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December 30, 2019

No, Cardinal Marx, the Church Cannot Bless Same-Sex Couples, by Eduardo J. Echeverria

By Eduardo J. Echeverria, The Catholic Thing - Once again, the German archbishop, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, responded positively to the question, “What do you do when a homosexual couple asks you for an episcopal blessing.”  He claims not to be promoting a general ecclesial solution and, hence, a general public liturgical blessing for same-sex relations. And he even rejects calling such a relationship marriage. Nevertheless, he says, “the decision should be made ‘on the ground, and [considering] the individual under pastoral care’.”
December 19, 2019

The Vatican’s Financial Bait-and-Switch, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - But when the Peter’s Pence collection was taken up in your parish, were you told that most of your donation would be used to balance the Vatican budget? Or that some of the money would be invested for future returns? Not likely. In promotional literature for the collection, the US bishops’ conference said: The purpose of the Peter’s Pence collection is to provide the Holy Father with the financial means to respond to those who are suffering as a result of war, oppression, natural disaster, and disease… But in fact 95% of the collection was used for other purposes.
December 18, 2019

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella: The Fight for Traditional Marriage Isn’t Over

By Fr. Mario Alexis Portella, Crisis Magazine - Let us keep in mind that while the state may proclaim same-sex unions as a human right, that does not make it so. As Catholics, we know that human rights—if the phrase is to have any meaning at all—are the same as natural rights.. Natural rights are distinct in that they are permanent and continuous since they are grounded in nature. What the world calls “human rights,” however, can be arbitrary and revocable, for they are not always rooted in nature.
December 12, 2019

Cardoza-Moore: Maybe Stop Teaching Saudis to Fly, by Chad Groening

By Chad Groening, OneNewsNow - An outspoken critic of radical Islam is asking why Saudi nationals, including the air force pilot who shot and wounded American citizens last week, were allowed to undergo flight training in the United States… The Dec. 6 attack at the Pensacola Naval Air Station was carried out by Mohammed Alshamrani, a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force, who killed two people and wounded eight others before he was shot and killed… According to USA Today, Alshamarani posted anti-U.S. messages on Twitter hours before the shooting, and Dealine.com reported that other Saudis on the base allegedly filmed the shooting and went missing.

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