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Rupnik’s art should go but not just for ‘that’ reason.

by Toni Vercillo It’s the black smears on all of his works that make Rupnik’s mosaics beyond ugly. They’re soulless forms; devoid of any beauty that has always been a first requirement for Church appointments. The only way you can call his work ‘art’ is by putting the word ‘dead’ in front of it. Rupnik’sContinue reading “Rupnik’s art should go but not just for ‘that’ reason.”

A Plan to Save New York’s Catholic Churches from Closure and Demolition

A New York-based historical preservation group is launching an effort to save Catholic churches in the city of Buffalo that are allegedly “deeply at risk of vacancy and demolition” amid a diocesan restructuring plan. The organization Preservation Buffalo Niagara announced on its website on Tuesday hat it was launching a “Save Our Sacred Sites” campaign,Continue reading “A Plan to Save New York’s Catholic Churches from Closure and Demolition”

Canon Law sets specific steps to follow before a parish can be closed

By Dennis Sadowski • Catholic News Service • Posted February 22, 2013 WASHINGTON (CNS) — Rarely is closing a parish easy. Even though the task has been undertaken countless times in the history of the U.S. Catholic Church as neighborhoods change and faith communities evolve, the process has received wider attention in recent years asContinue reading “Canon Law sets specific steps to follow before a parish can be closed”

Fiducia Supplicans: Blessing Sinners or Blessing Sin?

Transcribed Homily of Father Terrance of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, Dec. 27, 2023 Praised be Jesus and Mary. (Now and forever.) Here in the octave of Christmas the Church asks us to reflect on the birth of our Savior, and the gift of redemption and healing that He brings to us. The blessingContinue reading “Fiducia Supplicans: Blessing Sinners or Blessing Sin?”

Benedictine Nuns move into Mater Ecclesiae Monastery

The Latest from Vatican News: Six nuns of the Benedictine Order from the Abbey of Santa Scholastica in Victoria, Argentina, accompanied by their Abbess, are welcomed in the Vatican by the president of the Governorate. They will form a monastic community in the Monastery, which served as Benedict XVI’s home after his resignation and untilContinue reading “Benedictine Nuns move into Mater Ecclesiae Monastery”

Who Wrote Fiducia Supplicans? And Why Does It Matter?

by Toni Vercillo There already is an active schism (though not yet formal) in the Church today, coming from both sides of her Center aisle, and the new document, Fiducia Supplicans, is the current impetus for both radical traditionalists and leftist progressives. Both attempt to ‘explain and interpret’ the document to fit their respective agendas.Continue reading “Who Wrote Fiducia Supplicans? And Why Does It Matter?”

IS AMORIS LAETITIA AN INFALLIBLE DOCUMENT?

Cindy Wooden, Vatican correspondent for Catholic News Service, writes from Rome: Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family is an example of the “ordinary magisterium” — papal teaching — to which Catholics are obliged to give “religious submission of will and intellect,” said an article in the Vatican newspaper. Fr. Salvador Pie-Ninot, a well-known professorContinue reading “IS AMORIS LAETITIA AN INFALLIBLE DOCUMENT?”

In the Fullness of Time

March 25th will come and go and few will mark its import. And yet the most pivotal event in all of human history is celebrated on this day. On March 25 the Catholic Church celebrates that moment in time the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, the only-begotten Son of God, descended from heaven toContinue reading “In the Fullness of Time”

Planned Parenthood Alters Webpage to Support Stacey Abrams’ Non Science

Abrams falsely claimed at a fundraising event on Sept 21 that, “There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman’s body”.

How Catholic England Became Protestant and Our Lady of Walsingham’s Return

by Toni Vercillo St. George’s Chapel, the burial place of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Philip, was built in the 15th century and originally dedicated to, and named, Blessed Virgin Mary Chapel when England was still very much Catholic — but ‘not being Catholic’ was not a crime; a time when England was lovinglyContinue reading “How Catholic England Became Protestant and Our Lady of Walsingham’s Return”