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Synodalism Marches On: Martyrs Need Not Apply To be "written in blood," meant (and still means) to make binding. God himself called the New Testament, written in His blood, an everlasting testament.Martyrs are now passé—for the Synodalist Church, that is. Martyrs spilled their blood for Truth come down from Heaven. For the Synodalist, there is no truth, only transactional process.Who would die for that?For the Synodalist, truth is an antediluvian embarrassment—and so are martyrs.To the chagrin of faithful Catholics, the Synodal Church marches forward. Any religion worth its salt cringes at the sandbox therapeutics of this comedy parading as Catholicism.Our...

MONTREAL -- Despite his stance on same-sex marriage, Paul Martin will always be welcome to receive the sacrament of communion in his home riding, the prime minister's local parish priest said Saturday. "We can't use the eucharist as a time . . . to judge a person's conscience by refusing them communion," Rev. John Walsh told CJAD radio. Roman Catholic bishops meeting at the Vatican this weekend at the first synod led by newly anointed Pope Benedict may consider denying communion to politicians who pass laws that go against their faith. But Walsh, who also hosts a weekly show on...