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“Father de Foucauld, since his conversion, never for one day stopped thinking of that hour after which there are no others...”Immediately upon the outbreak of the Great War, Charles de Foucauld wished to return to France from the Sahara desert. He desired to rejoin the French army as a military chaplain. The bishop under whose authority he lived instructed him to stay where he was at Tamanrasset, a small village in modern-day Algeria. De Foucauld obeyed what was later to prove a death sentence. France’s empire in 1914 extended to large parts of North Africa – and that empire was...

Philip de Grey-Warter has resigned from the Church of EnglandThere are concerns in a Cornish town that a new church, which meets for the first time next week, is “extremist” and “homophobic”. The Vicar of Fowey has resigned in order to start a new Anglican church in the town, under the auspices of an organisation which has been dubbed right wing. The Rev Philip de Grey-Warter has resigned as Vicar of Fowey and Priest-in-Charge of Golant after 17 years to “plant” a new church community, Anchor, under the auspices of GAFCON, a controversial global movement of conservative Anglican clergy. Mr...

“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day” (Proverbs 4:18 KJV).

The statement on celibacy is the first time members have spoken publicly as a group in many yearsJust days before the Amazon Synod of bishops is to convene in Rome, a symposium of students of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI published a statement of concern regarding the possibility of married priests, a controversial topic of discussion at the upcoming synod. “The vocation as well as the existence of the priest are solely dependent upon the will of Jesus Christ alone and are not derived from either human considerations or Church regulations. In Him and with Him the Priest becomes the ‘proclaimer...

“The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens" (Proverbs 3:19).

About 40 bishops and ordinaries of sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches gathered at the Vatican from September 12-14, 2019. Received in audience by the Supreme Pontiff, approved a project to construct the first official sanctuary dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima in St. Petersburg, in the heart of Russia.The first sanctuary officially dedicated by the Catholic Church to the Virgin of Fatima will soon see the light of day in Russia, more than a century after the apparitions of Our Lady in Portugal. The information has been confirmed from Siberia by the Apostolic Administrator of Novosibirsk, Bishop Joseph Werth. Surprising...

Contested United Methodist Church (UMC) Bishop Karen Oliveto recently spoke on transformational leadership at Yale Divinity School. The primary thrust of this talk was the need for a community focus in the UMC. She also took questions about the current state of the denomination. Oliveto attempted to avoid controversy in her comments, though her personal views were visible. When asked about the decline of the UMC in recent years, she obliquely blamed, “All the infighting we’ve been doing” as well as, “an erosion of the grace that’s foundational to who we are.” This idea of an “erosion” of what Methodism...

Endorse condoms to prevent spread of HPVThe Conference of Catholic Bishops in Kenya (KCCB) has officially encouraged the use of condoms as a means of preventing the spread of the human papillomavirus (HPV). A July 2019 letter from the KCCB's Catholic Health Commission of Kenya (CHCK) was primarily written as a formal endorsement of the controversial Gardasil vaccine, but on page 5 of the 7-page letter is a list of "Other Modes of Prevention that have been adopted."Third on the list is a statement regarding condom use: "Use of latex condoms every time during pregnancy every time during sexual intercourse....

“None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life” (Proverbs 2:19).

The signatories say they are choosing to remain anonymous due to a ‘growing climate of intimidation and purges present in the Roman Curia and in the Church in general.’VATICAN CITY — A group of bishops, priests and Catholic faithful from around the world, who wish to remain nameless because of what they call a “climate of intimidation” in the Church, have signed four propositions critical of the Amazon synod’s working document and addressed them to Pope Francis and synod fathers. Using what it calls a “classical method,” the group, which calls itself the Coetus Internationalis Patrum Working Group (International Group...

Burke: Amazon Synod isn't about evangelization in the AmazonROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - Cardinal Raymond Burke is warning that the Amazon Synod isn't about local evangelization in the Amazon but about revolution in the whole Church. During an interview with Italian media published Monday, the former head of the Vatican's highest court is decrying the "dishonest attitude" in masking the true nature of the synod. "The Synod is presented as being for the pastoral care of the people to be evangelized in the Amazon, but the German bishops state clearly that the goal is to revolutionize the whole Church," relates Burke. "Even...

“Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy” (Proverbs 30:2-3 KJV).

The Holy Father warned that smears seriously damage the Christian community.VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis said Wednesday that slander is a “diabolical cancer” that seriously damages the Church. “We know that slander always kills. This ‘diabolical cancer,’ which arises from the desire to destroy a person’s reputation, also attacks the rest of the ecclesial body,” Pope Francis said Sept. 25 in his general audience in St. Peter’s Square. The Pope warned that slander seriously damages the Church when “there is a coalition to smear someone” due to “petty interests or to cover up their own inadequacies.” The Catholic Church teaches that...

“Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy” (Proverbs 30:2-3 KJV).

“In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice” (Proverbs 29:6).

"Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Isaiah 41:10 Song link

“The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion” (Proverbs 28:1 KJV).

ROME - The international community must ramp up its efforts if it expects to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, Pope Francis said. In a video message sent Sept. 23 to participants at the U.N. Climate Action Summit in New York, the pope said that while the 2015 Paris climate agreement raised awareness of the “need for a collective response,” the commitments made by countries “are still very weak and are far from achieving the objectives set.” “It is necessary,” he said, “to ask whether there is a real political will to allocate greater human, financial and technological resources...

Amazon Synod Preparatory Document Steeped in Liberation Theology BOGOTÁ, Colombia (ChurchMilitant.com) - The impact of liberation theology on the upcoming Amazon Synod is coming into sharper view. Concerns over the Amazon Synod's Instrumentum Laboris are being compounded by an earlier preparatory document "Towards the Pan-Amazonian Synod: Challenges and Contributions from Latin America and the Caribbean." Uncovered during a recent LifeSiteNews investigation, the 136-page work stems from an April meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, co-organized by REPAM (the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network) and Amerindia, two leading promoters of liberation theology. The Instrumentum Laboris confirms the significance of the meeting, referring to it as an important part of the synod's preparatory process.   Rife with heretical...

“Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman” (Proverbs 27:13).