Catholic Church

May 2, 2018

Priest From Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica Found Dead After Kidnapping

ACI Prensa - An 84-year-old priest of the Archdiocese of Mexico City was found dead in Cuernavaca, the capital of Mexico’s Morelos state, April 25... Fr. Moisés Fabila Reyes had been kidnapped April 3. According to local media, his family had decided not to publicize the kidnapping, and to keep the Church out of the negotiations to free him.

May 2, 2018

Adviser to Pope Francis Praises Communist Karl Marx, Claims No Link to Communist Atrocities

By Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews - Cardinal Reinhard Marx, head of the German Bishop's Conference and among the nine closest advisers to Pope Francis, applauded the teachings of Communist Karl Marx, whose 200th birthday occurs on May 5, claiming that the Communist Manifesto "impressed" him, helped to shape Catholic social doctrine, and was in no way responsible for the Communist atrocities....

May 2, 2018

Catholic Cardinal Defends Hospital That Ended Alfie Evans’ Life, Says “Courts Must Decide What’s Best”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - Carol Tobias, the president of the National Right to Life Committee, told LifeNews that people need to be very clear about what happened with Alfie. She says he was “sentenced to death” by courts and doctors. She says what happened to Alfie and his parents needs to never happen to get to any other child or patient... The pro-life leader placed the blame for his death squarely on judges and hospital officials who claimed Alfie was too far gone to save.

May 1, 2018

‘Liturgy of Timelessness’ at the National Shrine in Washington

By Charlotte Hays, EWTN - Because of the generosity of Pope Benedict XVI and his document Summorum Pontificum, “this Mass has been, so to speak, unchained and allowed to be freely celebrated, and as people, especially young people, have discovered it, part of me thinks the horse is out of the barn. How are you going to restrict this Mass and say it should not be celebrated [when so many are attracted] to its beauty and goodness?”