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Eight New Year’s Resolutions from Padre Pio
May the Lord grant a blessed 2024 to you. These resolutions are taken from the booklet “Buona Giornata,” (Have a Good Day), which is a compilation of daily meditations and observations from St. Pio’s writings and comments, published by his … Continue reading
Fiducia supplicans appears to have failed spectacularly
That the strongest resistance is coming largely from the global south and the developing world only reinforces the already powerful impression that Pope Francis’s solicitude for “the peripheries” is only so much talk. By Christopher R. Altieri at The Catholic … Continue reading
November’s Eternal Motivations
By John M Grondelski at The Catholic Thing: November 1 was the Solemnity of All Saints. And it also launched the month of November, which, in Catholic tradition, is devoted to prayers for the departed and thoughts about our own … Continue reading
Open Letter to Francis: Why Are You Destroying the Religion of the Saints?
Dear Francis, We write to you as fellow sinners, in great need of God’s mercy. In various ways — especially through your Synod on Synodality and persistent opposition to proselytism — you have asked Catholics to have respect for all … Continue reading
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A Priest’s Open Letter to Pope Francis
Easter Vigil candlelight procession at my parish last April Dear Pope Francis, I am writing to you in the spirit of parrhesia, a biblical word you have used several times to encourage us to speak freely, boldly, and without fear of disagreement. … Continue reading
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Sunday Mass Readings
Sunday, May 21 Seventh Sunday of Easter Roman Ordinary calendar St. Cristobal Magallanes Jara Acts of the Apostles 1,12-14. After Jesus had been taken up to heaven the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath … Continue reading
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Purgatory: The Attractive Impulse of His Burning Love
Souls Arrive in Purgatory, Singing Psalms; Canto II of The Purgatorio, by Dante Alighieri; Illustration by Gustave Doré Part I: Hell is Real, and You Could Go There Part II: Throwing Yourself Away, or Yielding Yourself to God Purgatory and … Continue reading
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The Catholic Church must free itself from this ‘toxic nightmare’
Shortly before he died on Tuesday, Cardinal George Pell wrote the following article for The Spectator in which he denounced the Vatican’s plans for its forthcoming ‘Synod on Synodality’ as a ‘toxic nightmare’. The booklet produced by the Synod, to be held … Continue reading
Cdl. Müller: Pope would ‘automatically lose his office’ if he became a heretic
‘A pope could become a heretic as a private person and thus automatically lose his office if the contradiction to the revelation and the dogmatic teaching of the Church is evident,’ affirmed the eminent cardinal. Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig MüllerElke Wetzig … Continue reading
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The Soldier Against Communism: The Prophetic Wisdom of Ven. Abp. Fulton Sheen
From Churchpop: Is communism destroying our country? On this episode of The Catholic Gentleman, podcasts hosts John Heinen and Sam Guzman discuss Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s prophetic wisdom with Steve Cunningham of Sensus Fidelium. “Ven. Fulton Sheen was the outspoken soldier against communism, prophetic in … Continue reading
Amazing stories from Purgatory and the afterlife
From Mystics of the Church: Short stories of Purgatory – A remarkable collection of visits from the souls in Purgatory to various Saints and Mystics. “I know when you pray for me, and it is the same with all of the other … Continue reading
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‘No Catholicism, Please, We’re Irish’
The Bishop of Kerry throws elderly priest, Fr Seán Sheehan, under bus for preaching about mortal sin! By Rod Dreher on ‘The American Conservative’ So, how’s it going with the Catholic Church in Ireland? A Catholic reader sends in this item … Continue reading
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Pope Francis, Dom Guéranger and the Christian sense of history
By Roberto de Mattei on ‘Voice of the Family’ “Who am I to judge?” These words of Pope Francis, spoken on 28 July 2013 on the flight back from Brazil, in response to a journalist’s question about homosexuals, have gone … Continue reading
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Hard prophecy from Saint Francis of Assisi
Posted by Fr Z on his blog: Some people have a false notion of St. Francis of Assisi. They see garden statues of Francis with birdies. They saw Brother Sun, Sister Moon. They’ve heard, or said, the prayer he didn’t … Continue reading
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