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Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

January 8, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

(News.va) At 10 a.m. today, Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, the Holy Father Francis presided at Mass in the Vatican Basilica. The following is the full text of the homily the Pope pronounced after the proclamation of the Holy Gospel and the announcement of the date of Easter, which will be celebrated on 16 April this year. The Holy Father’s homily: “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we have observed His star in the East, and have come to worship Him” (Mt 2:2). With these words, the Magi, come from afar, tell us the reason for their long journey: they came to worship the newborn King. To see and to worship.…Continue Reading

Not Surprising Young Catholics Educated in Public Schools Leaving the Faith

January 7, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Not Surprising Young Catholics Educated in Public Schools Leaving the Faith

Catholic Schools Week is observed this year from January 29 to February 4. It is always an opportunity to promote our schools, to thank our selfless and committed teachers and administrators, and to applaud the parents who take their faith so seriously that they make often heroic sacrifices to ensure that their children learn in an atmosphere where faith and reason are the two wings by which those children can soar heavenward, as St. John Paul II rhapsodized in Fides et Ratio (1998). With this celebration in focus, I have come across two articles in the past two days (one in Our Sunday Visitor and the other on Catholic

David Daleiden: Now That We Know Planned Parenthood Broke the Law, Put Them in Prison

January 6, 2017 breaking Comments Off on David Daleiden: Now That We Know Planned Parenthood Broke the Law, Put Them in Prison

Now that a Congressional panel investigating Planned Parenthood in the abortion industry for selling the body parts of aborted babies has come out with its final report showing that at least 15 entities likely broke state or federal laws, the activist behind undercover videos that broke the story says Planned Parenthood officials need to be put in prison. As LifeNews reported yesterday, lawmakers are suggesting that Congress defund the abortion company as a result of the problematic actions they uncovered. The House Select Investigative Panel has concluded its yearlong investigation and released its Final Report which can be read in full here.  The r

Vatican: Catholics now recognize Martin Luther as a ‘witness to the gospel’

January 6, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Vatican: Catholics now recognize Martin Luther as a ‘witness to the gospel’

ROME, January 5, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – A newly released document from the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Christian Unity promotes the upcoming January 18-25 ‘Week of Prayer for Christian Unity’ with the theme ‘Reconciliation: The love of Christ compels us.’ Encouraging commemorations in all dioceses of the world, the Pontifical Council notes the theme is drawn from the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. In 2017, it says, “Lutheran and Catholic Christians will for the first time commemorate together the beginning of the Reformation.” The text also states that “Catholics are now able to hear Luther’s challenge for the Church of today, recognizing him as a ‘witness to the gospel.’”

Obama Gives a Parting Gift to the Planned Parenthood Abortion Business

January 4, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Obama Gives a Parting Gift to the Planned Parenthood Abortion Business

The Obama administration, in the final days of 2016 and of its existence, gave a Christmas gift to Planned Parenthood. Let’s talk about how to take it back. In the waning days of 2016, when most eyes were turned to the Trump team transition or holiday distractions, the Obama administration developed a new and reprehensible rule to preserve funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. Planned Parenthood is having a rough time lately. The organization was caught on video in 2015 trying to sell body parts of aborted babies, which is a clear violation of federal law. Then, their clear choice for president lost somewhat unexpectedly to a candidate who vividly described abortion in the final presidential debate,…Continue Reading

Pope urges Bishops to protect lives of children

January 3, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Pope urges Bishops to protect lives of children

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has written to the Bishops of the world condemning all forms of oppression and exploitation of children. His words come in a letter signed on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, which takes place each year on December 28, during the Octave of Christmas. In his letter, the Holy Father calls the Bishops to foster in hearts of Christians the joy that comes from the proclamation of the birth of Christ. But in moving words, he notes that the Christmas story is also accompanied by tears. “Today, too,” the Pope said, we hear this heart-rending cry of pain, which we neither desire nor are able to ignore or to silence.” He continued.  “In our world –…Continue Reading

The Pastoral and Moral Crises That Lie Ahead

January 2, 2017 breaking Comments Off on The Pastoral and Moral Crises That Lie Ahead

What we are witnessing today, following the publication of “Amoris Laetitia”, is a radical adoption of the absolutizing principle of subjective judgments of conscience and private interpretation of all moral norms. There has been a moral and pastoral crisis for the last half century in the Church, but I honestly think we haven’t yet seen anything like what might lie ahead. The 4 Cardinals—I like to call them “The Four Just Men” (coined by the prolfiic Edgar Wallace a century ago)—have nailed the roots of this threat in their five questions related to the apparent undermining of Church doctrine on intrinsically

13 Chapters of This Pro-Abortion Group are Operating on Catholic University Campuses

December 31, 2016 breaking Comments Off on 13 Chapters of This Pro-Abortion Group are Operating on Catholic University Campuses

The pro-abortion legal activist organization Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) recently changed its name and expanded its mission, but even though the goals of the organization are in direct conflict with Catholic moral teaching, at least 13 student chapters are active on the campuses of Catholic university law schools. Last June, LSRJ officially morphed into If/When/How, “an organization that trains, networks, and mobilizes law students and legal professionals within and beyond the legal system to champion reproductive justice.” The new shorter but less descriptive name reflects the group’s “efforts to demand that all people … have the ability to decide

Underground Church on Ninth Assembly: Chinese Catholics used as pawns and tools of political tactic

December 30, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Underground Church on Ninth Assembly: Chinese Catholics used as pawns and tools of political tactic

The Assembly ended yesterday aimed at “dividing the Church in China”. For an elderly priest, “Pope Francis’ position is ambiguous and vague.” Allowing underground bishops into China’s bishops’ conference would give them the majority. The “optimistic” towards Chinese government are either “naive” or “ambitious.”  Beijing (AsiaNews) – “In all meetings, up to the Ninth, Catholic participants are used as pawns and tools of the United Front political tactics”: says Simon, a lay Catholic leader of the underground Church with regard to the Ninth Assembly of Chinese Catholic representatives that ended yesterday. Simon has told AsiaNews that these Assemblies “are meant to divide the Catholic Church in China”. However, he

Obama Tries to Force Catholic Groups to Pay for Abortions, Now They’re Fighting Back in Court

December 30, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Obama Tries to Force Catholic Groups to Pay for Abortions, Now They’re Fighting Back in Court

Yesterday, the Catholic Benefits Association and the Diocese of Fargo filed a lawsuit challenging federal rules that require Catholic hospitals and healthcare providers to perform gender transition procedures and abortions contrary to their own medical judgment and Catholic values. The new rules also require Catholic dioceses, religious orders, and other Catholic employers to cover gender transition surgeries and their group insurers to cover surgical abortions in their health plans.  These rules are part of a multi-agency effort to redefine the term “sex” in federal antidiscrimination laws. “For decades, Congress and the courts have understood the term ‘sex’ in federal law to mean biological sex – male and female,”