The Rev. Ann Kansfield will be the first female and the first openly gay chaplain in New York City’s fire squad. MORE
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Rogue Catholic bishops plan to grow schismatic challenge to Rome
Two renegade Catholic bishops plan to consecrate a new generation of bishops to spread their ultra-traditionalist movement called “The Resistance” in defiance of the Vatican, one of them said at a remote monastery in Brazil.
French Bishop Jean-Michel Faure, himself consecrated only two weeks ago by the Holocaust-denying British Bishop Richard Williamson, said the new group rejected Pope Francis and what it called his “new religion” and would not engage in a dialogue with Rome until the Vatican turned back the clock. MORE
Scientists rediscover 1000 year old medieval potion that can kill hospital superbugs like MRSA dead
A thousand year-old medieval potion made out of onions, garlic, wine and oxgall – bile from a cow’s stomach – can kill hospital superbugs, say scientists.
The potent 10th century brew – used by Anglo Saxons to treat a stye – destroyed 90 per cent of the bacteria on scraps of skin taken from mice with MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).
Interestingly the ingredients had little effect unless they were all brought together into the concoction, the study by Nottingham University researchers found. Continue reading
As Latin Mass gains popularity, some in North Jersey reluctant to ‘turn back’
Here in North Jersey, the question of reintroducing Masses in Latin, even on a limited basis, appears to make some parishes uncomfortable.
The priest who celebrated the unadvertised St. Joseph’s Day Mass in Bergen County has held one Latin Mass per month for the last few months, with permission from the diocese. His request not to be identified, he said, was a matter of “protocol” within the parish, which has not decided if it wants to have regular services in Latin. MORE
Joe Biden’s Israel stunner: American Jews should let Israel protect them
The Constitution, which the vice president is sworn to uphold, guarantees to American citizens the “Blessings of Liberty” and equal protection of the law. Despite that, despite “how deeply involved” Jews “are in the United States,” the occupant of the second-highest office in the land believes that…MORE
Burundi’s Catholic Church steps in as leader hangs tough
Religion can be brought to bear on politics,
The Sunday service at the hill-top Kiryama church was packed as Catholic Archbishop Simon Ntamwana delivered a sermon,
Addressing a congregation of hundreds in his central Burundi parish, Ntamwana read from the Old Testament story of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah who rebelled against God and brought destruction on his kingdom.
“We cannot choose other paths than those of love and of mutual respect for the principles that govern our country,” he said. MORE
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34,000 Black Churches Break Ties With Presbyterian Church USA
The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African-Americans, has broken its fellowship with Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) following its recent vote to approve same-sex marriage.
The Presbyterian General Assembly, the top legislative body of the PCUSA, voted last June to revise the constitutional language defining marriage. This arbitrary change of Holy Scripture is a flagrantly pretentious and illegitimate maneuver by a body that has no authority whatsoever to alter holy text. MORE
Insight into the Catholic Faith presents ~ Catholic Tradition Newsletter
Vol 8 Issue 13 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
March 28, 2015 ~ Saint John of Capistrano, opn!
1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (12)
2. Palm Sunday
3. SS. Jonas and Barachisius
4. Marriage and Parenthood (13)
5. Articles and notices Continue reading
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Cardinal Raymond Burke: Gays, Remarried Catholics Are Just As Sinful As Murderers
In some worse cases, murderers can’t kill the soul. You see, it’s the individual who kills his soul by allowing himself to die in a state of mortal sin. The murder just took his life, (Body) Satan took his soul.
(RNS) When Pope Francis last year effectively demoted U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke by moving him out of a senior post in the Vatican to a largely ceremonial role as head of a Rome-based Catholic charity, it was viewed as a way to sideline one of the pontiff’s most outspoken critics on the right. But…MORE
VIDEO: Indiana faces fallout on religious objections law
Society doesn’t want God in government any more. They just don’t realize you can’t separate the soul from the body and not have repercussions.
Officials scramble to stem the backlash over a measure opponents say opens the door to discrimination MORE
VIDEO: Drought in São Paulo: Brazil’s Megacity on Verge of Crisis as Water Rationing, Shutoffs Continue
The past three months have seen the driest winter in 84 years in southeastern Brazil. MORE
Adults with gay parents say same-sex marriage isn’t good for kids
“We don’t have childhoods,” said Dawn Stefanowicz, who grew up with two brothers in a chaotic world dominated by their sex-obsessed gay father and his countless lovers.
“There were no safe boundaries in my home,” said Denise Shick, who explained in a brief how her transgender father spied on her, fondled her body, stole her clothes and tried to step into her shoes because, as a girl blossoming into womanhood, she was the very thing he wanted to be. MORE