Catholic Herald; A Lithuanian archbishop who was martyred during the country’s Soviet occupation has been declared blessed, making him the country’s first martyr from the Communist era to be beatified. More here.
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Russian Catholic Church Feels Abandoned
Catholic Culture: Members of the Russian Catholic Church—one of the smaller Byzantine-rite churches in communion with Rome—fear that they may be forgotten by Vatican officials anxious to improve relations with the Russian Orthodox Church, reports Francis X. Rocca of the Wall Street … Continue reading
Cardinal Kasper: We Need an ‘Evangelical Catholicism and a Catholic Protestantism’
Catholic Culture: The ecumenical Monastery of Bose recently hosted a conference on “justification, the Gospel of grace,” and L’Osservatore Romano has published excerpts of three of the talks. More here.
Dr. Inigo Dollinger RIP
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: On this Trinity Sunday, 11 June 2017, Dr. Ingo Dollinger died. We just received notice from his secretary in Germany that he peacefully died at 3:57 P.M. German time, in his home, surrounded by his secretary and friends. He … Continue reading
Two Russian Converts: Priests Dedicated to Converting Russia to the Catholic Church
Rorate Caeli, Roberto de Mattei: “Russia will be Catholic” is the inscription on the tomb of Father Gregorio Agostino Maria Šuvalov, buried in Montparnasse cemetery in Paris. The Russian Barnabite sacrificed his life for this cause (Antonio Maria Gentili. I Barnabiti, … Continue reading
Governor of Missouri Calls Special Session to Protect Pro-Life Work
CNA: Missouri’s Gov. Eric Greitens has called a special session of the legislature to pass stronger legal protections for pro-life groups, like pregnancy centers he charged are “under attack” by a controversial St. Louis ordinance. Full report is here.
Polish Bishops Stand Firm: No Communion for ‘Re-Married’ Adulterers
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Yesterday, 7 June, the Polish Bishops’ Conference ended its General Assembly in the Polish city of Zakopane. According to the official website of the German bishops Katholisch.de, the speaker of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Pawel Rytel-Andrianik said that … Continue reading
130 Moslem Imams Condemn ISIS Butchery, Refuse to Pray for Dead Terrorists
I post this because I had questioned in previous terrorist accounts of ISIS where is the voice of the Moslem world. FoxNews: British police on Tuesday named the final member of the terror trio that murdered seven people on Saturday in … Continue reading
Cameroon: Bishop’s Apparent Suicide Deemed ‘Suspicious’
Catholic Herald: Medical investigators found “signs of torture” on the body of a Cameroonian bishop who apparently committed suicide. Catholic leaders in the country have urged prayers for one of the African country’s bishops, whose remains were pulled from a river … Continue reading
UK Bishop Tells Catholics to Bow Before Pagan Idols, Bring Flowers
Tell that to the martyrs. Truth be told, judging by the photo of Bishop Heskett in the LifeSite report I can easily imagine him bringing flowers to Buddha. LifeSite News, Pete Baklinski: A Catholic diocese in the U.K. is encouraging Catholics visiting … Continue reading
Tongues, Emotionalism, and the Catholic Sobriety and Hilarity of Father Rutler
Do not misunderstand. Father Rutler is not condemning genuine enthusiasm, just the affected sham that is its evangelical counterfeit. Crisis Magazine, Fr. George Rutler: The amiable classicist, John Bird Sumner, was the Protestant archbishop of Canterbury from 1848 to 1862. … Continue reading
Catholic Barred From Farmers Market for Refusing to Host Same-Sex ‘Wedding’
The Catholic Register, Madeleine Buckley: A Catholic farmer in Michigan is suing the city of East Lansing after he was barred from a municipal farmers market over his views on same-sex marriage. Stephen Tennes filed a lawsuit at a federal court on … Continue reading
Jesuit General Says Devil Is ‘Symbolic Figure’ / Church Should ‘Open More Doors’
Catholic Culture: Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, the superior general of the Jesuit order, suggested that the devil is a “symbolic figure,” in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. More here.
Billy Graham at 98, Pray for His Conversion
Newsmax: Many Americans have been developing a designer religion based on what “fits in” with their individual preferences, Graham told Newsmax in an exclusive interview. [Individual preferences?] Whole article is here.
Coptic Christians, All 29, Even Children, Asked to Renounce Christ Before Being Killed
The Christian Post: A priest identified as Father Rashed, a chaplain for one of the groups comforting the survivors of the attack, said in an article in Breitbart News on Sunday that 10 masked Islamic State militants did not simply open … Continue reading
