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Former SSPX member, Gary Campbell provides a bigger picture here. https://wherepeteris.com/reflection-on-the-death-of-bishop-bernard-tissier-de-mallerais/

Last week amid another media furore about Francis, Catholic World Report urged readers to "cut him some slack". Today Eric Sammons of Crisis Magazine announced this on Twitter. "I've decided that I will no longer criticize Pope Francis for the remainder of his pontificate. Since I've been a...

I trained to be a marriage prep facilitator about 20 years ago but although life prevented me from practicing it, I’m very interested in these developments. … Making marriage preparation a form of evangelization Tory Baucum, professor at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, and director of...

Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of September, and invites everyone to pray and assist people who live on the margins of society. “Let us pray for those people on the margins of society in subhuman living conditions, that they may not be neglected by institutions and...

I’m definitely in the eewww camp at the very least. I think most of us females can remember either being kissed on the lips without wanting it or touched on the breasts/butt without wanting it. We used to just tolerate it in the old days. “Eleven members of the Spanish women’s team coaching...

St. Augustine of Hippo Augustine Aurelius was born on November 13, 354, in Tagaste, North Africa. His father was a pagan, his mother, St. Monica. Still unbaptized and burning for knowledge, he came under the influence of the Manicheans, which caused his mother intense sorrow. He left Africa for...

Pope Francis puts his finger on the core of much of todays kerfuffle. The Catholic Church in the United States has “a very strong reactionary” element that is well-organized and refuses to see how Catholic doctrine can and must grow and mature, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Portugal. “I would...

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/27/us/jacksonville-florida-shooting-sunday/index.html Why in this day and age would a young man be so filled with irrational hate as to target black people for execution?

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How can you tell if you have the right understanding—the biblical interpretation, Jesus’ interpretation—of the Eucharist? I’d suggest five things to look for: your beliefs should be strange , sacrificial , serious , sacramental , and shocking . 1. Strange. First, as we’ve already seen, the...

Bishops in the United States continue to issue new restrictions on the celebration of the ordinary form of the Mass ad orientem alongside implementation of Pope Francis’ restrictions on the extraordinary form of the liturgy. The policies, now in place in dioceses across the country, require...

In anticipation of Pope Francis’ update on the encyclical maybe it would be beneficial to explore the encyclical in stages. There are 6 quite long chapters which could be overwhelming to absorb in one sitting. First the introduction… 1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”...

https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/christian-non-christian-and-secular-groups-join-forces-against-white-christian-nationalism/ It’s pleasantly ironic that Christian fundamentalists of all strips embracing this kind of nationalism… gives an impetus for the healthy aspects of...

Queen of Heaven (Latin: Regina Caeli) is one of many Queen titles used of Mary, mother of Jesus. The title derived in part from the ancient Catholic teaching that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was bodily and spiritually assumed into heaven, and that she is there honored as Queen. Pius...

“Mary Magdalene, she’s a prostitute…that’s a big historical slander. She was not a prostitute.” What do we really know about Mary Magdalene? In an episode of The Catholic Talk Show, hosts Ryan Scheel, Ryan Dellacrosse and Father Rich Pagano debunk myths about Saint Mary Magdalene and highlight...