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[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò on Pentecost: Invoke the Spirit of Truth to Overcome Demonic Counterfeits in Church and StateHOMILYon the Solemnity of PentecostEmitte Spiritum tuum,et creabuntur,et renovabis faciem terræ.Ps 103:30What is the characteristic of Love? Its gratuitousness. Whoever loves, loves without expecting anything in return. The one who loves is happy that the Good he enjoys can be shared by the beloved. Whoever loves does not have half measures: he loves totally, without reservation. Whoever loves desires the good of the beloved and thus knows how to say no. This is true to the highest degree when Love is divine,...

Archbishop Cordileone vs. Sisters of Perpetual IndulgenceBy strongly condemning the growing anti-Catholicism around us, Archbishop Cordileone also rebukes the tepid response of many Catholic leaders and ordinary Catholics to this evil.Pentecostal fire still burns brightly in San Francisco. It blazes from the episcopal throne of Archbishop Cordileone, most recently in his exceptional editorial in the Wall Street Journal. He trumpets a sanguine defense of the Church, so unusual for his kind. But it is not the first time he has broken ranks with the greater number of his episcopal confreres (the Pelosi affair comes to mind). Not to put too...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• SATAN IN THE ABYSS AND JESUS ON HIS THRONE ֎ Featuring 47 Paintings, 1 Tapestry and 2 Windows ֎ REVELATION «Chapter 20» And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the...

[Catholic Caucus] Father James Martin: Gay Pride Compatible with Sacred Heart of JesusJesuit Father James Martin said this weekend celebrating Gay Pride is compatible with devotion to the Sacred Heart because both teach us about the love of Jesus.“In June, Catholics celebrate the Month of the Sacred Heart,” Father Martin writes on Twitter. “LGBTQ people celebrate #PrideMonth. LGBTQ Catholics celebrate both. One shows us how Jesus loves. The other shows us whom Jesus calls us to love today.”“Where would the Sacred Heart be today?” Martin asks in an accompanying tweet. “It would be poured out in love on these people...

[Catholic Caucus] Open Letter to Bishop Michael Olson, Fort Worth diocese – by attorney Matthew Bobo – representing persecuted Carmelite sisters in Arlington, TexasOpen Letter to Bishop Michael Olson on the case of Carmelite nuns of the Most Holy Trinity and its Reverend MotherYour Excellency: You have repeatedly and publicly accused the Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of violating her vow of chastity with a priest. What is the specific allegation you have found the Reverend Mother guilty of? Because you have defamed Mother Superior publicly now on multiple occasions, please do provide the specifics.What specific proof do you...

Bishop John Stowe Acknowledges “Particularly Hard Year” As Pride Begins; And More NewsBishop John Stowe speaking at New Ways Ministry’s 2017 SymposiumThe following are some items that may be of interest:1) Bishop John Stowe of Lexington released a June 1st message for Pride Month, as he has done previously. This year, however, Stowe recognized the new challenges LGBTQ+ people, particularly those who are transgender and nonbinary, face. In his message, available on Facebook, the bishop, who is a leader on LGBTQ+ inclusion in the U.S., writes:“As you celebrate the annual Pride festival and other events throughout the month, know that...

Exploring the Theological Heritage of Francis’s Most Recent Attack on Proselytism“[I]n spreading religious faith and in introducing religious practices everyone ought at all times to refrain from any manner of action which might seem to carry a hint of coercion or of a kind of persuasion that would be dishonorable or unworthy, especially when dealing with poor or uneducated people.” (Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae) In a May 29, 2023 audience, Francis recounted one of his characteristically hostile attacks on Catholics who engage in proselytism:“I had a bad experience in this, in a youth meeting, some years...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE ֎ Featuring 32 Paintings and 4 Windows ֎ REVELATION «Chapter 19» After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.” And again they shouted: “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up for...

[Catholic Caucus] President of Italian Nuns Lives in "Fluid World""The question of gender is an issue that is particularly close to my heart", Sister Micaela Monetti, the new president of the secularised and disintegrating Union of Major Superiors of Italy told the monthly magazine of L'Osservatore Romano. For her, there is an increasingly “fluid world” and “we must accept Francis' invitation to listen before judging and pigeonholing.” The oligarchs are proud of Monetti, but they won't send her any vocations.

You Can’t Spell Blasphemy Without LAThe Los Angeles Dodgers are making plenty of news, none of which is for their play on the baseball diamond. Rather, the Dodgers have sold their souls to the whims of the woke. Headlines resulted after the Dodgers announced they would be honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at their annual Gay Pride Night on June 16th.The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are anything but a group of pious Catholic nuns, rather they are a militant collection of drag queens who profanely mock God, nuns, and women. They go by names such as Sisters: Edith Myflesh,...

Since Creation Ministries International is based on the Bible, the question arises, why should the Bible be trusted? How should we answer those who claim that it’s been re-written so many times that we no longer have the original? And even if we do, was it written long after the events it claimed to report? Also, does archaeology disprove the Bible? Finally, even if it is true, what’s the point?

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Fights against “Sterile Traditionalism”n a message to the May 28 Festa del Voto in Sassari - celebrated since 1943 when a vigil to Our Lady of Grace protected Sassari while other Sardinian cities were bombed - Francis mentions the Mediatrix of all graces which in December 2019 he called "foolishness."He added his inevitable buzzwords ("pastoral conversion", "spiritual renewal", "synodality") and then threw a tantrum, “Do not give in to the temptation to remain anchored in a nostalgic popular piety that consists only of external rites or in a sterile traditionalism that is rather the expression of the...

[Catholic Caucus] Burke Warns of "Persistence Of An Ideology"Recent statements by Cardinal Roche confirm "the persistence of an ideology" which, through the [failed] Novus Ordo, sought to "manipulate and betray" the Church's infallible teaching on the Eucharist and Holy Orders, writes Cardinal Burke.In the preface to a French republication of Cardinal Ottaviani's prophetic Critical Examination of on the Novus Ordo (1969) he explains that it is clear that many find in the Roman Rite a living source through which they can unite with Christ," and that there is "no reason to discourage them."Burke analyses that in the Novus Ordo there...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• THE FALL OF BABYLON ֎ Featuring 18 Paintings and 2 Windows ֎ REVELATION «Chapter 18» After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. With a mighty voice he shouted: “FALLEN! FALLEN IS BABYLON THE GREAT! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings...

[Catholic Caucus] FINDING LA SALETTE: Consecration at the Top of the World ... Introduction by Michael Matt“Rome will lose the Faith and become seat of the Antichrist.” These foreboding words form the most controversial part of the message of Our Lady of La Salette, delivered in 1846 to little Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat in La Salette-Fallavaux, France.Though the message includes not a few hope-filled promises of heavenly intervention and even divine protection, it is described as “Our Lady’s Apocalypse” for a reason. It is not for the faint of heart. Nevertheless, it was officially approved by the Church, and...

[Catholic Caucus] Texas bishop ousts Carmelite Mother after getting Vatican backing in ongoing conflictBishop Michael Olson has made the shock move to dismiss Mother Teresa from the Carmelites, citing an unspecified sin against the sixth commandment.FORT WORTH, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — In a stunning move, Bishop Michael Olson of Texas has unilaterally moved to dismiss a Carmelite nun from the entire religious order, claiming that he found her guilty of violating the sixth commandment with an unnamed priest.In a statement issued June 1, the Diocese of Fort Worth announced that Bishop Michael Olson had deemed Mother Teresa Agnes (Gerlach) of the...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis, in message, invokes Mary as Mediatrix of all graces, warns against ‘sterile traditionalism’Thousands of people took part in a Marian procession in the Sardinian city of Sassari on May 28 to mark the 80th anniversary of the sparing of their city from Allied bombing during World War II. #rcbrand { width: 300px; font-size: 12px; color:rgba(45,45,45,1.00); text-align: center; padding-bottom: 10px; display: block; margin: 0 auto; } #rcbrand IMG { max-width:100%; } #rcbrand A { color:rgba(45,45,45,1.00); } <p> /*Smartphones and Phablets*/ @media only screen and (max-width : 450px) { #rcbrand { width: 100%; \ } <p> } Shop:...

US Embassy to the Holy See again flies LGBT flag for JuneThe move has caused a storm on social media, with users blasting the Biden administration for 'anti-bigotry' and 'blasphemy.'U.S. Embassy to the Holy See flying an LGBT flag, June 2023ROME (LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has once again prominently displayed the LGBT “pride” flag on the exterior of the large building it occupies in central Rome, in direct defiance of Catholic teaching on LGBT issues.In a message issued on its social media platforms, the U.S. Embassy announced June 1 that for the month the nation...

Ex-homosexual Maltese man faces ‘conversion therapy’ charges for preaching Biblical valueso support Matthew Grech’s legal defense against the Maltese government, visit: https://www.lifefunder.com/defendmatthew(LifeSiteNews) — It may be embarrassing for some of us to defend marriage and other pro-life issues at a family gathering, sometimes with accusations of being hateful and the like. Imagine, however, if, just by promoting the biblical view of marriage, you could face jail time. My guest today is Matthew Grech, a Maltese Christian and former homosexual who now faces criminal charges for sharing his conversion story and his views of so-called “conversion therapy” on Maltese television. Back...

Homosex Blasphemy Law: Priest ConvictedFather David Muscat's initial acquittal has been overturned and he has been given a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years (MaltaToday.com, May 31).Muscat had declared that practising homosexual sin was "worse than being possessed by the devil" after a homosexual murdered a woman in Sliema, Malta.The positive outcome of the conviction is that a courthouse has implicitly recognised the seriousness of being possessed by the devil.Most EU countries have homosex blasphemy laws similar to Islamic blasphemy laws.