Catholic Church

By Janet E. Smith, Crisis Magazine - The view that abrogation of the TLM and exclusive adoption of the NO is the path to unity is prima facie a claim hard to defend. The fact is that the NO by its very nature works against unity in that all language groups have their own vernacular liturgy—whereas having Latin be the universal language of the Church is a powerful unifying feature of the Mass.

By Aidan O'Connor, Church Militant - Jesse Romero an ex-law-enforcement officer, shared inside information on the prelate's death... Jesse Romero: "My confidential reliable informant confirms that it was a murder — that bishop O'Connell was shot behind the head several times, unlike what's being reported right now."... Jesse Romero: "The killer, they put him on his back, they put him in a supine position, and they had him cross his hands. That's a ritual killing. This is a Masonic way of killing a patriarch."

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The Gospel today says that Jesus was tempted by the devil in the desert. Hebrews 4:15 also affirms, For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin... How exactly a divine person, with a sinless human nature, experiences temptation is somewhat mysterious, and yet the text affirms that He does. A Lenten antiphon from the Breviary teaches that He did this, or allowed this, for our sake: Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake endured temptation and suffering ...

By Fr. Paul D. Scalia, The Catholic Thing - In his account of our Lord’s temptations, Saint Matthew uses three different words for the Evil One. (Mt 4:1-11) In addition to the devil he also uses the tempter and Satan. Each title or name reveals something different about how the Evil One assaults us and – more importantly – how we allow ourselves to be led into sin... The Greek word diabolos (devil) means a false accuser or slanderer. It comes from dia-ballein, which means to throw apart. ...