Blog for Dallas Catholics: We human creatures seem to have some built in flaws we are simply unable to overcome. Or we refuse to do so. One of the most critical of these is our steadfast refusal to learn from … Continue reading
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Holy Scripture: the War Between the Flesh and the Spirit
Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission: In the first reading at Mass today (Wednesday of the 28th Week), St. Paul enumerates the sins that proceed from the flesh. There are many references to “the flesh” in the New Testament, especially in … Continue reading
No Red Hat for Chaput or Gomez; Cupich and Tobin Chosen.
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: With his selection of 17 new cardinals, Pope Francis has left no doubt about his determination to bring permanent change to the Church. “You have to realize that he is aiming at reform that is irreversible,” one … Continue reading
China: Bishop Brought Back From ‘Vacation Tour’ Under ‘Tight Restrictions’
Catholic Culture: Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin, the “underground” bishop who was taken into custody by Chinese officials in September, has been released but remains under tight restrictions, the AsiaNews service. Bishop Shao, the coadjutor bishop of Wenzhou, was taken away … Continue reading
Liberal Archbishop of Brussels Nominated for Cardinalate
The Wanderer, Maike Hickson: The recent announcement that Pope Francis has chosen seventeen new cardinals has already raised much concern and debates among Catholics. The decision to select Archbishop Jozef de Kesel of Brussels, Belgium to be now a cardinal seems … Continue reading
A Swiss Guard and His Rosary
Dr. Mario Enzler: On the liturgical calendar October 7th is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. This feast celebrates the naval victory of the Holy League fleet at Lepanto which in 1571 saved Christian Civilization from defeat at the hands … Continue reading
Cardinal Burke on the Threat of Islam
Breitbart: Speaking in an interview with Italian newspaper Il Giornale, Cardinal Raymond Burke accused Westerners of being too weak to acknowledge the incompatibility of Christianity and Islam. “It is clear that Muslims have as their ultimate goal conquest and power over … Continue reading
German Bishops’ Conference Set to Publish Laxer Guidelines for Allowing Divorced and Remarried to Communion
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Just after the news about Pope Francis’ support of more liberalizing approaches to the “remarried” question in Argentina and in Rome, news is now coming to us from Germany that other elements of the Catholic Church are moving in the … Continue reading
Parish Bulletin for Cardinal Schönborn’s Cathedral Showcases Homosexual Couple With Adopted Son
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn continues to make news with various heterodox and equivocal messages coming out from his Diocese of Vienna, Austria. Not long ago, we reported on his website’s promotion the gender theory; now the Parish Bulletin for … Continue reading
Massachusetts Law Makes It a Crime to Discriminate in Word or Deed Against One’s Sexual ‘Identity’
National Catholic Register, Dustin Siggins: On Saturday, a Massachusetts law that could throw pastors in jail for using biologically correct pronouns took effect. But you wouldn’t know that from The Associated Press’ article on the matter. Quoting in part: Advocates for … Continue reading
Not Even Solomon Was Arrayed As One of These
Catholic Culture: Here is a little instant inspiration, in the form of a particular type of orchid found in Central and South America. Named “The Flower of the Holy Spirit”, this orchid looks like praying monks before blooming, and then opens … Continue reading
Father John P. Chidwick, Heroic Chaplain of the Maine
Catholic Stand, Donald McClarey: Night, February 15, 1898, the American battleship USS Maine lay at anchor in the harbor of Havana. Although tensions were running high between the US government and Spain, the colonial power occupying Cuba, the night was calm. … Continue reading
France Proposes Legislation to Fine Pro-Life Internet Messages
Catholic Culture: The French government has proposed legislation that would prohibit internet campaigns to dissuade women from having abortions. More here.
Pope Speaks of World War on Marriage, Says to Try and Convert Orthodox Is ‘Grave Sin’
Catholic Culture: [In his extemporaneous comments in the Latin Cathedral in Tbilisi the Holy Father said]: You, Irina, mentioned a great enemy to marriage today: the theory of gender. Today there is a world war to destroy marriage. Today there … Continue reading
Moslem Writer for WSJ Becomes Catholic
WSJ: Sohrab Ahmari, a Muslim-born Iranian and an editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in London, recalls his long journey from flirtations with Nietzsche and Marxism to Roman Catholicism. He also explains why evangelicalism didn’t appeal to him as … Continue reading
