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[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland calls on ‘all of the shepherds of the Church’ to defend the faith as Synod loomsBishop Joseph Strickland implored the Church’s shepherds ‘to stand firmly for Christ’ ahead of the Synod on Synodality and urged the faithful not to accept ‘any synodal process that contradicts the Deposit of Faith of the Catholic Church.’The following is Bishop Joseph Strickland’s open letter to the participants of the Synod on Synodality.September 30, 2024The Feast Day of St. JeromeAn open letter to the participants of the final session of the Synod on Synodality, as well as to the Faithful who...

Theologian participating in Synod on Synodality heralds heterodox viewsSpanish theologian Cristina Inogés, appointed by Pope Francis to participate in the Synod on Synodality, argues in a recently released document that “Christianity should never have become a religion.”In a September article titled “Del Sínodo al jubileo: construyendo comunidad en diálogo” (“From the Synod to the Jubilee: Building Community in Dialogue”), Inogés argues that Jesus sought to hand on a way of life and human relationships based on fraternity, not to found an institutionalized religion with hierarchies and “to separate a small part from the rest, the priests — the clergy —...

Disclaimer: I am amazed to see the tremendous support from Christians all over the world for us, the Israeli people, and the Zionist endeavor. I find, however, certain points that I believe need to be addressed. We may read a controversial piece in the news and automatically side with Israel, but keep in mind that even our elected policymakers fall short. For example, we tend not to conflate the fact that Tel-Aviv, the symbol of Zionist financial success and achievement, is also the gay capital of the world, but we should. Abortions are also legal in Israel, government subsidized, easily...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider tells Michael Knowles that reverence is a question of taking ‘God seriously’‘God is not something which we can treat as we like. God is God,’ the Kazakhstan bishop said of the importance of right worship.Bishop Athanasius Schneider stressed the importance of reverence toward God in a Friday interview, saying that it is a question of taking God “seriously.”The Kazakhstan bishop began by telling Daily Wire host Michael Knowles how as a child he lived under the Soviet regime and grew up in the “catacombs” of the Catholic Church, with his parents helping to organize “secret Masses.”...

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Sin is pervasive and deadly. When the early church father Chrysostom remarked, “I fear nothing but sin,” he correctly identified sin as the greatest threat any person faces. Sin mars all the relationships people are involved in: with other people, with themselves, and, most significantly, with God. Sin causes suffering, disease, and death in the physical realm and also causes spiritual death—eternal separation from God in Hell. Because sin is so deadly, we need to carefully define it, so we can understand and avoid it. First...

On Sept. 25, the pastors of Winder Church (formerly War Hill South) found themselves locked out of their own sanctuary in Winder, Georgia. The move to have the locks changed came, they said, without warning, but was not entirely unexpected. Five months prior, the small satellite campus, which draws an average of 45 people on a typical Sunday and hosts a Cub Scout pack, had disassociated from its parent organization, Church at War Hill, due to a string of scandals previously covered by MinistryWatch, including an alleged robbery cover-up and abusive treatment of PTA moms. In an April 28 letter,...

YouTube Video🔥🔥 Beloved; for us who eat, drink and consume Biblical prophecy; these days in which we presently live in today are the days we use to talk about and knew would be; Israel is this days last days sign to all the earth that; Almighty God’s Kingdom is coming; with Jesus Messiah’s return; (Dan. 2:43-44; 7:13-14; Dan. 9:27; Zech. 12:10-14; Matt. 24; Rev. 19:11-21). In the last year; Israel has decimated her border enemies leadership and is presently bringing security into that region; thus setting the stage for the Gog/Magog war against her; Ezek. 38-39. This video; by Jack...

[Catholic Caucus] The Infernal Synod on SynodalityAs the three-year synodal process on synodality for a synodal Church limps into its final three weeks of meetings in Rome, even poking fun at it has become a bit tedious.Originally ridiculed by many as a “meeting about meetings,” it never managed to demonstrate that it wasn’t. Way back in November 2021, still flush with excitement over the synodal process—with meetings at the parish, diocesan, national, continental, and planetary level still beckoning enticingly—Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio in the United States, said that if synodality was a “meeting about meetings,” it would be a...

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things freely given to us by God” (1 Corinthians 2:12). To be effective, spiritual gifts must be used in the power of the Holy Spirit, not in the power of the flesh. One of the constant battles all believers face is to avoid ministering their spiritual gifts in the power of the flesh. Even those of us who are called to be preachers (prophets) need to subject our spirits to other mature believers (1 Cor. 14:32). As a...

[Catholic Caucus] A Profession of Faith in a Time of ApostacyProfession of Faith in Jesus Christ and His Church as the only path to God and to eternal salvationWe unshakably believe and profess what the ordinary and universal Magisterium of the Church has continuously and infallibly taught since the time of the Apostles, namely,That faith in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Son of God and only Savior of mankind, is the only religion willed by God.After the institution of the new and everlasting Covenant in Jesus Christ, no one may be saved by adherence to the teachings and practices of non-Christian...

“But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good” (1 Corinthians 12:7). God wants every Christian to understand spiritual gifts and use his or hers wisely. A spiritual gift is a channel through which the Holy Spirit ministers to the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:11). The day we were born again into God’s family, His Spirit distributed to us a spiritual gift. Therefore, having a spiritual gift does not mean a believer is “spiritual.” What we really must ask is, “Is the channel clear?” Hypothetically, someone could have all the recorded spiritual gifts...

“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11-12). God has given every believer certain gifts and functions to contribute to the health of the church and enable it to communicate the gospel to the world. God fervently desires to reach the whole world with the gospel’s truth (Acts 1:8). Therefore, the Holy Spirit has specially energized members of Christ’s Body, the church, to fulfill God’s great...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Newspaper Publishes Gay-Positive Essay from Synod’s Spiritual AssistantParticipants in the Synod on Synodality’s General Assembly are on retreat Monday and Tuesday to prepare spiritually for their deliberations, which formally begin October 2nd. Throughout the month-long assembly, the delegates will be guided by two spiritual assistants , one of whom recently made some LGBTQ-positive remarks.Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP, and Mother Maria Ignazia Angelini, OSB, to be the Synod’s spiritual assistants. Radcliffe, the former head of Dominicans worldwide, has been welcoming of LGBTQ+ people for decades. Most recently, he wrote on these issues for the...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider: Synod’s confession event a ‘tool’ to push ‘new agenda’ and ‘doctrines’Regarding the 'sins against synodality' to be confessed, such as 'using doctrine as stones to be hurled,' the faithful bishop said there are 'no such sins in divine revelation.'Bishop Athanasius Schneider accused a Vatican Synod on Synodality event as being “a tool to promote a new agenda in the synod to establish new doctrines which are contrary to the divine revelation, or undermine divine revelation.”The Astana auxiliary’s forthright comments came during a recent interview on Raymond Arroyo’s World Over, during which Arroyo questioned Schneider about an...

Our Readings for this Sunday may seem dour at first, dominated by discussion of going to hell and the merits of self-amputation, but the First Reading actually points us in the right direction to overcome sin and hell and live in joy. We will see how as the Readings unfold: 1. Our First Reading is from Numbers 11:25-29: The LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses, the LORD bestowed it on the seventy elders; and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied. Now two men,...

Trump is not perfect - no one is except our Savior Jesus Christ!!! Listen to what Pastor Hamrick says about our coming Election. https://youtu.be/jAAWC_UROoA

Beloved; I am absolutely astounded at this EXPONENTIAL texh age we live in; in which godlessness and lawlessness are EXPONENTIALLY abounding in every facet of life; just as Almighty Go stars through His prophets and His ETERNAL beloved Son; Israel is a sign to all the nations in these last EXPONENTIAL Harvest Days that Jesus is coming and so is the Day of the Lord! Here is an amazing update by Amir Tsfahti of Behold Israel Ministries in n the elimination of Hezbollah and Iranian leaders: as BB gave his amazing spear to the demonic UN thugs; The truth behind...

A new report reveals that most Catholics in the United States and Latin America support ordaining women to the priesthood despite their faith’s clear teaching on the matter. The Pew Research Center released the results of a survey Thursday based on responses collected from 3,655 Catholics in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru from Jan. 22-April 27 and 2,051 Catholics in the U.S. collected from Feb. 13-25. The report documents a divergence between the beliefs of Catholics in these countries and the teachings of their faith. When asked if they supported ordaining women to the priesthood, majorities of Catholics...

Bishop Schneider: Pope Francis has contradicted ‘the entire Gospel’Speaking to Raymond Arroyo, Bishop Athanasius Schneider firmly critiqued and rejected Pope Francis' claim that 'every religion is a way to arrive at God.'Bishop Athanasius Schneider has stated that Pope Francis has contradicted “the entire Gospel” with the claim that all religions are a way to God.Speaking with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo on The World Over, Kazakhstan’s Bishop Athanasius Schneider responded to the controversial comment made by Pope Francis on his recent trip to Singapore.“Every religion is a way to arrive at God,” the Pope said. “There are different languages to arrive at...

For a future not-so-distant day... in an EXPONENTIALLY growing demonic deteriorating day; Dear friend; WHAT JUST HAPPENED!! It’s not UFOS dear friend; you have been left behind and the Day of the Lord will NOW commence; This brief letter is written to those of you who have been left behind; but may I calm your great anxiety and fears with this great message of hope! Almighty God loves you and cares greatly for you; so much so that He sent His Son to died for YOU, to rise for YOU and rescue YOU from your transgressions against His ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS...