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[Catholic Caucus] Does St. Peter’s Need Porters?Recently an egregious display of sexual perversion was allowed to desecrate St. Peter's, which could not have been possible before Paul VI's abolished the minor orders.Before 1972, preparation for the priesthood involved passing through various “minor orders.” They included porter, lector, acolyte, exorcist, and subdeacon, followed by the major orders of deacon and priest. That year, Pope Paul VI issued the apostolic letter Ministeria Quaedam, abolishing the minor orders. Lector and acolyte were reconstituted as “lay ministries.” Exorcist was recognized as a specialized ministry of certain priests. Porter was eliminated, deemed unnecessary in the...

[Catholic Caucus] The Brown Scapular and Our Lady of FatimaThe Brown Scapular was given to St. Simon Stock, a Carmelite, in 1253. What does this have to do with Our Lady of Fatima? Approaching the 100th Anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, we reprint this article from The Angelus Magazine on the interesting message that Our Lady gave to the three shepherd children The Brown Scapular Angelus Press: July, 1990 HISTORY AND PROMISES: During the last Fatima apparition (October 13, 1917), the Blessed Mother held in her hand a Brown Scapular while she presented herself as Our...

[Catholic Caucus] How would St. Pius X likely have reacted to “Catholic” Fr. James Martin if the pope were alive today?Given St. Pius X’s documented response to Modernism, he likely would have reacted with the same doctrinal clarity and pastoral firmness to the ideologies spread by the LGBTQ+ cult, including “Catholic” Fr. James Martin. For one, St. Pius X unequivocally singled homosexuality out as one of the “sins that cry out to heaven for vengeance,” likening it with voluntary homicide, oppression of the poor, as well as defrauding a laborer of his just wage.Every year, the Feast of St. Pius...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Viva Cristo Rey’: Father Sedano led the faithful witness of the CristerosOn September 7, 1927, Father Gumersindo Sedano y Palencia refused to compromise his faith and was martyred during a time of great persecution against the Church in Mexico.Punish one, teach a hundred. – AnonymousWith his neck roped to a heavy branch on the eucalyptus tree, the priest’s corpse – on display – was to serve as a lesson to others.Soldiers ordered photographers to snap shots of the dead cleric – with his head at an unnatural bend, clothing spattered with blood, and his bare toes resting gently,...

[Catholic Caucus] “We Should Not Ask for the Persecution to End”Two evils, greed and faction, are the destruction of all justice.Thomas More (1478-1535)An ancient tree of great renown – considered a relic by Revolutionaries – stood proudly in the town of Colima.For at the base of that Zalate tree – a gnarled, twisted rock fig – the newly enthroned Mexican President Benito Pablo Juárez Garcia (1806-72) once rested in its shade, as he sat upon a stone, accompanied by members of his cabinet, on March 25, 1858.The famous Zalate tree of ColimaSubsequently, that rock fig was no longer just any...

Appreciation of Pope St. Pius X by Marcel de Corte in 1964 — “The threat posed to man by the modern world is aimed above all at the priest”Very Topical Considerations on the Life, Character and Thought of Saint Pius X Marcel De CorteItinéraires, No. 87 | November 1964 I HAVE JUST READ a few biographies of Saint Pius X. The marvellous ascent! From the humble seed of vocation planted by the Spirit in the soul of this little peasant to his constant concern for the priests entrusted to his care as bishop and pope, his whole life was organized...

[Catholic Caucus] How the Sinful Pride of the Vatican II Revolution Has Wrecked Souls and Societies If we think seriously about what it means for the Catholic Church, which is the Mystical Body of Christ, to suffer a crisis of internal infidelities rather than external attacks, we can conclude that we are facing something almost unparalleled in salvation history. If we can measure the magnitude of the fall by the spiritual dignity of the ones falling and the degree of the harms caused, the post-Vatican II crisis is arguably worse than any in history except those caused by the fall...

Deborah and Jael were an unlikely duo, the Thelma and Louise of the Old Testament. The book of Judges tells us of the way in which, together, they conquered the evil and powerful Canaanite general, Sisera, after he oppressed the people of Israel for twenty, long years. Theirs is a story of unlikely actors, surprising deception, a bloody casualty, and the promise of redemption. Deborah was a powerful and respected woman of Israel who guided her people and spoke the word of God as a prophetess (one of only three mentioned in the Old Testament). Her words and her actions...

Genesis 25 describes the infertility suffered by Rebekah (and Isaac), Isaac’s subsequent prayer and God’s affirmative response. …Isaac is exceptional among the patriarchs for foregoing polygamy, even when faced with a barren wife. Only he relies on prayer to solve his problem. …The biblical narratives present Rebekah in an especially active role, both in the story of her difficult pregnancy, in which she goes to consult with YHWH on her own, and in the story of the blessing of Jacob and Esau, in which she defies and manipulates her husband…

One of the most frequently cited texts by cessationists — those who believe the gifts of the Spirit, such as prophecy, tongues, and healing, ceased after the apostolic era — is found in 1 Corinthians 13:8-12: “Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When...

[Catholic Caucus] The Tenebrae of Maximilian KolbeSeize the opportunity to bring a brilliant new look into the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe to your city.During hours of darkness in Holy Week, the Church observes the peculiar liturgy of Tenebrae. As the Office progresses, the candles on the lampstand are extinguished one by one, until darkness is total. It’s a mournful liturgy, to express the desolation of the Church as the Light of the World is about to be eclipsed. So goes the Passion of St. Maximilian Kolbe in the new movie Triumph of the Heart. It begins in the darkest...

[Catholic Caucus] The Martyrs of San JoaquinPolitical power grows out of the barrel of a gun. – Zedong Mao (1893-1976)The train’s forged-steel wheels slowed down and screeched to a stop at Kilometer Marker 491, in the windswept, desolate Highlands of Jalisco.In one of the railcars, six Catholic men waited their fate, on that morning, April 25, 1927, in Rancho San Joaquin, when, suddenly, a soldier called out three names: Andres Sola y Molist. José Trinidad Rangel Montano. Leonardo Perez Larios.Forced off the train, the three were goaded down a ravine and ordered to stand in a large pool of spilled...

[Catholic Caucus] The Rise and Fall of the Cristeros | Part 3The Rise and Fall of the CristerosPart III“The country is a jail for the Catholic Church. In order to be logical, a Revolution must gain the entire soul of a nation. They will have to open a jail for each home, and they don’t have enough handcuffs or hangmen to bind up the hands and cut off the heads of the martyrs. We are not worried about defending our material interests, because these come and go; but our spiritual interests, these we will defend because they are necessary to...

This was remarkable to see. Over 70,000 Cambodian monks have broken their vows of silence to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The move by the monks comes after President Trump brokered a peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand. Fox News’ Jesse Watters dove deeper into the story. Watch here: VIDEO AT LINK.................. BBC provided more details on how Trump got the peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand: Thailand and Cambodia agreed to a ceasefire after Donald Trump threatened not to make a trade deal with them until the fighting stopped. Trade talks are a no-go “until such...

Syria is home to the world’s oldest existing Christian communities, which trace their lineage back to Apostolic times. According to Syriac Christian tradition, the Syriac Kingdom of Osroene was the world’s first political entity to declare Christianity as its state religion. King Abgar V — known as Abgar the Black — adopted the Christian faith after being healed from a devastating illness by the disciple Thaddeus in 33 AD. * On the road to Damascus, the former persecutor of Christians, Saul of Tarsus, was transformed into the Apostle Paul, further rooting Christianity in Syrian soil. * Syria has played a...

The feast day of Saint Helena, the mother of Constantine, is commemorated by Catholics on August 18. Aside from her role as matriarch of the Constantinian dynasty, Helena is most remembered today for her finding of the True Cross of Jesus Christ. This discovery took place during Helena's celebrated pilgrimage to the Holy Land near the end of her life, during which time she undertook the task of uncovering the sites associated with Christ's life and passion and the building of commemorative shrines. Eusebius Pamphilus, Helena's contemporary and bishop of Caesarea Maritima, records many of Helena's deeds during this trek....

The Rev. Kenneth MacArthur of Cambridge, Mass., has been selected by the American Eugenics Society as secretary of the committee to cooperate with clergymen in an effort to link the Church with the movement to improve the human race from the eugenic standpoint. "The modern Church increasingly conceives as its purpose the production of a better humanity, in individual and social relations,” said Mr. MacArthur. "Child allowances for families of superior clergymen will be promoted. It is hoped to interest denominational organizations and wealthy individuals and foundations in this subject. Investigations of the ancestry of the clergy, the effect of...

[Catholic Caucus] Does Third Secret of Fatima warn of apostasy? Expert weighs in Joining me on this episode of The John-Henry Westen Show is LifeSite journalist Dr. Maike Hickson. We discussed the Third Secret of Fatima, hints that the true secret may have revealed apostasy in the Church and warned of the Second Vatican Council, liturgical abuses, and more. I opened the episode by asking Hickson about some of her latest findings on the Third Secret. She first noted Cardinal Raymond Burke’s recent homily for a Mass commemorating the 108th anniversary of Our Lady’s third apparition at Fatima in which...

Author’s Note: Having recently read about the Shroud of Turin and heard the words “write about me” in a recent dream, this article was researched and composed. God the Creator has graciously preserved and given to humanity an astounding, miraculous, 2,000-year old gift, a precious holy relic. It is the Shroud of Turin, the recently authenticated burial cloth of Jesus Christ determined by extensive research and scientific examination to be the genuine article. For sure, the implications of this finding are far reaching. The 14.5 x 3.7 foot Shroud contains a face-up image of a man with blood stains on...

Rome: The Virgin of Revelation at Tre Fontane: The Dogma of the Assumption, Prophecies for the Present Time, Crisis of the Church, Widespread Atheism and IslamJust as The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, proclaimed in 1854 by Pius IX, is connected to the Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes in 1858, when She identified Herself to Bernadette by saying “I am the Immaculate Conception”, so another apparition is also connected to the proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption. Presently I am reading in Italian, Saverio Gaetta’s book “Il Veggente - Il Segreto delle Tre Fontane”. It makes for compelling...