Catholic Church

October 22, 2020

Imitating Mary The Contemplative, by Jonathan B. Coe

By Jonathan B. Coe, Catholic Exchange - We find Mary throughout the Gospel of Luke contemplating the birth and childhood of Jesus. When the shepherds tell her about the angels’ Gloria in Excelsis Deo, she keeps this incident in her heart and meditates on it... She does the same thing after finding the twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple, who was discussing profound religious matters with the teachers there.

October 22, 2020

Rev. Jeffrey F. Kirby: Civil Unions for Homosexuals? (10/21) WATCH

By Rev. Jeffrey F. Kirby, STD, Grace Lily Productions - Fr. Jeffrey F. Kirby discusses the virtue of Prudence in the light of Truth. At Baptism we are infused with 3 theological virtues: Faith, Hope and Love. After these 3 virtues come the Cardinal virtues, the chief Cardinal virtue is the virtue of Prudence... "The Holy Father is calling for a civil union for homosexuals... He has a theological opinion contrary to the teachings of the Church. He has a poor Prudential Judgment that are at odds with the formal teachings of the Church... That means we have a bad pope"

October 22, 2020

Archbishop Viganò Responds to New Film in Which Pope Endorses Homosexual Civil Unions

By Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, LifeSiteNews - This documentary – according to what has been reported by Catholic News Agency[2] and America Magazine[3] – makes public several pronouncements of Jorge Mario Bergoglio on the topic of homosexuality. Among the various statements, these two are particularly disconcerting: “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it.”... “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. I stood up for that.”... One does not have to be a theologian or a moral expert to know that such statements are totally heterodox and constitute a very serious cause of scandal for the faithful.

October 22, 2020

Vatican and China Renew (“Confidential”) Deal Over Appointment of Bishops, by Edward Pentin

By Edward Pentin, EWTN News - The Holy See has announced it has renewed its controversial Provisional Agreement with China on the appointment of bishops... the Holy See said it considers the “initial application” of the Agreement “to have been positive” and that the accord is of “great ecclesial and pastoral value.”... The Vatican also gave a lengthy defense of the agreement in an accompanying note... In it, it said the agreement would remain confidential because of its “experimental nature” and reiterated its earlier assertion that Benedict XVI had approved a "draft.”