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November 22, 2023

The Daily Scripture Readings and Meditation: They Did Not Want Me to Reign over Them

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Luke 19:11-28 - Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Luke 19:11-28 - As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. He said therefore, "A nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, `Trade with these till I come.' .....

November 22, 2023

LifeSiteNews: Michael Voris Ousted From Church Militant by Board of Directors

By LifeSiteNews staff - Michael Voris, founder and president of St. Michael’s Media and Church Militant, has resigned at the request of its board of directors, the Catholic media organization confirmed Tuesday afternoon... Reports of Voris’ ouster initially surfaced Tuesday morning. Three-and-a-half hours later, Church Militant released an official statement on X (formerly Twitter) which said Voris was “asked to resign for breaching the Church Militant morality clause.”

November 22, 2023

‘Catholics’ Film Predicts Rome Will Suppress the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, by Emily Mangiaracina

By Emily Mangiaracina, LifeSiteNews - The founding publisher of OnePeterFive, Steve Skojec, has astutely observed that “the only reason Christ promised that the ‘gates of hell will not prevail’ against the Church is because He knew full well that they would appear to do precisely that. He wanted us to remember those words at the very moment when it would seem all but certain that His promises were empty, and that all was truly lost.”... “The Church may go into hiding. The Church may seem for a time to disappear. So we remember His promise. And we hold fast, whatever comes.”

November 22, 2023

Dutch Bishop: Pope Francis Wrong to Remove Bishop Strickland Without Appeal, by Jeanne Smits

By Jeanne Smits, LifeSite News - Bishop Rob Mutsaerts, auxiliary bishop of s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) in the Netherlands, is as outspoken as he is a loyal defender of traditional Church doctrine. After asking hard questions about the Synod on Synodality as the Rome meeting was drawing to its close, he again posted vigorous comments on his personal blog, Paarse Pepers, this time on Bishop Joseph Strickland’s recent dismissal as bishop of Tyler, Texas. He called it a “strange story” and an instance of “drastic measures” being taken by Rome against a “humble, balanced, faithful, and law-abiding” pastor of the Church.