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Hell exists. The threat of condemnation for unrepented mortal sins is real. And this includes priests, popes and cardinals…..
By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky ( bio – articles – email ) | Sep 30, 2024 Most pastors are familiar with the unpleasantries of patrolling parish grounds after dark. After disrupting a young couple seeking privacy in the darkness of the parking lot, a young man rolls down the car window. As he zooms away he yells, “I’ll see you in hell!” Many may not believe in God, but they believe in hell. It’s...
Brutal murder of 19-year-old woman has exposed clash between ‘New France’ and Catholic conservative ‘Old France’…
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Pope Calls for Global Day of Prayer and Fasting ‘in This Dramatic Hour of Our History’ on Monday, Oct. 7…
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 2, 2024 / 06:49 am Pope Francis has called for a global day of prayer and fasting on Oct. 7 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel amid escalating violence in the region. The pope’s surprise announcement, made at the end of his homily at Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, comes the morning after Iran launched hundreds of missiles to...
Did the renegade Arlington Carmelites sell their own monastery?
Did the Arlington Carmelites sell their own monastery? Skip to content The Carmelite nuns of Arlington, Texas, made headlines again this week, as CBS News reported that the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity had been given to a non-profit foundation made up of the community’s benefactors and supporters — reportedly to prevent Bishop Michael Olson from attempting to seize the monastery’s property f...
President of Jesuit-Run Gonzaga University Sits on Board of Arlington SSPX Nuns’ Non-Profit…
Gonzaga president on board of Arlington nuns’ non-profit Skip to content In the latest development of a story rife with surprises, the president of the Jesuit-run Gonzaga University sits on the board of directors for a recently formed Texas non-profit, which was created to hold property for a controversial convent of Carmelite nuns of Arlington, Texas. Thayne McCulloh, president of Gonzaga Univers...
Who Should Be the Patron Saint of Baseball?
Blessed Michael McGivney’s love for baseball was part of his mission to build faith, family and community — a legacy carried on by the Knights of Columbus today. Baseball is a game known for its superstitions — and as the MLB playoffs begin Oct. 1, players will certainly be searching for an extra edge to beat their opponents en route to World Series glory. Yet superstition is a “deviation” from tr...
Report: China Is Removing Crosses From Churches, Replacing Images of Christ With Dictator Xi Jinping…
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2024 / 08:00 am A new report details the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to “exert total control” over the Catholic Church and other religious faiths within its borders and to “forcibly eradicate religious elements” that the party deems contrary to its political and policy agenda. The analysis, published by the United States Commi...
What Every Catholic Needs to Know About Copyrights (and Copy Wrongs)…
Q. According to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), purchasers are technically allowed to copy the contents of physical media that they’ve purchased (such as a music CD, video game disc, etc.) to another platform (such as your computer hard drive) provided they do not send the files out to people, sell bootleg copies, etc. But if the content is locked behind Digital Rights Management (DRM...
Christian mother of four sentenced to death for ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp messages in Pakistan…
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7 Ways That the Synod on Synodality Can (Still) Change the Church…
The most controversial issues may be off the agenda of next month’s Synod on Synodality assembly in Rome. But make no mistake about it: The Oct. 2-27 gathering could still lead to several big changes that impact daily life in the Catholic Church. Delegates to the synod, which will conclude a four-year global synod process that’s focused on how to increase participation in the Catholic Church, will...
The Theological Basis for Christian Service…
For the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). As this saying of Jesus makes clear, service belongs to the most fundamental vocabulary of the Christian faith. It provides the basis for Jesus’ articulation of his own identity and vocation as Son of Man. It is therefore a privileged window into the mystery of the Person of Christ...
This is why the National Eucharistic Congress worked…
Glemkowski: Why the National Eucharistic Congress worked Skip to content For a lot of U.S. Catholics, the National Eucharistic Congress this July was a milestone event — a national moment for the Church, which, for many, far exceeded their expectations. Tim Glemkowski at the National Eucharistic Congress. Credit: Giovanni Chilelli/Pillar Media. Tim Glemkowski, the lay man who led the Eucharistic C...
