culture: Patriarch Ignace dismissed the claim that the US and other countries are backing “moderate” Muslim forces in the Syrian conflict. No such forces exist, he said; “It’s a lie.” Report is here with link.
Melbourne: Archbishop Says He’d Go to Jail Rather Than Break Seal of Confession
ABC News: Divisions are emerging in the Australian Catholic community over a controversial call for the seal of the confessional to be broken if a paedophile admits to sexually abusing a child. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual … Continue reading
3 US Cities Have Statue of Mass Murderer Lenin on Public Display
The Daily Caller, Henry Rodgers: There are several statues of the Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin across the U.S. which people are beginning to protest. There are reportedly at least three statues of Lenin in the U.S. — one in New York … Continue reading
‘It’s a Sad Day to be Catholic’! You’re Catholic? Scott Phillips Should Get a Life
Are these parents for real? With all the evil in the world, i.e, abortion, birth control, moral filth in schools and the media, raging violence, unjust wars, and corruption of doctrine and discipline in the Church, and these poor excuses … Continue reading
