Catholic Church

By Rodney Pelletier, Church Militant - The pope is calling a proposed dogma that Mary is mediatrix of all grace "foolishness."… During a homily given in Rome on Thursday for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis said the Blessed Virgin Mary "never introduced herself as co-redemptrix," adding, "She never wanted for herself something that was of her Son."… His Thursdsay comments touched on the proposed fifth Marian dogma — subject to ongoing debate by theologians — which describes Mary as advocate for sinners, mediatrix of grace and co-redemptrix.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee today voted to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, even though Republicans say the president and his 2016 presidential campaign are the real victims… The vote sends the articles to the House floor for a vote that Speaker Nancy Pelosi said will take place next week… Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, who is pro-life, stated the concerns of Republicans and a majority of Americans about the sham impeachment vote and process… “I think it’s obvious to all America that this is a railroad job,” Sensenbrenner said. “The facts speak for themselves. There was no impeachable offense here.”

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - “Catholicism, by which I mean real Catholicism, is a fighting faith,” writes David Carlin for The Catholic Thing. To which I would add that Catholicism is, or should be, an offensive rather than a defensive force. As followers of Christ we are not charged with preserving our own position. The Great Commission requires us to move always forward, capturing new ground (or rather more souls). Church history shows that when the Church is not actively engaged in the work of evangelization… the faith suffers. We are, as a faith, much better at offense than defense.