Bishop Temporarily Suspends Godparents, Confirmation Sponsors
PONTREMOLI, Italy (ChurchMilitant.com) – A bishop in Tuscany is temporarily banning the appointment of godparents at baptism and sponsors at confirmation. Bp. Mario Vaccari In a Dec. 3 decree, Bp. Mario Vaccari declared the roles of godparent and sponsor are suspended on an experimental basis in his diocese beginning Jan. 7, 2024. The bishop noted the roles […]
Texas Supreme Court blocks lower court order allowing abortion of baby with trisomy 18
The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay on the pro-abortion order on Friday after an appeal from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office.Read More
The ‘DINK’ lifestyle glorified on social media is a gluttonous, selfish recipe for disaster
Stuffing your face with Costco snacks won’t lead to virtue. Disneyland will not come take care of you in your old age.Read More
Pro-LGBT ‘communist’ college student pleads guilty to vandalizing Ohio pro-life center
Radical abortion activist Whitney Durant faces up to one year in prison on a FACE Act charge for attacking HerChoice, a pro-life pregnancy resource center in Bowling Green, Ohio.Read More
Canada’s health dept. admits there’s no evidence ArriveCan app ‘saved lives’ as previously claimed
The Public Health Agency of Canada had previously used the claim that the app saved lives to justify the $54 million cost.Read More
New Mexico sues Meta, Mark Zuckerberg for facilitating child sex trafficking
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez concluded that Facebook and Instagram have become ‘prime locations’ for sexual predators to trade child pornography and ‘solicit minors for sex.’
False obedience is not a virtue: A parish priest’s reflections on the state of the Church
Obedience is a necessary virtue in that it helps order our actions to what is good, true, and beautiful. It is never an end in itself.
CLIP: Bishop Strickland Poster “A Problem” at the Vatican
Vatican’s Suppression Unveiled: Fatima TV Anchorwoman Anna Kulanová faced detention by Italian Police near St. Peter’s Square over a banner supporting Bishop Joseph Strickland. Vatican police openly admitted to targeting her for supporting Strickland, leading to a forced police vehicle ride and confiscation of her banner and cameras. Kulanová, held for over 3 hours, exposes […]
The Sedemenefreghismo Thesis: a Prudential Allocation of Our Cares to What We Can Control
As reported by Vatican Journalist Marco Tosatti, a group of nine Italian theologians recently published their so-called “Sedemenefreghismo Thesis,” named for the Italian term they invented: “‘Sedemenefreghismo’ is an invented Italian word based on the word ‘sedevacantism’ which means ‘holding that the (Holy) See (sede) is vacant’ and ‘me ne frega,’ meaning, ‘I don’t care’, […]
Nebraska priest dies after stabbing in parish rectory, suspect arrested
Father Stephen Gutgsell. / Credit: Archdiocese of Omaha CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2023 / 13:35 pm (CNA). A Catholic priest in Nebraska died Sunday after being stabbed at a parish rectory, the Archdiocese of Omaha said. Police identified a suspect in the case late on Sunday. The archdiocese said in a statement that Father Stephen Gutgsell was […]