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www.suntimes.com Back to regular viewhttp://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-convent03.html 'KKK,' 'Go away' painted on religious statues January 3, 2006BY GARY WISBY Staff Reporter A religious order's plans to build a community in rural McHenry County were greeted with heated opposition from neighbors before approval was granted last summer. But even they were shocked by what vandals did to statues of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary at the Fraternite Notre Dame monastery on New Year's Eve. Someone spray-painted "Killer," "KKK," "666," "Go away" and "Leave" on the figures. They wrote an obscene message in snow at the base of one statue and stole an...

by Pete Vere, JCL Other Articles by Pete Vere, JCL Sifting the Wheat from the Tares: 20 Signs of Trouble in a New Religious Group 03/01/05 Since the closing of the Second Vatican Council, a number of new groups have arisen within the Church. Whereas many new groups start off on the right foot and maintain solid footing, others fall by the wayside. This may be due to poor doctrine or questionable practices. In This Article...Red Flags and Warning SignsFr. Morrisey’s 15 Warning SignsFive Additional Warning Signs from the International Cultic Studies Association Red Flags and Warning Signs As a canon...

Dear Friends and Benefactors, Several of our priories were privileged during this past November to receive a visit from our Superior General, Bishop Fellay, who gave an update regarding the Church crisis and dealings with Rome. One topic he touched on and which remains a stumbling block for many Catholics is the question of obedience. Indeed, most of us have been threatened at one time with the phrase: "You are being disobedient to the Pope." Liberal Catholics will claim that the one thing necessary to remain Catholic is an absolute obedience even to Liberal Church superiors. Conservatives will compromise and...

While they are "Peter-ing" out to be sure, they (or their old diatribes) can still be found on the Internet here and there. Thus our Annual Sectarian Spotlight: For the real thing, there is the counterfeit. Satan makes sure of it in the Catholic and spiritual realms. In Catholic circles these are those who substitute private interpretation over the teachings of the living magisterium of the Catholic Church. Listing some of the more notorious untrustworthy guides here may help you to scratch off what is at least a waste of time and can be passed over, whether on the Internet...

No Room for Christ at Saint Patrick's Cathedral by Thomas A. Droleskey September 11, 2002, will be remembered for a long time as a day of outrage. Outrage, that is, on the part of Catholics who still cling to the old-fashioned notion that the entirety of human history revolves around the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity made Man, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Church He created upon the Rock of Peter, the Pope. For the Archbishop of New York, Edward Cardinal Egan, did not let pass from his lips even once the Holy Name of the...