Catholic Church

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - The news from Voice of America (your tax dollars at work) now features a report on “Female priests secretly celebrating Catholic Masses”. Not too secretly, I guess, since the celebrants sat down for interviews... To be fair to VOA News, the narrative makes it clear that these female celebrants are not recognized by the Catholic Church. The captions on the interviews, identifying the women, put the word “priest” in scare quotes.

By Amy Welborn, Catholid World Report, The Dispatch - Over the past few weeks, the Catechism has been trending here and there for a couple of reasons. First, Benedict XVI’s death, which prompted folks to recall the Catechism as part of his legacy. Secondly, the Catechism in a Year podcast, which is proving to be as popular as the Bible in a Year podcast. Both are in the top 12 Apple Podcasts as I write, and I know the Catechism edition was #1 for at least a few days when it started at the beginning of the month.

By Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, LifeSiteNews - Let us pray that the Lord will deign to grant us a holy pope and holy rulers. Let us implore Him to put an end to this long period of trial, thanks to which – like every event permitted by God – we are now understanding how fundamental it is instaurare omnia in Christo, to recapitulate everything in Christ; how hellish – literally – is the world that rejects the Lordship of Christ, and how much more infernal is a religion that strips itself with contempt of its royal garments... to become the servant of the powerful, of the New World Order, of the globalist sect.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - From Great Britain, the nation that gave us our much-admired legal tradition, comes the news that a man has been fined for praying in public. Not even praying aloud; praying silently... If Adam Smith-Connor hadn’t acknowledged that he had been praying, there would have been no concrete evidence against him. He was penalized not for any external action, but for what was going on inside his head. The law in its majesty now proposes to regulate his thoughts.