Category Archives: Church Teachings

This Insidious Bill

Posted on July 10, 2014 by

In response to Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying bill which receives its Second Reading in the House of Lords on Friday 18 July, Laurence England has written a superbly argued and moving post “Protecting the Vulnerable”:   Until his dying day, Lord Falconer … Continue reading →

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Bishop Mark Davies: Assisted Suicide Bill Will Put Lives of Many Vulnerable People at Risk

Posted on June 29, 2014 by

From zenit.0rg: Legislation Proposes Licensing Doctors to Supply Lethal Drugs to Those With Less Than Six Months to Live An English bishop has warned that a bill to legalise assisted suicide may inadvertently lead to the deaths of large numbers … Continue reading →

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Bishop Athanasius Schneider: ‘We are in the fourth great crisis of the Church’

Posted on June 9, 2014 by

By Sarah Atkinson, Catholic Herald online: Liberals, collaborating with the “new paganism”, are driving the Catholic Church towards a split, according to Bishop Athanasius Schneider, the liturgical specialist who is carrying on a rearguard fight against “abuses” in the Church. … Continue reading →

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What’s Behind the UN Attack on the Church? | Crisis Magazine

Posted on February 11, 2014 by

Thanks to Crisis Magazine again for publishing the further insights of Dr Anne Hendershott (Professor of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio) into the recent behaviour of a certain committee of the United Nations, which, it … Continue reading →

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Helping the Holy Souls

Posted on October 31, 2013 by

The Church teaches that the Holy Souls cannot help themselves, but that we can gain indulgences, have Masses said, offer our sacrifices, prayers, works of mercy and almsgiving for their release from Purgatory. We can, and indeed should, help the Holy Souls … Continue reading →

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Vatican official reaffirms teaching on divorced and remarried Catholics

Posted on October 22, 2013 by

Archbishop Gerhard Müller (CNS)   From the Catholic Herald online: Amid rising expectations that the Catholic Church might make it easier for divorced and remarried members to receive Communion, the Vatican’s highest doctrinal official reaffirmed Church teaching barring such persons … Continue reading →

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Full English translation of THAT press conference

Posted on August 3, 2013 by

Thanks to Dr Robert from The Moynihan Letters: August 3, 2013, Saturday – The Pope’s press conference, English Below, a complete English translation of the 80-minute press conference, made up of 20 questions, with Pope Francis on July 28, on … Continue reading →

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A memorable press conference

Posted on July 29, 2013 by

From Dr Robert Moynihan: July 29, 2013, Monday  Pope Francis gave a memorable press conference yesterday on the airplane which brought him back from Brazil to Rome. Speaking to journalists for about 80 minutes, Francis was startlingly candid on many … Continue reading →

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Documents of Vatican II – clear as mud?

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

When Bishop Athanasius Schneider called for a “Syllabus of Errors” to clarify the documents of the Second Vatican Council, we blogged about it here. Now Michael Voris considers Cardinal Walter Kasper’s recent suggestion that these documents contained deliberate ambiguities:

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Constantinople: 25 Quotes from the Eastern Fathers on the Petrine Ministry

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

by HHAMBROSE True Christians Follow the Pope Constantinople & The Primacy of St. Peter 1. St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 407) Peter himself the Head or Crown of the Apostles, the First in the Church, the Friend of Christ, … Continue reading →

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Bishop Mark Davies’ Homily at Mass of Thanksgiving for Marriage

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Diocesan Mass of Thanksgiving for Marriage Our Lady’s Church, Stockport, 9th February 2013 Today we come together to give thanks for marriage represented here by so many couples celebrating 25, 40, 50, 60 and 65 years of married life. For … Continue reading →

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Mary, Mother of God

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

This article was first published in 2011. by Joyfulpapist: http://joyfulpapist.wordpress.com/ Today is the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, the World Day of Peace, and the first day of the calendar year in the West. The following reflection on Mary, Mother … Continue reading →

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Judgment – What Every Catholic Must Know About “The Four Last Things” (second in a series)

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

Deacon Mike Bickerstaff The Last Judgment (detail) by Michelangelo Editor’s Note: Second in a series. Catholic teaching identifies the Four Last Things as: Death Judgment Heaven Hell In the first of this 3-part series on the Four Last Things, we examined … Continue reading →

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Pope Benedict’s sermon on Ss Peter and Paul

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

Below is the official English tranlation of the Holy Father’s Homily during Mass on the Feast of Saint’s Peter and Paul. During the celebration the Pope conferred the Pallium on new Metropolitan Archbishops. Homily on the Feast of Saints Peter … Continue reading →

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On the Giving and Receiving of Holy Communion: Some norms to recall.

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

By: Msgr. Charles Pope A number of us priests asked for a review of the norms of the policies of the Church and the Archdiocese in these sorts of situations, and the Archdiocese responded at a convocation of the all the … Continue reading →

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