Monthly Archives: December 2018

From Fr George W. Rutler’s ‘Weekly Column’ The darkening that comes with the year’s shortest hours of daylight is like the lowering of the lights in a theatre as the play is about to begin. But in the “Drama of … Continue reading →

It is sad to hear such distressing news at Christmas-time as the growing  confusion and loss of way Catholics are undergoing in the Church today. But, Christmas or not, we cannot bury our heads in the sand and pretend we … Continue reading →

Roberto de Mattei: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold”. In December 1918, Europe celebrated the first Christmas of peace after four years of non-stop bloodshed. The world that was born, however, was no longer that of yesterday. On November … Continue reading →

Rome, LifeSiteNews: Is Pope Francis’ wish to change the translation of the Our Father’s sixth petition warranted? Can a loving God still lead us into temptation? LifeSite recently spoke with Swiss linguist and biblical scholar, Fr. Reto Nay, over the recent controversial decision of … Continue reading →

By James Thunder at Spero News: You get pretty used to the idea that Jesus worked miracles, don’t you? I do. But one of the readings at Catholic Mass for a weekday during the first of the four weeks of … Continue reading →

From The Eponymous Flower blog: Former Bild on Sunday editor-in-chief and current AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) politician Nicolaus Fest has unleashed sharp criticism of the churches, because they are silent on the JUSO extension for abortion until the 9th month. … Continue reading →

Exactly 200 years ago this Christmas Eve — December 24, 1818 — in a little church in what is now Austria, the world heard for the first time a poem set to music that eventually would be hailed as one … Continue reading →

Pope Francis says that his innovative teaching “does not imply any contradiction” of the Church’s tradition but, one has to say reluctantly, it indeed does. CATHOLIC WORLD REPORT December 18, 2018 Fr. George William Rutler Debate has always been an … Continue reading →

Cardinal Raymond Burke, former prefect of the Vatican’s Apostolic Signatura talks about the global clergy sex abuse crisis, the upcoming Vatican summit on abuse in February and much more.

BY NIGHT WATCHMAN MINISTRIES ON DECEMBER 17, 2018 Blog note: Is it any wonder that Christians will be martyred and beheaded for their witnessing of Christ during the Tribulation and for not denying their faith in Christ and for not … Continue reading →

From Ordo Dei: There is an address written by Pope Pius X which we consider to be of much help for us Catholics in this current Church crisis, a text which could strengthen us in our courage and persevering combat. … Continue reading →

[CP&S comment below article] MELBOURNE, Australia, December 12, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Australian Cardinal George Pell is in the process of appealing a jury’s verdict that found him guilty of sexually abusing choir boys, LifeSiteNews has learned from a source with … Continue reading →

Christmas is under attack. Retailers have tried to ignore Christmas by suppressing the use of the greeting, “Merry Christmas,” and replacing it with “Happy Holidays” or “Season’s Greetings.” There was a lot of pushback, and Merry Christmas is making a … Continue reading →