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Pope John XXIII and Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI Settimo Cielodi Sandro Magister 19 apr  18 Paul VI and the Liturgical Reform. He Approved It, But Didn’t Like It Much * “The pope wants it.” This … Continue reading →

CDF, Pope Reject Intercommunion Handout of German Bishops’ Conference Maike Hickson April 18, 2018 One Comment As the Austrian Catholic news website Kath.net reports today, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – with explicit approval of Pope Francis … Continue reading →

Priests are performing exorcisms over the phone, cardinal claims by Staff Reporter The Catholic Herald, UK posted Tuesday, 17 Apr 2018 Cardinal Ernest Simoni (Getty Images) Rising demand means priests are saying some prayers over the phone, Cardinal Simoni said … Continue reading →

Interview with Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane on the subject of sodomy     MR SPEERS: That’s a fair point, what’s done, and whether that relationship is loving, whether it’s mutually giving…   ARCHBISHOP COLERIDGE: Yep.   MR SPEERS: …whether … Continue reading →

Jorge Salcedo/Shutterstock Rod Dreher THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE How The Church Discusses Migration By ROD DREHER • April 17, 2018, 11:33 AM This morning at the Faith Angle Forum, we’re talking about faith and immigration. The speakers are Sister Norma Pimentel, … Continue reading →

Rendering to Caesar Michael Pakaluk THE CATHOLIC THING TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018 We must render to Caesar what is Caesar’s, but who gets to say what is Caesar’s – Caesar  alone, or does God have a say? Some of us … Continue reading →

Subject: PARIS TODAY If the Liberal attack continues and perseveres, our dear country is doomed. Czech couples pictures and comments of Paris Today It turns out that the second saying is now relevant in the literal sense: the modern capital … Continue reading →

Settimo Cielodi Sandro Magister 17 apr 18 What Had Never Been Said In Saudi Arabia. A First For Tauran   Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has been in the capital of Saudi Arabia since … Continue reading →

Ross Douthat’s Take on Where Pope Francis Is Taking the Church Commentator looks at this papacy in his new book, To Change the Church. BY: Celeste Behe THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER {ABYSSUM} Ross Douthat is an op-ed columnist for The … Continue reading →

APRIL 16, 2018 Paradigm Shifts in the Catholic Church? JEREMY A. KEE CRISIS MAGAZINE   {ABYSSUM}   As one who is in the process of leaving the Southern Baptist church for Roman Catholicism, I say without hesitation and full of … Continue reading →