LifeSite News, Calvin Freiburger: Pope Francis is refusing to meet with U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo during the latter’s visit to Rome this week, apparently over Pompeo’s criticism of the Vatican for renewing a controversial agreement with communist China. … Continue reading
Very informative article on current jihad in Italy. Church Militant, Jules Gomes: The illegal immigrant who murdered a pro-migrant Italian priest may have been associated with mosques or groups linked to radical Islam, Church Militant has learned. Father Roberto Malgesini … Continue reading
Church Militant, Jules Gomes: The Vatican’s second-in-command is defending the Holy See’s deal with China, a day before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to shame Pope Francis for wanting to renew the controversial concordat. Report is here.
CNA, Hannah Brockhaus: Following his resignation yesterday, new reports reveal details of how Cardinal Angelo Becciu managed Vatican financial affairs, developing a story CNA first broke last year. Portfolio statements show that Becciu used millions of euros of Vatican charity … Continue reading
Pittsburg Post Gazette, Rod McGuirk: Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ former finance minister, will soon return to the Vatican during an extraordinary economic scandal for the first time since he was cleared of child abuse allegations in Australia five months … Continue reading
LifeSite News, Martin Burger: A new interactive map is keeping track of attacks “on Catholic statues, parishes and persons in North America in 2020.” Launched by Complicit Clergy, an organization of laypeople attempting to hold Catholic clergy accountable for sexual perversion … Continue reading
Christine Rousselle/CNA: President Donald Trump officially presented Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court on Saturday, following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week. Trump presented Judge Barrett, a Catholic, … Continue reading
First Things: Archbishop Cordileone delivered the following homily at St. Mary’s Cathedral Plaza in San Francisco on September 20, 2020. Whenever I hear today’s Gospel reading, I recall the years that I served as pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe … Continue reading
And he’s not even Catholic. LifeSite News, Dorothy Cummings McLean: The United States Secretary of State has published an essay begging the Vatican to speak out against human rights abuses in China. Michael R. “Mike” Pompeo, the US Secretary of … Continue reading
CNA: Police are searching for a man who broke into a Catholic church in Florida on Friday and tried to burn it down. The church’s pastor in a Sept. 20 video urged prayers for the man and thanked God that … Continue reading
“Our Friend,” a “picture of grace and courage,” he’s “heartbroken,” (what!!!), “the essence of grace, civility and dignity. She was a superb judge” and finally “I will dearly miss my friend.” Horn News: In a time of an increasingly divided … Continue reading
Breitbart: San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy said Thursday that while abortion is a great evil, “the long-term death toll from unchecked climate change is larger and threatens the very future of humanity.” Both abortion and climate change are “core … Continue reading
Dominic Pavan This photo speaks volumes: A priest, knocked to the ground as he was distributing Communion, who uses the strength he has left to gather the hosts and particles of the Eucharist that had fallen to the floor. The … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: See here.
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