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  • Catholic Caucus: Our Lady of Good Help designated a National Shrine

    08/15/2016 8:44:44 PM PDT · by Coleus · 6 replies
    WBAY ^ | 08.15.16 | Jeff Alexander
    BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) – A major announcement Monday for the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay: The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion was officially designated a National Shrine. Bishop David Ricken announced the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help is now designated a national shrine by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as hundreds of pilgrims arrived for the annual August 15 mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Assumption. “We have the unique distinction of being the only place in the United States of America that has an officially approved apparition of the Blessed Mother...
  • Sydney’s Catholics Apologise to LGBTI People [Australia]

    08/15/2016 11:14:05 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 17 replies
    Star Observer ^ | 8/15/16 | Staff Writers
    Newtown's church becomes one of the first in the world to apologise to LGBTI peopleNEWTOWN’S Catholic Church has become one of the world’s first churches to apologise to LGBTI people for the hurt caused by the action and inaction of Catholic and Christian people and churches. In June, Pope Francis called for an apology to gay and lesbian people and St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Newtown become one of the first to respond holding a Liturgy of Apology organised by the Rainbow Catholic Interagency for Ministry on Friday. “It was difficult to choose which personal stories to share during the...
  • Saudi Arabians Videotape Inside Catholic Church, Scare Parishoners

    08/15/2016 11:08:53 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 28 replies
    Church Militant TV ^ | 8/15/16 | Richard Ducayne
    Robert Spencer says behavior is "suspicious in the extreme"KETTERING, Ohio (ChurchMilitant.com) - Three Arab men were caught recording footage in Ascension Catholic Church in Kettering, Ohio Sunday, claiming they were only "studying" Christianity — but JihadWatch's Robert Spencer is calling their behavior "suspicious in the extreme." The men, who were visiting their families from Saudi Arabia, had all passed background checks and, according to church authorities, simply breached "proper etiquette." While their actions did arouse suspicion, we believe their actions were simply a breach of proper etiquette," a statement on Ascension's website read Thursday morning. "While current evidence suggests that...
  • What Conservatives Did to Pull Off Religious Liberty Win in California

    08/15/2016 9:45:55 AM PDT · by milton23 · 3 replies
    Daily Signal ^ | 8/12/2016 | Andrew Egger
    California conservatives won a surprise victory this week, changing a state assembly bill that would have curtailed the freedom of private religious colleges. “We literally were able to see tens of thousands of people mobilize to make calls and to write their legislators, and to participate in the political process,” William Jessup University President John Jackson told The Daily Signal in a phone interview. “We were hearing from legislators who said that they had gotten hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of phone calls on just this one piece of legislation,” he added. “And I think that’s a tremendous, tremendous encouragement...
  • Is There Room in the Catholic Church for Those Who Don’t Believe Islam is a Religion of Peace?

    08/15/2016 6:28:57 AM PDT · by detective · 81 replies
    Frontpage ^ | Robert Spencer
    Last Wednesday, I had a lively discussion with Msgr. Stuart Swetland, president of Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, on Relevant Radio’s Drew Mariani Show, on whether or not Islam was a religion of violence. Msgr. Swetland argued not only that Islam was a religion of peace, but that to believe otherwise was to place oneself in opposition to the teaching of the Catholic Church. Now, I’m a Catholic. But if Msgr. Swetland is correct, I may not be one for long. Msgr. Swetland has now helpfully supplied me with remarks clarifying his position and supporting it with statements of...
  • 2016 08 14 John Haller's Prophecy Update "More Delusion" (video)

    08/14/2016 4:36:29 PM PDT · by Lera · 6 replies
    Fellowship Bible Chapel ^ | Aug 14, 2016 | John Haller
    The "Slippery Slope" argument, played down by left-wing progressive pundits, has steered us into dangerous territory. Now, adult-child sex is being discussed on the alleged merits that it may be "normal" and "natural" and therefore should not be considered taboo behavior. Europe continues to crumble under the delusion that "helping" those supposedly fleeing persecution in Syria is the moral and right thing to do. However, this "Muslim Invasion" is nothing more than that. It is a holy war being fought without a single shot being fired. The long-term impact of this phenomenon will be a massive shift in the ideological...
  • Mid-East Prophecy Update – August 14th, 2016 (video)

    08/14/2016 3:00:47 PM PDT · by Lera · 32 replies
    Calvary Chapel Kaneohe ^ | Aug 14, 2016 | J D Farag
    Pastor J.D. presents forensic evidence proving beyond a reasonable doubt that specific Bible prophecies like Isaiah 17 and Ezekiel 38 are on the cusp of fulfillment, and what it means to us as it relates to the timing of the rapture.
  • Turkey Heads Toward Radical Islamic Dictatorship

    08/14/2016 10:40:07 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 24 replies
    The National Catholic Register ^ | 8/10/16 | Victor Gaetan
    NEWS ANALYSIS: Post-coup actions turn precarious for Christians, and potentially fatal for a vision of a civil Islam. In Turkey, a failed military coup against President Recep ErdoÄŸan on July 15, squelched in about six hours, has triggered a fierce government response: mass civilian arrests, declaration of a state of emergency giving ErdoÄŸan authoritarian power for at least three months and a hateful atmosphere of accusation that puts Christians at risk. As a longtime American ally, a member of NATO since 1952 and a country where important American military assets are located, TurkeyÂ’s stability has special significance for the U.S....
  • Turkey Bans Orthodox Christian Liturgy in Historic Monastery

    08/14/2016 10:27:50 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 6 replies
    Jihad Watch ^ | 8/12/16 | Ralph Sidway
    The doors of the Sumela Monastery reopened in June 2010, after 88 years. The Turkish government had given permission to the Ecumenical Patriarchate to have a patriarchal liturgy for the Feast of the Assumption every year. That permission has been suddenly revoked, perhaps permanently. That the Greek Orthodox need special permission to celebrate divine services in any of their churches in what is now Turkey is a dark reminder of the Islamic oppression of Eastern Christians from the mid-7th century to today, and for the Greeks, especially from the Muslim conquest of Constantinople in 1453 through the defeat of the...
  • French Minister Inspects Stepped-Up Security at Lourdes

    08/14/2016 10:19:44 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 4 replies
    Elaine Ganley ^ | 8/13 /16 | AP
    PARIS (AP) -- Soldiers, police and undercover agents are mixing with pilgrims, some hoping for a miracle cure, at the French pilgrimage site of Lourdes, where some 20,000 are expected to gather on Monday for the Feast of the Assumption - a security challenge for France on high alert for terrorist attacks. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve inspected the more than 500 security forces at the shrine on Saturday, two days before Monday's celebration of the Assumption when, according to Roman Catholic belief, Mary, the mother of Jesus, ascended into heaven. A down-to-earth security plan is greeting pilgrims as they arrive...
  • Emerging Parish ‘Green Teams’ Share Progress and Challenges

    08/12/2016 7:28:09 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 8 replies
    Catholic San Francisco ^ | 8/9/16 | Christina Gray
    Parish ‘green teams’ designed to help Catholics walk the talk of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical have taken root if not yet sprouted at a dozen parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Members of the nascent green teams came together on July 30 at St. Teresa of Avila Parish in San Francisco to share progress, aspirations and obstacles during a “green team workshop” led by members of the parish’s own green team. “We came here today to find out what is working in other parishes so we don’t have to reinvent the wheel,” said Verna Shaheen, a parishioner at Most...
  • Strange Appointee [Catholic Caucus]

    08/12/2016 4:12:48 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 1 replies
    Gloria TV ^ | August 12, 2016
    Strange Appointee: In July the conservative Argentinean New-Rite-Institute of the Incarnate Word celebrated its General Chapter. According to the will of Pope Francis, the chapter was led by a Vatican appointed outsider, the pro-homosex Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio. Accusations Confirmed: The General Chapter confirmed the accusations leveled against the founder of the Institute, Father Carlos M. Buela. He is now living in a house of the Institute in Italy and is not allowed to interfere in its government. Buela was accused of – quote – “sexual abuses and abuses of authority” and “manipulation of the consciences of the seminarians.” Too Catholic:...
  • "Trojan Horse of the Crusaders", "Cardinal in Pectore": Fanciful Accusations of Turkish Press..

    08/11/2016 5:56:30 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 1 replies
    Agenzia Fides ^ | 10/8/16
    Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, the Turkish press highlighted the participation of prominent members of the local Christian communities in demonstrations "in defense of democracy", convened in the Country to condemn the failed coup of State of 15 July. According to reports sent to Agenzia Fides, the Turkish media gave ample space to official statements disseminated by Greek-Orthodox Christian, Armenian and Syrian leaders to underline its disapproval against the failed coup. Nikolaos Uzunoglu , President of the World Federation of Greek-Orthodox in Istanbul said: "I strongly condemn the attempted coup of State on July 15 against the government...
  • Diocese: 'Aggressive' Feds Push Contraceptive Coverage for Agency Employees

    08/11/2016 5:50:56 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 3 replies
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | 8/11/16 | Peter Smith
    The Diocese of Pittsburgh contends that the U.S. government is making an “extremely aggressive” attempt to get contraceptive coverage to female employees of Catholic Charities even as the diocese continues to battle in court over the Obamacare mandate for such coverage. The diocese and the feds are in a long-running legal dispute over religious liberty and the Affordable Care Act, which went up to the U.S. Supreme Court before the justices kicked it back down to lower courts earlier this year in hopes of reaching a settlement. Bishop David Zubik was the lead plaintiff in the case, in which Catholic...
  • Faith communities plan prayer gathering in response to black Mass, other concerns

    08/11/2016 3:13:48 AM PDT · by Morgana · 3 replies
    newsok.com ^ | August 4, 2016 | Carla Hinton
    An ecumenical downtown prayer gathering has been organized to counter a satanic group's planned event at the Civic Center Music Hall. The Unity Prayer Walk and Prayer Service is set for 6 p.m. Aug 15, with the walk to begin at the Jesus Wept statue on the grounds of St. Joseph Old Cathedral, continuing on to First United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City, where the service will be held. Several faith leaders, including Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, said the walk and prayer service are a unified response to the Dakhma of Angra Mainyu's black mass at the Civic...
  • 15-20 Million Muslims in France

    08/10/2016 6:49:48 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 25 replies
    Gallia Watch ^ | 8/6/16 | Tiberge
    This short item from Le Salon Beige reveals the true extent of the Islamic colonization of France. This is not news. The interview above dates from 2011, but long before that there were reports on the drastic minimization by the press of the number of Muslims in France. You still read in the mainstream media of five million Muslims, sometimes six, sometimes four. These figures are laughable when you consider that five million was the official figure issued by French authorities in the late 1990's. Consider the massive immigration, legal and illegal and the high birth rate, and calculate using...
  • Evangelical mom fights Texas school district when told her transgender kindergartener...

    08/10/2016 1:22:57 PM PDT · by Morgana · 97 replies
    dailymail.uk ^ | August 10, 2016 | Regina F. Graham For Dailymail.com
    FULL TITLE: Evangelical mom fights Texas school district when told her transgender kindergartener will be barred from using the girls' bathroom A devout Christian mother in Texas is fighting for her transgender daughter's right to use the girls' bathroom when she starts kindergarten. Kai Shappley, 5, was born male, but has lived as a little girl for the last two years publicly. Kim Shappley told KHOU that she named her child Joseph Paul at birth, but changed the name after her child made it clear as to what gender she identified with early on. 'By age 3, she was verbalizing,...
  • Archbishop Job “Ukraine is the canonical territory of the Church of Constantinople”[Orthodox Caucus]

    08/10/2016 12:52:40 PM PDT · by NRx · 1 replies
    RISU ^ | 08-01-2016 | Tetiana Derkach
    Full title: Archbishop Job (Getcha) of Telmessos: “Ukraine is the canonical territory of the Church of Constantinople” By tradition, at the end of July, the Ukrainian Orthodox believers of all jurisdictions celebrate the Baptism of Rus. The Ukrainian state, represented by its leaderships and members of other local Orthodox Churches, willingly participates in these celebrations. This year’s celebrations were attended by Archbishop Job (Getcha) of Telmessos, representative of the Patriarch of Constantinople, who came at the invitation of the President of Ukraine and kindly agreed to give an interview for RISU. He gave direct answers to direct questions: what will happen...
  • Dennis Prager: Pope Francis And The Decline Of The West

    08/10/2016 7:07:31 AM PDT · by detective · 20 replies
    IBD ^ | 9 Aug 2016 | Dennis Prager
    Pope Francis made comments last week that reveal the most important single thing you need to know about the modern world: The most dynamic religion of the last hundred years has been leftism. Not Christianity, and not Islam, but leftism. Leftism has taken over the world's leading educational institutions, the world's news media and the world's popular entertainment, and it has influenced Christianity (and Judaism) far more than Christianity (or Judaism) has influenced anything. On July 26, two Muslims slit the throat of a French Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. Jacques Hamel, 85, while he was saying Mass in his...
  • Justin Welby: We'll Stop Protests at Consecration of Women Bishops

    08/09/2016 5:37:20 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 12 replies
    Christian Today ^ | 8/9/16 | Mark Woods
    The Church of England is to ban protests at the consecration of female bishops after a campaign mounted by Women and the Church (WATCH). The organisation wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury following protests that disrupted the last four consecrations of women bishops, saying: "Such interruptions create the perception that the Church is willing to allow a woman who has been called by God and the Church, and appointed by the Crown, to be publicly insulted and undermined. "If that is so, it undermines and insults all women: and especially women for whom female bishops are potent symbols of a...