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Shortly after Artur Pawlowski got off a plane, he was handcuffed, arrested and taken to jail.(LifeSiteNews) – Canadian Christian pastor Artur Pawlowski was arrested by customs officials Monday for offenses said to have occurred months ago upon returning home to Calgary from a tour of the United States. Video of the arrest filmed from inside a private plane and posted on Pawlowski’s YouTube channel shows a border guard handcuff Pawlowski only inches away from the plane’s wing and escort him away. According to a Rebel News report, Pawlowski was arrested on two charges, one related to a “court order” and...

Pope Francis chides traditional-minded seminarians and priestsAccording to Pope Francis, "rigidity" is a bad word. For the duration of his papacy, he has browbeaten Catholics trying to follow Church law, all while giving comfort to those who hate the Church and Her rigid teachings. The pope continued this trend in a speech he gave on Thursday to seminarians at the Pius XI seminary in Ancona, Italy. There, he called rigidity one of the "manifestations of clericalism" and "a perversion of the priesthood." He went on to say, "When I find a seminarian or a young priest who is rigid, I...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Several members of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church are requesting Father Christopher Rhodes be removed as its priest. Rhodes is assigned to three primarily Black Catholic churches in the West End — Saint Augustine, Christ the King, and Immaculate Heart of Mary. On Tuesday, Immaculate Heart members told WAVE 3 News the church is being run by Rhodes with no input from the congregation. They also said several parish leaders had been removed. “We are a West End poor Catholic African American Church,” a member of Immaculate Heart said. “We feel as if we have...