Catholic Church

February 29, 2024

Dialogue with the Devil: Freemasons & the Vatican, by T. S. Flanders

By T. S. Flanders, OnePeterFive - Now Cardinal Coccopalmerio has presented again publicly to the Freemasons, saying there has been “an evolution in mutual understanding” between the devil’s minions [Freemasonry] and the Catholic Church... “Evolution?” (When you say the word it’s like magic, and it turns black into white and Coke into Pepsi. Try it!) Remember when Fernández said the magic word “development” in order to contradict the ban on blessing sodomy? More on that in a minute.

February 28, 2024

Fr. Mike Schmitz: Catholic Teaching on IVF and Contraception Explained

By Father Mike Schmitz, Ascension Presents - For many people, the Catholic Church’s teaching on in vitro fertilization and contraception is a hard one, but it is in concordance with the nature of things. The nature of a thing, as Fr. MIke puts it, is its “what-it’s-for-ness”. Sex is for procreation and the unity of the couple. Equally important is the fact that sex, not in vitro fertilization, is the natural way to bring forth a new life. Contraception and in vitro fertilization violate the nature of not only sex, but also the nature of the person and life itself. ...

February 28, 2024

Bishop Strickland: ‘The Church is Called to be a Divine Organization,’ Not a Democracy, by Evan Poellinger

By Evan Poellinger, CNSNews - Catholic Bishop Joseph Strickland has offered his insights into the challenges facing the American Catholic Church and stated that he believed that the problems facing the Church are paralleled by America’s political woes... His Excellency opined that the biggest problem facing the Church was “a lack of clear embracing of the truth that God has revealed to us.”... (he) said that the truths of faith are not simply matters of the world, but are divinely revealed and not subject to changing political whims... “We are a religion based on a revealed truth,” Strickland explained:

February 28, 2024

The Irreplaceable Role of Fathers, by Philip Martin

By Philip Martin, Crisis Magazine - Nearly 2,000 years later, the reality of God’s Fatherhood is more necessary, perhaps, than it has ever been. Every person has father wounds, no matter how great your father was. If he was imperfect, he left wounds by his words and actions (or lack thereof); if he was, for all intents and purposes, perfect, he set a nearly impossible standard that you probably never felt you could live up to... But if he was there, if he tried, count your blessings; if he worked hard with you in mind, offer up a prayer of thanksgiving.