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Why my Priest bit a woman and denied her communion this week
 
05/25/2024 10:18:23 AM PDT · by Morgana · 64 replies
Blue Collar Catholic ^ | May 23, 2024 | Blue Collar Catholic
A member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church tells what really happened in this video and why the Priest was in the right to do what he did!! From the video: "...secular news they said the police recommended that the father be charged with battery for biting this woman um I can tell you according to the police and I have friends in the police department uh no they think the church should actually Char uh they the woman should actually be charged for attempted robbery and I'll explain why..." ALSO: "...he protected the Eucharist that's the duty of the...
 

[Catholic Caucus] Sacrilege in Bogata. Woman gives Communion to her dog.
 
05/07/2024 3:19:35 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 27 replies
Catholic Conclave ^ | May 5, 2024 | Cath Con
[Catholic Caucus] Sacrilege in Bogata. Woman gives Communion to her dog.Woman feeds her pet with Eucharist during MassIn Bogotá, Colombia, an event during a Mass has shocked the local religious community, after a woman shared a fragment of the Eucharist with her pet, according to Father Laureano Barón, parish priest of Santo Domingo Savio.In Bogotá, Colombia, Father Laureano Barón, in charge of the Santo Domingo Savio parish, expressed his dismay over an incident that he described as sacrilege during a recent Mass. He reported that a woman, after receiving the Eucharist, returned to her place and shared a fragment with...
 

BIBLE art ✝️ “THE LAST SUPPER--Betrayal, Communion, Cleansing” ✝️ Link to New Video, PASSION OF THE CHRIST Series
 
03/16/2024 8:23:02 AM PDT · by Hebrews 11:6 · 7 replies

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[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop of San Antonio gave Biden communion, ignored Gov. Abbott at Uvalde Mass
 
03/11/2024 3:25:55 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 15 replies
LifeSite News ^ | March 11, 2024 | LifeSite News Staff
[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop of San Antonio gave Biden communion, ignored Gov. Abbott at Uvalde MassArchbishop Gustavo García-Siller's actions before and after the 2022 shooting have raised plenty of questions among faithful Catholics.SAN ANTONIO, Texas (LifeSiteNews) – San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller’s politics could not have been clearer the day he gave Holy Communion to pro-abortion President Joe Biden and ignored pro-life Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.Professor Randall B. Smith of the University of St. Thomas in Houston told the story vividly in an August 29, 2022 article for Catholic World Report: … it’s odd that before the Mass for the families...
 

German Diocese Invites Lutherans To Pick Up Communion without Faith
 
01/30/2024 12:35:20 PM PST · by ebb tide · 6 replies
Gloria TV ^ | January 29, 2024 | Gloria TV
German Diocese Invites Lutherans To Pick Up Communion without FaithLutherans in the Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany, are officially invited to pick up Communion at Novus Ordo Eucharists.Communion for Protestants is "a great opening" and "an important step that will allow the churches to grow closer together", claimed Osnabrück Cathedral Canon Reinhard Molitor in an interview with the diocesan newspaper Aus.sicht.Molitor: "The diocese of Osnabrück was the first German diocese to issue an official invitation to Eucharistic hospitality in June 2023. Rottenburg-Stuttgart is also working on such an agreement. Other dioceses are hesitating. I think it could apply to the whole...
 

[Catholic Caucus] "This document damages the communion of the Church, for such blessings directly and seriously contradict Divine Revelation": Strongest and clearest episcopal reaction yet from +Rafael Escudero López-Brea
 
01/05/2024 7:13:21 PM PST · by ebb tide · 3 replies
Rorate Caeli ^ | January 2, 2024 | Bishop Rafael Escudero López-Brea
[Catholic Caucus] "This document damages the communion of the Church, for such blessings directly and seriously contradict Divine Revelation": Strongest and clearest episcopal reaction yet from +Rafael Escudero López-BreaPastoral Message of the Bishop Prelate of Moyobamba on the Declaration Fiducia Supplicans, Published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on December 18, 2023.Dear priests, consecrated religious, and lay faithful:Grace and Peace for the Nativity of the Lord!Faced with the unprecedented bewilderment provoked by the Declaration Fiducia supplicans in the clergy and many faithful of this Prelature and in so many places in the Catholic world, I have taken...
 

My Catholic life! The Family as a Communion of Love - Sunday, December 31, 2023 - Catholic Caucus/Devotional
 
12/31/2023 7:46:56 AM PST · by fidelis · 2 replies
My Catholic Life (YouTube) ^ | December 31, 2023 | My Catholic Life
Daily Readings from the USCCBWhen they had fulfilled all the prescriptions of the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him. Luke 2:39–40 (Gospel Year B)Today we honor family life in general by pausing to ponder the particular and beautiful hidden life within the home of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. In many ways, their daily life together would have been very similar to other families at that time. But in other ways, their life together is entirely...
 

Communion on the Hand and Catholic Totality
 
12/15/2023 8:23:57 AM PST · by ebb tide · 3 replies
Rorate Caeli ^ | December 14, 2023 | Don Pietro Leone
Communion on the Hand and Catholic TotalityThe Institution of the EucharistJoos van Wassenhove (1473-75)We place our brief treatment of “Communion on the Hand” between an Introduction on Adoration and an Epilogue in the form of a witness. Introduction: Adoration Now honour is the attitude which a subject manifests to another in virtue of the other’s superior excellence, in order to express his submission to that other; whereas adoration is that honour which a subject manifests to God in virtue of God’s superior, or more precisely, infinite excellence, which requires of the subject total submission to Him. The obligation to adore...
 

Kenneth Copeland Mixes His Own ‘Blood’ With Jesus’ and Drinks It During Communion?
 
11/22/2023 7:32:19 AM PST · by Morgana · 13 replies
Protestia ^ | November 22, 2023 | staff
When arch-heretic Kenneth Copeland is not giving false prophecies about COVID being destroyed, throwing someone in a wheelchair to the floor, casting away bald spots in Jesus name, or even running his own bizzaro Bible college, the world’s richest prosperity preacher in America can be frequently found making up stuff about Jesus and justifying his personal theological idiosyncrasies in order to increase his net worth, this time with a viral video going around showing him drinking his own blood in some bizarre communion rite. While there is a sense in which Copeland, who is surely demon-possessed, routinely feasts on the...
 

Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Communion or Division.
 
10/13/2023 3:55:11 PM PDT · by MurphsLaw
Word on Fire Ministry ^ | Bishop Robert Barron
Luke 11:15-26 Friends, in today’s Gospel, we learn of a person possessed by a demon. Jesus meets the man and drives out the demon, but then is immediately accused of being in league with Satan. Some of the witnesses say, “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.”Jesus’ response is wonderful in its logic and laconicism: “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?”The demonic power is always one of scattering. It breaks up communion. But...
 

[Catholic Caucus] Cdl. Burke reiterates Church teaching on danger of receiving Holy Communion while in mortal sin
 
10/12/2023 8:54:48 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 2 replies
LifeSite News ^ | October 11, 2023 | Louis Knuffke
[Catholic Caucus] Cdl. Burke reiterates Church teaching on danger of receiving Holy Communion while in mortal sinThe cardinal addressed concerns in his new book about Catholic politicians receiving the Eucharist despite promoting legislation contrary to Church teaching.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Raymond Burke, former Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome, has warned that those who approach Holy Communion in a state of mortal sin receive the sacrament unworthily and place their eternal salvation at risk.In a recent interview with the National Catholic Register’s Edward Pentin, Burke discussed the matter in a conversation about his new book, Respecting the Body...
 

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic father challenges bishop over denial of Communion to his family while kneeling
 
10/08/2023 4:28:14 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 6 replies
LifeSite News ^ | October 7, 2023 | Louis Knuffke
[Catholic Caucus] Catholic father challenges bishop over denial of Communion to his family while kneelingBishop Peter Christensen of Boise, Idaho, who is known for instructing priests in the diocese to discourage reception of Communion kneeling, was dismissive of the dad's request for an explanation.BOISE, Idaho (LifeSiteNews) – A Catholic family of eight was recently denied Holy Communion while kneeling while attending Mass at a church in the Diocese of Boise. Both the local priest and bishop refused to acknowledge that the denial of the sacrament was a grave violation of canon law.Scott Smith, a Catholic attorney, author, theologian, and father...
 

Cardinals Burke, Müller condemn Pope Francis’ support for same-sex ‘blessings,’ Communion for adulterers
 
10/07/2023 5:06:33 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 19 replies
Life Site News ^ | 10/05/2023
‘Even if the pope himself is announcing things that are false, we defend the truth,’ Cardinal Burke said.(LifeSiteNews) — Cardinals Raymond Burke and Gerhard Müller denounced Pope Francis’ apparent endorsement of same-sex “blessings” and support for allowing the divorced and “remarried” to receive the Eucharist while living in adultery in interviews with Raymond Arroyo on EWTN’s The World Over last night.The eminent cardinals reaffirmed Catholic doctrine and emphasized that the pope does not have authority to contradict the truths of the faith. “Even if the pope himself is announcing things that are false, we defend the truth,” Cardinal Burke declared....
 

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis signs text affirming Amoris Laetitia allows Communion for divorced and ‘remarried’
 
10/03/2023 10:54:03 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 8 replies
LifeSite News ^ | October 3, 2023 | Michael Haynes
[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis signs text affirming Amoris Laetitia allows Communion for divorced and ‘remarried’Theologian Dr. Peter Kwasniewski has previously commented that such a message 'directly contradicts the Council of Trent’s teaching, reaffirmed by Veritatis Splendor, that there is no commandment given by God that is impossible to accomplish with the help of His grace.'Pope Francis and Cardinal Victor Fernández have responded to yet another set of dubia questions, this time from Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., stating that Amoris Laetitia allows for divorced and “re-married” individuals to receive Holy Communion.In response to a question about whether a divorcee in a...
 

Woke Presbyterian Church Uses ‘Pumpkin Spiced Communion’ to Draw in Visitors
 
09/26/2023 6:11:22 AM PDT · by Morgana · 22 replies
Protestia ^ | September 25, 2023 | staff
As fall arrives in the Christian world, the occasional woke church and cringe congregation will advertise on their signs that they are serving pumpkin spice communion, which invariably ends up being just a gag or a way to get attention, such as the following congregations ove rthe years. Not so with Beacon Church in Philedelphia. An LGBTQ-affirming, recently chartered church of the Presbyterian Church (USA), Rev. Laura Colee has made it their mission to be relevent, and what better way than dressing up the body of Christ with a little cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves as a way of drawing...
 

A Muslim Sheikh’s Unfortunate First Communion
 
09/18/2023 10:13:58 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 6 replies
Crisis Magazine ^ | September 18, 2023 | Msgr. Richard C. Antall
A Muslim Sheikh’s Unfortunate First CommunionAn Archbishop defended giving a Muslim sheikh Holy Communion, contrary to the longstanding teaching and praxis of the Church.The Sunday Times of London carried a column the other day by a certain Rod Liddle. Its title was an attention-grabber: “Great, we banished Christianity. Now we’re stuck in a moral wilderness.” Mr. Liddle was lamenting the state of the state church. A poll of the Anglican priests presently serving showed that three-quarters of said clergy believe that the United Kingdom “cannot be called a Christian country.” The columnist’s rather acerbic point of view was reflected in...
 

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland reaffirms that unrepentant homosexuals, adulterers cannot receive Communion
 
09/13/2023 9:53:04 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 5 replies
LifeSite News ^ | September 12, 2023 | LifeSite News Staff
[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland reaffirms that unrepentant homosexuals, adulterers cannot receiveBishop Strickland warned in a new letter that the Church cannot offer Communion to people who persist in grave sin, including homosexuality, adultery, contraception, other sexual impurity, abortion, and living as the opposite sex.TYLER, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, issued a new pastoral letter today, September 12, 2023. Below is the full text.My Dear Sons and Daughters in Christ:I write to you today to discuss more fully the second basic truth that I spoke of in my first pastoral letter issued on August 22, 2023: “The...
 

Brazilian bishop downplays giving Holy Communion to Muslim sheik: Was it ‘so scandalous?’
 
09/09/2023 9:55:31 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 30 replies
LifeSite News ^ | September 8, 2023 | Michael Haynes
Brazilian bishop downplays giving Holy Communion to Muslim sheik: Was it ‘so scandalous?’Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino defended the actions of a fellow Brazilian bishop who recently gave Communion to a Muslim leader.Bishop Adriano Ciocca VasinoA Brazilian bishop has lent his support to the Archbishop of Londrina, who gave Holy Communion to a Muslim sheik, questioning if the “‘sin’ is so big or scandalous.”At the end of August, the Catholic Archbishop of Londrina in Brazil instigated outrage among Catholics when he handed Holy Communion to a Muslim cleric during a funeral Mass. The funeral was for the recently deceased Cardinal Geraldo...
 

Furor erupts in Brazil after archbishop gives communion to Muslim sheikh
 
09/08/2023 4:25:01 AM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 30 replies
Crux Now ^ | 9/7/23 | Eduardo Campos Lima
SÃO PAULO – During a funeral Mass of a major figure in the Brazilian Church on August 28, a Muslim sheikh ended up receiving communion, sparking controversy among part of the local community and traditionalist Catholics all over Brazil, who called what happened a “sacrilege.” Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, who played a central role in the Brazilian Church for several decades, died on August 26. He was the archbishop of Londrina, Paraná state, for many years, until he took over the Archdiocese of Salvador, becoming the primate of Brazil. Agnelo, one of the founders of the Child Pastoral Ministry in...
 

Archbishop defends giving Holy Communion to Muslim leader, citing Pope Francis and Vatican II
 
09/07/2023 10:09:26 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 25 replies
LifeSite News ^ | September 6, 2023 | Michael Haynes
Archbishop defends giving Holy Communion to Muslim leader, citing Pope Francis and Vatican IIThe event, despite Archbishop Steinmetz’s defense, is in violation of Catholic teaching on a fundamental level.Abp. Steinmetz giving Holy Communion to Sheik MahairiCiting Pope Francis’ writings restricting the traditional liturgy, a Brazilian archbishop gave Holy Communion to a Muslim cleric at a funeral for a recently deceased cardinal.The news of a Muslim cleric receiving Holy Communion at the hands of a Catholic archbishop has sparked outrage. On August 28, Archbishop Geremias Steinmetz of the Archdiocese of Londrina in Brazil gave Holy Communion to Sheik Ahmad Saleh Mahairi....
 
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