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A German Attack on Christ’s Lordship

September 28, 2019 breaking Comments Off on A German Attack on Christ’s Lordship

by Raymond L. Burke Half a millennium after the Reformation, Germans are making trouble again for the Roman Church. This time, Germany’s Catholic bishops have set out to remake the Church in their own liberal image. The German episcopate this week adopted a statutory framework to govern its upcoming “Synodal Assembly.” The agenda will include reviewing “Church teaching on sexual morality, the role of women in Church offices and ministries, priestly life and discipline, and the separation of powers in Church governance

Trump blasts ‘global bureaucrats’ for pushing abortion ‘until the moment of delivery’ in UN speech

September 25, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Trump blasts ‘global bureaucrats’ for pushing abortion ‘until the moment of delivery’ in UN speech

NEW YORK CITY, September 24, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – During his Tuesday address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump called out “global bureaucrats” for trying to impose abortion on demand on nations that respect the right to life. During remarks that came late in his wide-ranging speech, the president declared that Americans would “never tire of defending innocent life.”

Vatican Office Suspends Archbishop’s Decree to Split from Brebeuf

September 23, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Vatican Office Suspends Archbishop’s Decree to Split from Brebeuf

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A Vatican office has temporarily suspended the decree from the archbishop to no longer recognize Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School as a Catholic institution because a teacher was in a same-sex marriage. The announcement came from the president of the school, the Rev. Bill Verbryke. His statement on the school’s website said in part, “We have just learned that the Congregation for Catholic Education has decided to suspend the Archbishop’s decree on an interim basis, pending its final reso

Chaput: Fr. James Martin’s message causes confusion about Church doctrine

September 20, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Chaput: Fr. James Martin’s message causes confusion about Church doctrine

Philadelphia, Pa., Sep 19, 2019 / 07:46 am (CNA).- After Fr. James Martin, SJ, spoke at a Philadelphia university, the Archbishop of Philadelphia urged caution about the priest’s message, especially regarding the possibility that Catholic teaching on sexuality might change. “Father Martin has sought in a dedicated way to accompany and support people with same-sex attraction and gender dysphoria. Many of his efforts have been laudable, and we need to join him in stressing the dignity of persons in such situations,” Archbishop Charles Chaput wrote in a Sept. 19 column published on his archdiocesan website. “At the same time, a pattern of ambiguity in his teachings tends to undermine his stated aims, alien

Initiative of Prayer and Fasting from now through October 2019

September 17, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Initiative of Prayer and Fasting from now through October 2019

A call has been issued by Card. Burke and Bp. Schneider to fast one day a week and, daily, to recite one decade of the Holy Rosary in the lead up to, the prosecution of, and the immediate aftermath of the upcoming Synod of Bishop which will deal the Amazon. The Instrumentum Laboris or “working document” for the Synod

Pope Francis invites religious, political leaders to sign ‘Global Pact’ for ‘new humanism’

September 16, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis invites religious, political leaders to sign ‘Global Pact’ for ‘new humanism’

ROME, September 13, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — In a renewed and enthusiastic endorsement of globalism, Pope Francis has announced he is hosting an initiative for a “Global Pact” to create a “new humanism.” The global event, set to take place at the Vatican on May 14, 2020, is themed Reinventing the Global Educational Alliance.  According to a Vatican statement issued on Thursday, Sept. 12, the Pope is inviting representatives of the main religions, international organizations and various humanitarian institutions, as well as key figures from the world of politics, economics and academia, and p

Rochester diocese, facing flood of sex-abuse claims, files for bankruptcy protection

September 14, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Rochester diocese, facing flood of sex-abuse claims, files for bankruptcy protection

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, facing potentially huge judgments for past sexual abuse by its priests and other ministers, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday. “This was a very difficult and painful decision,” Rochester Bishop Salvatore Matano said at an afternoon news conference that detailed the action. The diocese filed its petition for Chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Rochester at about 9:30 a.m. The petition estimates the diocese’s assets as $50 million to $100 million – and its financial liabilities as $100 million to $500 million. Rochester’s diocese becomes the first of New York state’s eight dioceses – and the 20th nationwide

A New Church?

September 12, 2019 breaking Comments Off on A New Church?

St. Peter Claver was born at Verdu, Catalonia, Spain, in 1580, of impoverished parents descended from ancient families. He studied at the Jesuit college of Barcelona, entered the Jesuit novitiate at Tarragona in 1602, and took his final vows on August 8th, 1604. While studying, the young religious was influenced by St. Alphonsus Rodriguez to go to the Indies and save “millions of perishing souls.” In 1610, he landed at Cartagena (modern Colombia), the principle slave market of the New World, where a thousand slaves were landed every month. After his ordination in 1616, he dedicated himself by special vow to the service of the slaves — a work that was to last for 33 years. He labored unceasingly for the salvation of the African slaves and the abolition of the slave trade, and the love he lavished on them was something that transcended the natural order.…Continue Reading

Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference

September 10, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference

(Vatican News) Press conference on the flight back from his Apostolic Journey in Southern Africa: Pope Francis recalls the joy of the children he met and affirms that the State has the duty to take care of families. He says that xenophobia is “a disease” and asks that people’s identities be preserved from ideological colonization. He speaks of the criticisms he receives and replies to a question on schismatic temptations with: “I pray that schisms do not happen, but I am not afraid of them.” From the flight Antananarivo-Rome Two and a half hours after the Air Madagascar flight to Rome took off from Antananarivo; Pope Francis met the journalists accompanying him and spoke, answering their questions, for about an…Continue Reading

Half of Catholics attending Mass 28 years ago no longer do, figures show

September 8, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Half of Catholics attending Mass 28 years ago no longer do, figures show

You may have noticed the space in church pews widening between you and your fellow Catholics attending Sunday Mass in recent years. It is not your imagination. Mass attendance in parishes of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been dropping for years, and several factors have steepened the long-term pattern of decline to the point where today, half as many Catholics in the archdiocese attend Mass regularly as did a generation ago. The findings of the latest October Count, an annual head count of people at all Masses in every parish for four consecutive weeks in October, show just under 200,000 people, precisely 199,101, attended Mass in th