Category: spirituality

Daily Devotional: May 17, 2024

Today is Friday, May 17, 2024, The feast of St. Pascal Baylon, Confessor, a third class feast, with the liturgical color of white. In this episode: the meditation, ”What Are We Without the Gift of Fortitude?,” a preview of the Podcast: “Questions with Father #45: Pregnant Out Of Wedlock: The Catholic Answer,” and a Thought of […]

UNHCR concerned about benefit cuts for Ukrainian Refugees

UNHCR is concerned at the scale of proposed reductions in social protection benefits for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection living in state provided serviced accommodation in Ireland announced this week.   The proposed cuts would leave beneficiaries of temporary protection with just €38.80 a week, a drastic cut from the current €232 per week they have […]

The House-Endorsed Definition of Antisemitism Provokes a Rift with Christianity

Above: American politicians march against antisemitism on November 14, 2023. Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP. When the House of Representatives voted 320 to 91 last week in support of the Antisemitism Awareness Act, with only 21 Republicans opposing the bill, the dumbfounded reaction of conservative commentators shows that they didn’t listen carefully to Candace Owens’ recent […]

Marian apparitions have existed since early Christian times

Alexander Brüggemann (KNA) Since the 18th century, Marian apparitions have been categorised as “private revelations”. As such, they raise theological problems, since according to Church teaching, God’s revelation came to an end with the death of the last apostle. The Magisterium therefore makes a sharp distinction between revelation and private revelation. The latter can only […]

Pregnant out of Wedlock: The Catholic Answer – Questions with Father #45 – Fr. Palko

This week on the SSPX Podcast we address the sensitive topic of pregnancies out of wedlock. These occurrences, though hopefully rare, do happen and Catholics should know how to address them prudently and in the light of Catholic moral teaching. Moreover, out-of-wedlock pregnancies raise a host of questions, with the most prevalent being, “Must the […]

The Confession Box – Episode 18

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NzIRELtiQx5wj2Mmkqdr4 In the latest episode of The Confession Box, Wendy Grace talks to Fertility expert Dr Phil Boyle, the president of the International Institute for restorative reproductive medicine. Wendy and Dr Boyle explore Ireland’s falling fertility rate and the impact that the ‘birthgap’ will have socio economically, the Government spending taxpayers money on Fertility treatments […]

Seven Marian Apparitions the Church says you should take seriously

All these apparitions have been marked with Feasts by the church. Our Lady of Good Health (India, 16th and 17th Centuries) The first apparition involved a boy encountering a woman and child by a lakeside, where he miraculously provided milk for them. In a subsequent apparition, a disabled boy received a request from Mary to […]

And seven apparitions that are more contested

Although many may believe, the Vatican has not endorsed. Medjugorje Apparitions: Since June 24, 1981, six children in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, claimed to have regular visions of the Virgin Mary. These visions reportedly continue to this day, drawing millions of pilgrims annually. The Vatican has not issued an official statement confirming the supernatural nature […]

Six months in prison for sex at the altar

Traunstein (KNA) A 39-year-old man from Upper Bavaria had sexual intercourse with his wife on the altar of a church in the summer of 2022. The Traunstein district court has now handed him a six-month prison sentence for disturbing the practice of religion. The court confirmed corresponding newspaper reports from Thursday. The woman had previously […]