Monthly Archives: January 2020

BREAKING: Pope Francis opens door to abolish priestly celibacy in leaked Amazon Synod document

ROME, January 31, 2020, LifeSiteNews: Catholic historian Roberto de Mattei is claiming, based on documents he has received from “several bishops,” that Pope Francis’ post-synodal exhortation of the Amazon Synod will open the door to abolishing priestly celibacy in the Latin … Continue reading

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Saint John Bosco, pray for us!

  St John Bosco or ‘Don Bosco’ (1815-1888), whose feast day is today, was an Italian Catholic priest who worked in Turin. He worked with street children and juvenile delinquents, and – in contrast to the harshness with which ‘undesirables’ … Continue reading

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Bishop Barron suggests censoring Catholic social media

DETROIT, ChurchMilitant.com: A leading U.S. prelate says bishops should have more control over Catholic organizations online. Bishop Robert Barron, auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, has suggested bishops should “introduce something like a mandatum for those who claim to teach … Continue reading

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Pope Seeks Public Benefits for Sodomy – Bishops Consent?

From Whispers of Restoration: Here at Whispers, we aren’t a Catholic News Site – but this is another one of those “seriously?” moments. Please permit us. In all gravity, Dear Bishops… …Why aren’t any of you coming out of your … Continue reading

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Remnant TV: Francis’ Exhortation vs Coffee with Viganò

From a mountain top is West Virginia, Michael Matt comments on Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, which is due to be released in the next week or so. The thing is evidently so radical that Cardinal Hummes sent out a secret … Continue reading

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New wave of French Conservatives set up school in Lyon

From Church Militant Located in Lyon — what Harvard and Oxford-educated, Paris-based, Washington Post correspondent James McAuley described as a “bourgeois provincial French city” — the Institute, founded in September 2018, calls itself a “school of knowledge not ideology.” According to the … Continue reading

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Thomas Aquinas: Child of Christ

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Catholicism Pure & Simple Today we celebrate the feast of the great Doctor of the Church, St. Thomas Aquinas. Although Thomas is celebrated for his great written works in Catholic theology and philosophy, few … Continue reading

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Come and Go With Me To My Father’s House

In these early weeks of “ordinary” time, we are being introduced to Jesus and the beginnings of His public ministry. Matthew’s Gospel last Sunday describes how Jesus began His public ministry in the wake of the arrest of John the … Continue reading

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Cardinal Sarah – Celibacy opens a breach, a wound in the mystery of the church,”

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY — A Vatican cardinal at the center of a storm over a book about celibacy and the Catholic priesthood is denouncing the “brutality” of criticism directed at him and his collaborator, Emeritus Pope … Continue reading

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Reflection for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle A

      Mass Readings: Isaiah 8:23 – 9:3; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17; Matthew 4:12-23 The beginning of our Lord’s public ministry, after His Baptism in the River Jordan, is still on our minds. Just two weeks ago we celebrated … Continue reading

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Michael Matt to German Bishops: ‘Don’t embarrass the Fatherland again!’

  The January 2020 Acies Ordinata had two parts: 1) A silent prayer demonstration just down the street from Cardinal Marx’s residence, designed to establish the prayerful and militant setting for Part 2: A press conference in which the traditional … Continue reading

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Trump to become first president in history to speak at March for Life

    From the Washington Examiner: President Trump will deliver an in-person speech on Friday at the March for Life, an annual rally held in Washington protesting the legalization of abortion. Trump will be the first president in history to … Continue reading

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Catholic sues US bishops for ‘misleading’ faithful to donate millions to ‘fraudulent’ Vatican charity

RHODE ISLAND, January 22, 2020, LifeSiteNews: A Dallas law firm filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for “unlawful, deceptive and fraudulent practices” in promoting and collecting funds for the papal charity … Continue reading

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Be militant Soldiers for Christ

Remnant newspaper editor Michael Matt joins John-Henry in Munich to discuss the Catholic Church in Germany. He issues a clarion call for Catholics to fulfill their obligation to be militant soldiers for Christ.

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The Dark Root of the St Gallen Mafia

By Br. Alexis Bugnolo at From Rome: I know by divine faith that God and His Elect in Heaven do nothing without a purpose. And that means the Holy Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, also does nothing without purpose. … Continue reading

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