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Actor Rob Schneider, who recently converted to Catholicism, announced he’s working on a new film about the Shroud of Turin. A printing (right) and a negative (left) of the Shroud of Turin. Photo Credit: אסף.צ, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons If you are unfamiliar with The Shroud of Turin it is believed to be the burial shroud that wrapped the body of Jesus Christ after his Crucifixion. In 1988 a carbon dating test that was done on the shroud cast doubt that the Shroud was authentic. According to Schneider the film will focus on research done by Shroud expert Joe...

[Catholic Caucus] A Catechism to Save Biden’s SoA Catechism to Save Biden’s SoulFor any who may need a catechism refresher, Biden’s statements on the House floor would qualify as grave external violations of the First and Fifth Commandments. They contain irreverence, scandal, and moral cooperation in murder.In the span of a few brief centuries, what was once an uncharted wilderness has risen to become the single most powerful nation on earth: the United States of America. This great nation is currently governed by a President who claims to be Roman Catholic: a tenure of Church–State relations that should have been...

The Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider is under investigation from the Secret Service after statements he made online Thursday against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The federal agency charged with protecting POTUS, the Vice President and their immediate families, as well as major political candidates and high level government officials, have opened the probe, according to Deadline. As Breitbart News reported, Schneider called for the public execution of Biden, saying the commander in chief should to be “publicly hung” for treason. The actor also called for Hunter Biden to be executed.

Why Bishop Schneider citing St. Thomas More at Cambridge University was so historicWith Bishop Schneider’s visit to Cambridge University, the quiet yet undaunted heroes of English Catholicism were raised to prominence once again. On November 24, an historic occasion took place in Cambridge University, when a prominent member of the Catholic hierarchy delivered a lecture of university grounds highlighting the role of conscience in society and citing the example of English martyr St. Thomas More.Addressing a full crowd – including this LifeSiteNews correspondent – in the Department of Politics and International Studies, Astana’s auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider delivered a lecture...

[Catholic/Orthodox Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Don’t blame young if they turn to tradition in age of confusion, says SchneiderWhenever one prepares to meet people of high moral stature or rank, there is always a temptation to consider them also in physically grandiose terms. Britain was fooled by the media into thinking the late Pope Benedict XVI was the “Panzer Kardinal”, or “God’s Rottweiler”, and expected a personality to match only to discover, during his 2010 visit to the UK, a man whose gentleness and shyness served to conceal the inner steel of fidelity to the Gospel and a clarity of thought sharper...

[Catholic Caucus] A Catechism to Reclaim CatechismsAn ever-expanding mushroom cloud of doctrinal madness presently afflicts the Church, but a new catechism promises a sure sign of hope for the future.In apparent answer to the recent papal prolepsis calling for “a courageous cultural revolution” in Catholic theology, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has formally adopted the categories of “transgender persons” and “homosexual persons.” While vats of ink will be spilled on both counts, faithful Catholics continue to pray for an end to the ever-expanding mushroom cloud of doctrinal madness presently afflicting the Church. In the meantime, it...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland’s removal is ‘a blatant injustice’ says Bishop Schneider‘The deposition of Bishop Joseph E. Strickland signifies a black day for the Catholic Church of our day,’ wrote Bishop Schneider.Editor’s Note: The following is the official English statement from Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary of Astana, Kazakhstan, in response to the news that Pope Francis has removed Bishop Joseph Strickland from his Diocese of Tyler. A Spanish version can be found here. (LifeSiteNews) –– “The one charge which is now sure to secure severe punishment is the careful keeping of the traditions of the Fathers.” These words of St....

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider: Future popes will thank Bishop Strickland for his fidelity to the Catholic faith'Dear Bishop Strickland, thank you, that you are resolved 'to serve the Lord, and not the time,' Bishop Schneider wrote in a newly released personal letter to Bishop Strickland.Editor’s note: Bishop Joseph Strickland has shared with LifeSiteNews a letter sent to him by Bishop Athanasius Schneider encouraging and thanking him for his witness to the Catholic faith. Bishop Schneider says that it is because of this faith that Bishop Strickland is now threatened with being removed from his diocese in Tyler, Texas, but insists...

Shortly before he was traded to Denver, Russell Wilson lost a power struggle in Seattle. That’s the word from TheAthletic.com, which reports today that Wilson asked Seahawks ownership to fire both head coach Pete Carroll and General Manager John Schneider in February of 2022. Weeks after that, the Seahawks traded Wilson to the Broncos. Carroll and Schneider remain in their jobs a year later. The report also says that Wilson wanted the Seahawks to hire Sean Payton as their head coach if they fired Carroll. Payton is now the coach of the Broncos, so Wilson got his wish a year...

[Catholic Caucus] Schneider: Enemies of the Church Rule The VaticanBishop Athanasius Schneider discovered the Roman Mass only after Summorum Pontificum (2007), he told @cjm-media and Gloria.tv (interview recorded on November 17 below).He explained that in the Roman Rite "I am actually only a servant" because every gesture and every step are prescribed in a very precise way.His then Archbishop Jan Paweł Lenga, 72, of Karaganda knew that Schneider was celebrating the Roman Mass but showed no interest for this.When Lenga resigned and returned to Poland in 2011, a priest offered to teach him to celebrate Mass and Lenga accepted. After...

Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider Restate Concerns About Restrictions on Traditional LiturgyVATICAN CITY — Cardinal Raymond Burke has questioned the basis of papal-led efforts to restrict and eventually eliminate the traditional Latin Mass, while Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said the “millennium-old treasure” cannot be destroyed, as it is the work of the Holy Spirit.The cardinal and bishop kindly shared their comments as part of a talk I gave the Latin Mass Society in London on Oct. 21.As concerns deepen over this pontificate’s new restrictions regarding the traditional liturgy, Cardinal Burke said that “to the degree that reason and sound...

Former “Zoey 101” star Alexa Nikolas claims Dan Schneider would demand to participate in each one of her costume fittings when she was just 12 year old. Nikolas, now 30, alleged on “Real Pod” Wednesday that the famed Nickelodeon creator, 56, would sit on the other side of a “curtain” in her fitting room until she came out. “Whenever I had wardrobe fittings, [Schneider] always had to be in them,” Nikolas claimed. “Thank God there was a curtain, but he was literally [sitting] on [a] chair right outside of the curtain.”

Actor and comedian Rob Schneider reacts to Tulsi Gabbard leaving the Democratic Party, discusses his experiences with cancel culture, and shares his upcoming movie ‘Daddy Daughter Trip.’

[Catholic Caucus] Schneider: "If We Formally Disobey Francis, We Obey The Church Of All Times"Bishop Athanasius Schneider told RemnantNewspaper.com (12 October, video below) that he opposes Francis because the Church is "not a dictatorship"."In a dictatorship, everyone is afraid to speak out because the dictator will suddenly punish you. But that should [sic!] not be the atmosphere in the Church," he said.The bishop stressed that the current crisis over Catholic doctrine and the papacy was unique in the entire history of the Church. Not even the immoral Renaissance popes caused scandals by confusing doctrine.Schneider sees "poor Francis" in a pitiable...

Bishop Schneider rebukes Pope Francis’ remarks at ecumenical meeting: Catholicism is ‘the one true religion’The auxiliary bishop of Astana made numerous, clear comments to the media on the primacy of the Catholic Church.NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Athanasius Schneider has hit back at the ecumenical Congress Pope Francis recently attended, saying that Catholicism is “the only one true religion which God commanded to all people to believe.”Speaking to EWTN’s Alexey Gotovskiy outside the Archdiocese of Astana’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, the auxiliary bishop awaited the arrival of Pope Francis to a meeting with Kazakhstan’s Catholic clergy. “We’re...

Rob Schneider has no qualms about publicly voicing his political beliefs, even if it jeopardizes his acting career at this point. That’s what he claimed to Glenn Beck earlier this week, and now, fans are asking just one question on Twitter: what career?

Record-breaking Jeopardy! contestant Amy Schneider fell victim an armed robbery close to her Oakland home, which saw her phone, credit cards and ID stolen. Schneider, 42, revealed she'd suffered upsetting crime on her Twitter account on Monday, shortly before she was seen on TV later on the same evening scoring her 24th straight victory on the iconic game show. 'Hi all! So, first off: I'm fine,' she tweeted earlier on Monday. 'But I got robbed yesterday, lost my ID, credit cards, and phone. I then couldn't really sleep last night, and have been dragging myself around all day trying to...

The “Everything Was Tested on HEK” LieOn September 24, 2021, a Catholic Airman in United States Air Force, who graduated from the Academy with Military, Academic, and Athletic honors, was denied a religious exemption from receiving a COVID vaccine because she was told her objection did not constitute a “sincerely held belief”[1] after she admitted taking Tylenol, ibuprofen, and other over-the-counter medications. She was told that those medications, too, had been “tested” on the HEK-293 cell line. When she asked on what basis this testing claim was being made, her superior officer provided her with a single source[2] — an...

The actor, John Schneider, gives a brilliant analysis of the Alec Baldwin shooting using the same type of Colt single-action revolver. In the process, he explains gun safety, how to inspect such a weapon, and how the set of circumstances Baldwin says happened could not have actually occurred as claimed.

[Catholic Caucus] Athanasius Schneider Pontifical High Mass in Detroit There's no real theme to today's post, just some random smattering of thoughts I put together after returning from Detroit:Today the great Bishop Athanasius Schneider said Mass in Detroit as part of the Call to Holiness event put on by Assumption Grotto. If the name Assumption Grotto sounds familiar, this is the parish of traditional priest Fr. Eduard Perrone of the Archdiocese of Detroit. Some years ago Fr. Perrone was accused of sex abuse and suspended from ministry. Fr. Perrone fought back, however, and was successfully able to demonstrate that...