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STIRLING, Scotland, December 12, 2018, LifeSiteNews: A shopping mall in Scotland has overturned its ban on displaying a Christmas nativity scene after Christians protested the decision by staging a living nativity, right within the mall. Thistles Centre in Stirling released a statement … Continue reading →

By Maike Hickson December 10, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – In a recent interview, Cardinal Gerhard Müller describes the chaos into which the Catholic Church in Germany has been plunged due to the progressivist agenda of liberalism, laxity, and relativism since the … Continue reading →

December 12th marks the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to Saint Juan Diego in Mexico, in 1531. The number of pilgrims flocking to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe each year, from all over the world, is … Continue reading →

By Anna Kalinowski at OnePeterFive: I am pleased to provide a brief review of Dr. Peter Kwasniewski’s newest book, Tradition and Sanity, published this fall by Angelico Press. (US here and UK here). The book, subtitled Conversations and Dialogues of a … Continue reading →

One request I have ever made of the Lord, let me claim it still, to dwell in the Lord’s house my whole life long. V. Gazing at the beauty of the Lord, haunting his sanctuary (Ps 26:4, Gradual of the … Continue reading →

We have probably all heard it said that the origins of the Christmas tree were pagan, right? But did we believe this tale? And even if we did, did we really care anyway? After all, they look so pretty, colourful … Continue reading →

Father George W. Rutler All creation emanated from the voice of God uttering: “Let there be light.” There was nothing and no one yet to hear it, only God himself. As animate creatures came into being, they were able to … Continue reading →

  One of the most beautiful  communion prayers is the “Stay With Me, Lord” prayer by Padre Pio. This prayer acknowledges that: It is necessary to have God. We are weak without God. We need to always ask God to … Continue reading →

On the eve of the great feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary let us reflect on the closing words of Pius XII’s Encyclical,‘Sacra Virginitas’, a golden key unlocking the best way to preserve and increase the virtue of virginity and chastity, … Continue reading →

From LifeSiteNews: Cardinal Raymond Burke has come out criticizing the concept of “synodality” that was barely discussed during the recently concluded “Youth Synod,” but, nevertheless, found its way into the final document, surprising many of the Synod Fathers. “It’s become … Continue reading →

There are disturbing signs that Those Who Just Don’t Get It are still not getting it, I’d like to flag some pitfalls the February meeting should avoid. George Weigel The Dispatch CATHOLIC WORLD REPORT (us.fotolia.com/krivinis) By peremptorily ordering the American bishops … Continue reading →

by JD Flynn (CNA) “Insincerity was an evil which sprang up within the Church from the first,” wrote Blessed John Henry Newman in 1839. “Ananias and Simon were not open opposers of the Apostles, but false brethren.” Any of us, … Continue reading →

At last, a priest who is publicly giving voice to the silent scream of the unborn ! Many Catholics are asking themselves: Have we been blessed with a “new Fulton Sheen” in  Fr. Mark Goring? May God bless and protect … Continue reading →

by John-Henry Western  ANALYSIS December 4, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The full book has not been released, but the teaser quotes from Pope Francis’ new book-length interview on clergy and religious life are causing a stir. The book suggests that active … Continue reading →

Conversion through contrition plays an important part of our Advent journey. Often it is the most unlikely event or meeting that will spark that vital change of heart for us to recognise our sinful ways, to sincerely repent of them, … Continue reading →