‘Prayers Answered. All Hostages Are Out’: Texas Synagogue Standoff Ends
The synagogue had been livestreaming a Shabbat service when the hostage-taker entered the building on Saturday, Jan. 15. A scene showing law enforcement during the tense situation was tweeted by the ‘Fort Worth Star-Telegram’ on Saturday. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted the conclusion to the tense situation just after 9:30pm local time on Jan. 15.
WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (Novus Ordo: 2nd Ordinary): a “liturgical unicorn”
COVID-1984 (aka the cursed Wuhan Devil) Media lies and political collaboration Mass psychosis formation Suppression of freedoms Open persecution of traditional Catholics Cancel culture in the Church I can’t think of a time when it was more important to beg … Read More →
Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (Novus Ordo: 2nd Ordinary)
We are in green vestments again. My thanks to the reader who donated the fantastic set I used today. I pray for you every time I use it. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment … Read More →
‘Prayers answered. All hostages are out.’: Texas synagogue standoff ends
A police car sits in front of the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, some 25 miles west of Dallas, Jan. 16, 2022. – All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-hour standoff at the Texas synagogue have been freed unharmed, police said late Jan. 15, and their suspected captor is dead. […]
Use ‘preferred pronouns’ or else, university’s gender inclusion plan warns
null / Shutterstock Boston, Mass., Jan 16, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA). The bishops of Fargo and Bismarck are speaking out against a proposed “gender inclusion” policy that would require everyone at the University of North Dakota — even visitors — to… […]
Pope Francis asks Catholics to offer their sufferings for Christian unity
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on Dec. 19, 2021. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 16, 2022 / 05:40 am (CNA). Pope Francis has asked Catholics to offer up their sufferings this week for Christian unity.During his Sunday Angelus addre… […]
Guatemalan authorities stop migrant caravan headed to US
An attempt by a migrant caravan to trek from Honduras, through Guatemala, to the Mexican border with the United States, has been halted by Guatemalan authorities. Read all
Netherlands partially lifts Europe’s toughest lockdown
The Netherlands government has only partially lifted Europe’s toughest coronavirus lockdown, prompting protests with bars and other businesses reopening despite prohibitions. Read all
Sister Jeannine Gramick has a 50-year record of dissent from Catholic beliefs on homosexuality, women’s ordination and abortion…
When I first heard that Pope Francis had written a letter to Loretto Sister Jeannine Gramick praising her 50 years of ministry, I immediately thought it had to be a case of mistaken identity. Surely the Pope or his staff had confused her with any one of the thousands of Catholic sisters who have toiled […]
Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno: ‘Trust the science’ is off-putting and does not convince the unconvinced …
A Vatican astronomer has said that the mantra “trust the science” is failing to “convince those who most need to be convinced” about the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines. Writing in the Jan. 15 edition of La Civiltà Cattolica, Brother Guy Consolmagno said that the phrase was not only off-putting for “large sectors” of the population […]