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As much as $100,000 taken from collection plate at Holy Name Cathedral, police say

April 27, 2018 World News Comments Off on As much as $100,000 taken from collection plate at Holy Name Cathedral, police say

Chicago police are investigating whether former security guards at Holy Name Cathedral may have played a role in the theft of up to $100,000 from the historic church’s collection plate, according to preliminary information from police sources and the security company. No one is in custody, but multiple suspects have been identified, according to Anthony Guglielmi, a police spokesman.

Catholic priest killed while hearing confessions in Mexico

April 22, 2018 World News Comments Off on Catholic priest killed while hearing confessions in Mexico

April 21 (UPI) — A Roman Catholic priest was killed Friday in the west-central Mexican state of Jalisco, the second priest murdered within one week in the country. Juan Miguel Contreras Garcia, 33, was performing the sacrament of penance when attacked at a parish in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, according to a statement from the Mexican Bishops’ Conference.

Pope Francis to new priests: Be like Jesus the Good Shepherd

April 22, 2018 World News Comments Off on Pope Francis to new priests: Be like Jesus the Good Shepherd

Vatican City, Apr 22, 2018 / 05:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis ordained 16 men to the priesthood, reminding them to be like Jesus the Good Shepherd in the way they serve the members of their spiritual flock and minister to those who are lost and searching for God. “Always have before your eyes the example of the Good Shepherd, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to seek and save what was lost,” the pope said in a homily before the ordinatio

20 April 2007 – Msgr. Richard Schuler – RIP

April 20, 2018 World News Comments Off on 20 April 2007 – Msgr. Richard Schuler – RIP

Today is the anniversary of the death of Msgr. Richard Schuler, a well-known Church musician and pastor for many years of the Church of St. Agnes in St. Paul, MN. This was a man who fought the good fight, in hard years, for sacred Church music and excellence in liturgy.  In his 33 years as pastor of St. Agnes, there were some 30 First Masses offe

German bishops deny Pope nixed their plan for intercommunion with Protestants

April 20, 2018 World News Comments Off on German bishops deny Pope nixed their plan for intercommunion with Protestants

April 19, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The German bishops are denying reports that Pope Francis has rejected their plan to give Holy Communion to Protestant spouses of Catholics. The plan, which was contained in a guide published by the German Episcopal Conference, justified giving Holy Communion to Prot

Bill Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ Passes California State Assembly

April 20, 2018 World News Comments Off on Bill Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ Passes California State Assembly

Legislation that would ban efforts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity passed in the California Assembly with a bipartisan vote of 50-14.

Priests are performing exorcisms over the phone, cardinal claims

April 18, 2018 World News Comments Off on Priests are performing exorcisms over the phone, cardinal claims

Priests have been carrying out exorcisms over the phone as demand continues to rise, a Cardinal has said. Speaking at the Vatican’s annual exorcist training conference in Rome, Cardinal Ernest Simoni said priests are delivering prayers of liberation, part of the exorcism ritual, remotely. “There are priests who carry out exorcisms on their mobile phones. That’s possible thanks to Jesus,” he said. However, some warned that the practic

Twitter suspends right-wing commentator Mark Dice for saying transsexualism is a mental illness

April 17, 2018 World News Comments Off on Twitter suspends right-wing commentator Mark Dice for saying transsexualism is a mental illness

April 16, 2018 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Right-wing commentator Mark Dice, famous for YouTube video interviews with random passers-by in public spaces, says that his Twitter account was suspended Thursday of last week after he implied that transgenderism is a mental illness. The exchange that led to Dice’s suspension began with a tweet by Dice on April 10, in which he wrote, “58 different genders wasn’

Pope: ‘Troubled’ over Syria, praying for Alfie Evans

April 15, 2018 World News Comments Off on Pope: ‘Troubled’ over Syria, praying for Alfie Evans

At the Regina Caeli, Pope Francis calls for greater commitment from the international community for a joint action for peace in Syria. He also asks that Alfie, who is suffering from a degenerative disease and whom doctors want to deny basic care, “be” cared for according to his condition, with the agreement of family members, doctors and other health workers”. “” Every offense or wound or violence to the body of our neighbor is an outrage to God the creator! My thoughts go, in particular, to children, women, the elderly whose bodies are mistreated”. A martyr beatified in Madagascar.

There’s no ‘bridge’ between modernism and faithful Catholicism

April 14, 2018 World News Comments Off on There’s no ‘bridge’ between modernism and faithful Catholicism

April 13, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The Catholic Church today is suffering greatly from a split among the faithful.  This split is evident in matters pertaining to the liturgy, doctrine, social teaching, morality, theology, and even in how the Faithful view the very mission and purpose of the Church. On the one side are aging dissidents that come from the heretical Call to Action and FutureChurch sects, looking to “sing a new church into being.” On the other are young Catholics flocking to the old rites