Catholic Church

November 9, 2019

ICYMI: Pope Francis Invites Religious, Political Leaders to Sign ‘Global Pact’ for ‘New Humanism’, by Diane Montagna

By Diane Montagna, LifeSiteNews - In a renewed and enthusiastic endorsement of globalism, Pope Francis has announced he is hosting an initiative for a “Global Pact” to create a “new humanism.”… According to a Vatican statement issued on Thursday, Sept. 12, the Pope is inviting representatives of the main religions, international organizations and various humanitarian institutions, as well as key figures from the world of politics, economics and academia, and prominent athletes, scientists and sociologists to sign a “Global Pact on Education”… “A global educational pact is needed to educate us in universal solidarity and a new humanism,” Francis said in a video message to launch the initiative.

November 9, 2019

Msgr. Charles Pope: Three Images of a Christian—Which One Are You?

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Consider the commercial below. It says a lot about how we can conceive of Christ and of the desire of some to refashion Him. Perhaps we do well to look at it by analyzing the dramatis personae (cast of characters) and weaving in the plot… As the scene opens, three women come upon a car belonging to one of them. The car has been damaged, and this little crisis sets the stage for the different notions of the sort of savior who is needed. Let’s look at each person in the drama and see what we can learn…

November 9, 2019

Cardinal Burke, Archbishop Aquila Call Catholic Laity and Clergy to Be ‘Faithful Echoes’ of the Church, by Roxanne King

By Roxanne King, Denver Catholic - Last week the Archdiocese of Denver served as a launch-pad for a movement to rally Catholic laity and clergy in rekindling their zeal for holiness and evangelization in response to the controversies and abuse crisis dominating media headlines about the Church.“The Faithful Echo movement … is directed to drawing clergy and the lay faithful in ever closer unity to combat the darkness of the present confusion, error and division in the Church,” Cardinal Raymond Burke told more than 200 laity and priests attending the Faithful Echo Dinner

November 9, 2019

Bishop Schneider: Pachamama Idolatry During Amazon Synod Has Its Roots in Vatican II Council, by Maike Hickson

By Maike Hickson, LifeSiteNews - The evil, Bishop Schneider explains, “wants to reach always its culmination.” The evil is to deny that there is “one truth,” he explains; and relativism is therefore “like a virus.” “When you don't resist it, it will by time conquer the entire body,” Schneider explains more and then refers back to the Second Vatican Council. This “doctrinal relativism, doctrinal ambiguity” he states, can already be found “partly in some expressions of the Second Vatican Council.”