The hits just keep coming for Catholic Relief Services, the “international relief and development agency of the Catholic community in the United States” which was founded by the US Catholic Bishops. Recently CRS was exposed for having helped implement a graphic sex-ed program called My Changing Body. Today, new revelations show a troubling situation within the organization’s…
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On today’s episode, Steve talks to Ann Barnhardt about the crisis in the Church, Synod predictions, and the coming persecution. [powerpress] Links to items mentioned in this episode: Ann Barnhardt’s Official Website Revolution in Tiara and Cope: A History of Church Infiltration Veils by Lilly Why husbands who share household chores miss out on…
Darwinism can be used to back up two mad moralities, but it cannot be used to back up a single sane one. The kinship and competition of all living creatures can be used as a reason for being insanely cruel or insanely sentimental; but not for a healthy love of animals. On the evolutionary basis…
Stories were blowing up the Internet last week saying that France was sending Laurent Stefanini — an “openly gay” ambassador — to the Vatican. More turmoil and surprise when the Vatican refused his appointment. We didn’t cover the story, though we did link to it in this piece. Only something is not right: The first interesting…
Though the most fervent discussion on capital punishment has died down (we had our say a few weeks ago), a recent treatment of the subject is worth your consideration – in particular because it addresses some of the common objections, such as dealing with unjust governments and the scandal of innocent men sent to die.…
There’s an eye-opening interview at LifeSiteNews with Cardinal Walter Brandmüller — a rare German prelate these days — who makes clear what the stakes are when dealing with those who are advocating a change in Church teaching or practice as regards marriage and the Sixth Commandment: Can the Church deal with the topic of marriage in a pastoral…
Enthusiastic about Jesus’ message of love, tolerance and mercy, Abner was one of Christ’s earliest followers. At times, however, he was concerned that Jesus didn’t always deliver this core message of acceptance and compassion. This is his story… All Are Welcome At the beginning of his ministry, Jesus declared, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven…
One of the newest Catholic blogs on the interwebs is quickly becoming one of the most interesting. Mahound’s Paradise, the project of Oakes Spalding (a reader and friend of 1P5) walks the razor’s edge of analysis and commentary, biting satire, and dry wit – all from a Catholic perspective. Mr. Spalding’s most recent post takes…
It’s not every day that a little ol’ city boy from San Francisco gets to have dinner with mega-media-giant-turned-gospel-patriot Glenn Beck. No sir indeed; however, every once in a while, something extraordinary happens and the impossible, well, becomes possible. In this case, it took the murder of a girl and a friendship with her brother,…
I consider Fr. Z an ally in our cause. I respect him, and I agree with him more often than I don’t. But something about his post yesterday isn’t sitting well with me. He writes: Some people are talking about “schism” because of the Synod. No matter what happens at the Synod, there will be no schism by…
