CNA: A Dutch doctor who drugged an elderly woman and had her restrained as she fought lethal injection has been cleared by a review panel for “acting in good faith.” The woman, in her 80s, had dementia and had been … Continue reading
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Ciudad Juarez: A City Transformed Through Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
National Catholic Register, Patty Knap: From 2008–2010, Ciudad Juárez, in northern Mexico was listed as one of the most dangerous cities in the world, due to drug and gang related violence. Now in a dramatic turnaround, the city is considered safer than several … Continue reading
Trump’s Executive Order Upholding Employee Rights for Morally Disordered Subverts Conscience Rights of Employers
Angelus, CNA: The U.S. bishops are concerned by the Trump administration’s decision to maintain a “troubling” Obama-era executive order that could demand federal contractors violate their religious beliefs on marriage and gender ideology. “In seeking to remedy instances of discrimination, … Continue reading
Bishop Barron’s Vapid Words in an Interview With a ‘Married” Homosexual Host
Of course, he was charming. The atheists loved him. Just see the flattering comments they left in the comment box. See Brandon Vogt here. Then read the Fatima article below for the Catholic perspective. Fatima Persepctive, Christopher Ferrara: The articulate … Continue reading
Arrested After Quiting Patriotic Association, Bishop Ma Now Accepts CPA Post
Sad news. UCANews: A Chinese bishop has taken a second post in the same state-aligned organization he quit from during his 2012 episcopal ordination, an event that led to his house arrest. Auxiliary Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin took up a post … Continue reading
Israeli Plan Is to So Divide Palestine That a United State Would Be Impossible
AsiaNews: Three thousand new homes for Israeli settlers will be built in Judea-Samaria (the term Israel uses for the Palestinian Occupied Territories). The announcement was made last night with a statement issued by the defense ministry. This is the fourth announcement … Continue reading
Most of Trump’s Military Appointments Are Catholic
National Catholic Register, Stephen Beale: When it comes to religious affiliation, a distinctive pattern has emerged in President Donald Trump’s new administration: Most of the high-ranking appointees to military-related positions hail from a Catholic background. That includes not only Gen. … Continue reading
Masonic Faux ‘Philanthropy’ vs Catholic Charity
The Five Beasts: While Freemasonry originated in 1717, it was in 1870, the same year the American order, the Shriners, were founded, that it began a concerted assault on the institutions of the Roman Catholic Church. It was a portentous year as the government of Italy … Continue reading
RIP Bishop Edmund Farhat, Friend of Brother Francis
I just read of Maronite Bishop Edmund Farhat’s death on AsiaNews website. He died last December 16. When Brother Francis went to Rome to present our case once again before the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith in June … Continue reading
Prayers: President Will Announce Supreme Court Pick Tomorrow
LifeNews: President Donald Trump indicated today that he will announce his Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday. The president previously said he would pick a “truly great Justice.” In a tweet Monday, Trump said he has made his selection. “I have made … Continue reading
Burke and Festing Humiliated, von Boeseleager Reinstated as Grand Chancellor of KOM
1Peter5, Steve Skojec: Fra’ Matthew Festing, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, offered his resignation at the pope’s request earlier this week. Today, the Sovereign Council of the Order — the only body with the authority to permit his … Continue reading
VP Pence Addresses March for Life
National Catholic Register, from Matt Hadro CNA/EWTN: “On behalf of the president of the United States,” he said, “we thank you for your stand for life” and “for your compassion, for your love of the women and children of America.” “And … Continue reading
Pope Says One ‘Can Practice Religion in China’
Crux, John Allen: Understandably, most reaction to Pope Francis’s latest blockbuster interview, in this case with the Spanish newspaper El Pais, focused on his comments on populism, including Donald Trump. Whenever you have the pope warning against the lure of political … Continue reading
Canon Law and Penalties for a Priest Who Gives Absolution to Unrepentant Violators of 6th Commandment
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: As was to be expected, the first cases are now coming up where priests are being punished for not going along with the new “spirit” of Amoris Laetitia. That is to say, for not willingly administering the Sacraments … Continue reading
Arnaud de Lassus, RIP
We received news today that Arnaud de Lassus died this morning, at 95 years of age, in France. This influential French traditionalist thinker was published at times in English by his friend and fellow champion of Christ the King, Hamish Fraser, … Continue reading
