Mary Farrow reports for CNA — In the second known instance in the United States, a man who believed himself to be a validly baptized Catholic and ordained priest had to “re-receive” all of his sacraments, including ordination, after discovering Read more
“Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” (Jn 3:5) Part I: Moral certainty and conditional baptism 1. The sacrament of baptism Read more
Martin Barillas reports for ChurchMilitant.com — Pope Francis describes his environmental conversion in a new book by leftist Carlo Petrini, while also praising the pleasures of eating and sexual intercourse as “divine.” Pope Francis Petrini has been described as an activist, sociologist, journalist and gastronome. Published last week, his book is titled (in Read more
Jules Gomes reports for ChurchMilitant.com : The Italian bishops’ media has defended the controversial film Cuties, arguing that Netflix’s soft-core child pornography production “does not encourage pedophilia” but “when interpreted correctly and presented well, can become an educational film.” IMDB Read more
Rodney Pelletier reports for ChurchMilitant.com — The U.S. Catholic bishops, for the most part, have abandoned the faithful. For decades they have been allowing heresy to flourish in parishes, seminaries and chanceries. They have chased good men away from the seminaries Read more
Fr John Zuhlsdorf blogs –– Remember that “survey” that the CDF wanted to make of the world’s bishops about the use of the “Extraordinary Form” and matters concerning Summorum Pontificum? Keep your heads cool. Don’t panic. Christian Marquant reacts post Read more
Dr Pravin Thevathasan writes — Fr Thomas Reese is a well known member of the liberal faction of the Jesuits. He writes : “A Catholic Republican can vote for Trump even if his policies promote racism or subject immigrants to Read more
Remnant Editor Michael Matt writes — On September 14, a Trump-appointed federal judge ruled that Pennsylvania’s Democrat Governor Tom Wolf’s draconian coronavirus measures—which shut down the state, closed businesses and dramatically limited gatherings—were unconstitutional per the 1st and 14th Amendments. Read more
You have already been told about the wicked things shepherds desire. Let us now consider what they neglect. You have failed to strengthen what was weak, to heal what was sick, and to bind up what was injured (that is, Read more
Steve S|kojek writes for OnePeterFive — I’ve got to be honest, I absolutely agonized over writing my piece, No More Platitudes: It’s Time to Take a Hard Look at the Crisis of Catholicism. I started writing it weeks ago. Well, I should Read more