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[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Cordileone: "Church Has Lost Sense of Continuity in Liturgy"Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, USA, spoke with Rev. Javier Olivera Ravasi on YouTube about the crisis of the Church and liturgy. Main points.- A sin is a sin because it goes against our human good, not because God or clergymen have made a list of acts.- The problem with the 'new Mass' is that if it is new today, it will be old tomorrow, and thus become a thing of the past.- Young people today see how the Novus Ordo is celebrated in many parishes and view...

Is Pope Leo XIV Committed to the False Irenism Condemned by Pope Pius XII?If serious Catholics remain unwilling to condemn the “benign heresies” promoted by Vatican II and John Paul II, then perhaps it is better for Leo XIV to sustain the most visible aspects of the crisis. In that way, we might not be deceived into thinking the cancer is cured merely because the most painful symptoms have temporarily subsided. But the far better course would be for all sincere Catholics to finally renounce the errors condemned by Pius XII that have become so prevalent today.When Robert Francis Prevost...

This is the first sermon I ever preached from a pulpit in a Church. I have a ministry to the homeless in Greenville, SC and also in the local jails. Forgive me for speaking so fast, it was supposed to be only 30 minutes, but it is 45.

[Catholic Caucus] Leftist students harass Catholic men protesting drag queen story hour: ‘Never heard so much profanity’At Loyola University (Chicago), Tradition Family Property Student Action volunteers were subjected to students screaming, giving them the finger and spitting on them while praying the rosary.oung women at Loyola University Chicago were captured on film raging at volunteers with Tradition Family Property (TFP) Student Action during their protest against drag queen story hour.Young men dressed in suits and red sashes assembled outside at the Jesuit school, holding up rosaries as they prayed them in reparation for a drag show that took place at...

[Catholic Caucus] Swiss priest: Here’s the fatal flaw of ‘synodality’ in the Catholic ChurchSynodal events at the global, national, diocesan, and parish levels are the catwalk for self-promoters, careerists, and ideologues within the Catholic Church.The political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588‒1679) was a realist. In Christian terms, one might say that he took into account the nature of human beings, which is weakened by the consequences of original sin. That is why he not only popularized the ancient saying “Homo homini lupus” (man is a wolf to man). In his work Leviathan, he also shows why a state is necessary: without...

The Seventh-day Adventist position on the Ten Commandments is set forth briefly in our statement of "Fundamental Beliefs." Section 6 reads: 6. That the will of God as it relates to moral conduct is comprehended in His law of ten commandments; that these are great moral, unchangeable precepts, binding upon all men, in every age. Ex. 20:1-17. The ten commandments spoken by God from Mount Sinai are set apart from all the other commands of God recorded in the Bible by their very nature and the manner of their delivery. They themselves are the best evidence of their enduring character....

Answer We believe that the Sabbath was instituted in Eden before sin entered, that it was honored of God, set apart by divine appointment, and given to mankind as the perpetual memorial of a finished creation. It was based upon the fact that God Himself had rested from His work of creation, had blessed His Sabbath, or rest day, and had sanctified it, or set it apart for man (Gen. 2:1-3; Mark 2:27). We believe, further, that it was none other than the Son of God Himself, the second person of the eternal Godhead, who was the Creator of Genesis...

We take our stand without qualification on the gospel platform that the death of Jesus Christ provides the sole propitiation for our sins (1 John 2:2; 4:10); that there is salvation through no other means or medium, and no other name by which we may be saved (Acts 4:12); and that the shed blood of Jesus Christ alone brings remission for our sins (Matt. 26: 28). That is foundational. Further, we hold to the recognized principle that no cardinal doctrine or belief should be based primarily upon a parable or type, but upon the clear unfigurative statements of Scripture, and...

[Catholic Caucus] Either Love the World or Love the LordYou are free to choose, but you are not free not to choose.The Gospel Jesus speaks vividly of his own mission to engage our ancient foe and to gather God’s elect back from the enslaving clutches of Satan, who was a murderer and a liar from the beginning (see John 8:44). He seeks to work in our life by the glorious fire of his Holy Spirit if we but let him. And yet, not all do want the Lord to work. Some prefer the darkness to the light of God’s truth....

Is this accusation valid? If Michael is Christ, how do you explain Jude 9? We emphatically reject the idea set forth in this question, and the position held by the Jehovah's Witnesses. We do not believe that Christ is a created being. We, as a people, have not considered the identification of Michael of sufficient prominence to dwell upon it at length either in our literature or in our preaching. But we do have clear views on the subject, and are prepared to set them forth. And our views concerning Michael, it might be added, have been held by various...

An incident at the Basilica of Loreto, where the Holy House of Mary is enshrined, is drawing widespread attention. Footage shows Catholic bishops concelebrating Mass alongside a woman dressed in a cassock and clerical collar, possibly a Protestant “priestess.”

[Catholic Caucus] Open Letter to Leo XIV on Amoris LaetitiaHis Holiness Pope Leo XIV22 July 202500120 VATICAN CITYEuropeI address to you this heartfelt petition regarding an urgent and practically unprecedented problem that Your Holiness has inherited from the previous pontificate. It is one which I and many other Catholics believe lies at the very heart of the mission entrusted to you by Our Lord as the Successor of Blessed Peter: that of guarding and teaching the uncorrupted doctrine of Christ that was “once and all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3).1. I refer to the fact that Chapter VIII of...

[Catholic Caucus] Women Deacons? Here’s Why NotThere are many in the Church who consider the ordination of women as deacons to be an unsettled question and are hopeful that the Church will admit women to the diaconate soon. This is an unfounded hope.Who can be an icon of Christ? The question haunts me. Documents of the Second Vatican Council teach that all good people who are part of the Church…all these good people relying on the exquisite promise of Christ’s resurrection are the Body of Christ. It would stand to reason, then that ‘all good people’ means precisely that. ‘All...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE Bishop Strickland: on Pope Leo XIV, the Latin Mass and Archbishop LefebvreBishop Joseph Strickland is a well-known and well-loved prelate for many conservative Catholics.Ordained for the Diocese of Dallas in 1985 and appointed Bishop of Tyler, Texas, by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012, he has in recent years become a vocal critic of certain Vatican policies which he believes go against “the truth of the Gospel.” He was removed as Bishop of Tyler in 2023 after a Vatican investigation concluded that “the continuation in office of Bishop Strickland was not feasible.”In this exclusive interview, he discusses his...

How Liberals Gaslighted Traditional Catholics 50 Years AgoSo many putative leaders of the Catholic Church have no problems with the Synod on Synodality, Fiducia Supplicans, or widespread cafeteria-Catholicism but are wholly supportive of Rome’s persecution of Traditional Catholics through Traditionis Custodes and other measures. This, of itself, tells us that many influential figures promoting the Vatican II revolution are gaslighting us.In his August 2, 1975 letter to Libre Belgique, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre sought to defend himself against certain criticisms related to his adherence to what the Catholic Church taught and practiced prior to Vatican II:“The repeated attacks in your columns...

They will Use Newman for Their HeresyI got back from a 12-day retreat to read the happy news that the Holy Father has confirmed the plans to proclaim St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. I’ve never read much Newman myself, but he seems to be universally respected by all Catholic men of letters… but with a dark side. But let me return to that in a moment.The Apostasy of AlbionFirst, even though I haven’t read much from Newman, we can already see the immense significance of this news in the history of the Church. In many ways...

Why Does the Synodal Church Revere St. John Henry Newman?On July 31st, Vatican News reported that St. John Henry Newman will become the newest Doctor of the Church. Why would the current hierarchy go for this? Well, it seems for them that the true appeal of Newman appears to reside in the way in which his works can be manipulatively interpreted in support of the Synodal Church. Let's rescue Newman from their agendas!On July 31st, Vatican News reported that St. John Henry Newman will become the newest Doctor of the Church:“Pope Leo XIV has ‘confirmed the affirmative opinion of the...

Newman on Capital Punishment: Consistency is Key in Catholic Doctrine - by Edward FeserIt was announced last week that Pope Leo XIV will be declaring St. John Henry Newman to be a Doctor of the Church. As the Catholic Encyclopedia notes, the Church proclaims someone to be a Doctor on account of “eminent learning” and “a high degree of sanctity.” This combination makes a Doctor an exemplary guide to matters of faith and morals. To be sure, the Doctors are not infallible. Their authority is not as great as that of scripture, the consensus of the Church Fathers, or the...

[Catholic Caucus] They Lied to You About Rerum NovarumThe foundational document of modern Catholic Social Teaching calls private property sacred and condemns instigating class envy in the poor.In his first address to the College of Cardinals, Leo XIV explained his choice of name was inspired by “Pope Leo XIII [who] in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution.” I knew of Rerum Novarum as the foundation of Catholic Social Teaching, and I had accepted the common claim that it rejects both socialism and capitalism. But there was a certain...

John Henry Newman First Tried to Disprove Catholicism; Now He’s Being Named a Doctor of the ChurchIn a dramatic twist of providence, the very work Newman undertook to defend Anglicanism ultimately led him to embrace the Catholic Church he had long opposed.For much of his life, John Henry Newman was a towering figure in the Church of England. A brilliant theologian, preacher, and professor at Oxford, he was widely respected for his intellect and piety. As a longtime Anglican priest, Newman devoted himself to defending the Church of England against both secularism and the perceived errors of Catholicism. Yet, in...