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Blood of French Martyrs, Seeds of the Faith

Blood of French Martyrs, Seeds of the Faith

By Martina Moyski • April 27, 2023 •

The Church's eldest daughter is celebrating the beatification of five French priests martyred by communist-styled, atheistic forces in 1871. The priests were beatified this past Sunday at the historic Saint-Sulpice Church in Paris, near the very spot on Rue Haxo where they were executed over 150 years ago. Read more

Institute Covers Up for Founder Who Abused Seminarians

Institute Covers Up for Founder Who Abused Seminarians

By Jules Gomes • April 27, 2023 •

An ultra-conservative religious congregation, sanctioned by Pope Francis when he was cardinal primate of Argentina, is covering up the sexual crimes of its Argentine founder who died in Genoa on Sunday The Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), which operates in 44 countries, airbrushed out the serial homosexual predations of Fr. Carlos Miguel Buela on its multiple websites when it announced that the founder had "died completely surrendered to the holy will of God." Read more

Laypersons To Vote at Synod on Synodality

Laypersons To Vote at Synod on Synodality

By William Mahoney, Ph.D. • April 26, 2023 •

Pope Francis introduced four modifications to the Synod on Synodality, including voting rights for men and women among religious and laity.  Today the Vatican announced the four modifications to the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which Pope Francis has dubbed the Synod on Synodality. Read more

Rome Buries UN Reports on Secret Children of Priests

Rome Buries UN Reports on Secret Children of Priests

By Jules Gomes • April 25, 2023 •

The Holy See is continuing to draw a veil over the "invisible" children of thousands of priests, despite three United Nations reports asking the Vatican to protect the rights of children fathered by clerics. Rome has failed to respond nearly a decade after the U.N. directed the Holy See to "assess the number of children fathered by Catholic priests" and "find out who they are."  Read more

Pope’s Life Academy Clarifies Line on Assisted Suicide

Pope’s Life Academy Clarifies Line on Assisted Suicide

By Jules Gomes • April 24, 2023 •

The Pontifical Academy for Life has categorically affirmed its commitment to life and rejected suggestions that it is on a slippery slope in support of assisted suicide. The categorical affirmation came after a social media firestorm that accused academy president Abp. Vincenzo Paglia of abandoning the Church's position on assisted suicide in a talk he delivered at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia on April 19. Read more

Jesuit Abuser Owns ‘Secret’ Company Making Millions

Jesuit Abuser Owns ‘Secret’ Company Making Millions

By Jules Gomes • April 21, 2023 •

Jesuit celebrity artist Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, who is accused of sexually abusing over 25 nuns, is the owner of an art installation company raking in millions. In defiance of his vow of poverty, Rupnik owns 90% of a LLC registered in Italy, which recorded a turnover of €1.17 million and a profit of €119,607 in 2022, according to Italian newspaper Domani.  Read more

Anglican Bishop Celebrates Mass in Pope’s Cathedral

Anglican Bishop Celebrates Mass in Pope’s Cathedral

By Jules Gomes • April 19, 2023 •

An Anglican bishop has triggered outrage after celebrating Mass in the Roman Rite at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran — the official ecclesiastical seat of the pope as bishop of Rome. Bishop Jonathan Baker, a suffragan bishop in the diocese of London, concelebrated the liturgy on Tuesday at what's known as the "mother of all the churches of Rome and of the world" with over 30 Anglican priests from the episcopal area of Fulham. Read more

CBC Throws a Fit Over Twitter Label

CBC Throws a Fit Over Twitter Label

By Nicholas Wylie • April 18, 2023 •

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is stepping away from Twitter after being labeled "government-funded media" by Twitter's CEO, Elon Musk. The organization announced the move on Monday, pausing activity on all its accounts after asking Twitter to re-examine the characterization. Read more

India to Legalize Gay ‘Marriage’?

India to Legalize Gay ‘Marriage’?

By Paul Brock III • April 18, 2023 •

India is on the verge of becoming the 35th country to legalize same-sex "marriage." Today, the Indian Supreme Court began hearing arguments for legal recognition of gay "marriage," a status that would grant homosexuals the ability to share, for example, a bank account, a health insurance policy or ownership of a house.  Read more

Italy Opposes Trafficking Babies to Same-Sex Couples

Italy Opposes Trafficking Babies to Same-Sex Couples

By Jules Gomes • April 18, 2023 •

Italy is battling to prevent homosexual couples from hiring surrogate mothers to conceive, carry and sell their babies for adoption. While the historically Catholic country legalized same-sex civil unions under a center-left government in 2016, the conservative-led coalition headed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is forcing local councils to stop registering the children of same-sex parents. Read more

Rome: Madonna Crying Blood Sparks Fraud Scandal

Rome: Madonna Crying Blood Sparks Fraud Scandal

By Jules Gomes • April 14, 2023 •

The apparitions of an alleged seer who claims to have received the stigmata and is in possession of a statue of the Madonna "weeping blood" is causing scandal among the laity in Italy. The self-proclaimed visionary, Gisella Cardia, believes the "Virgin of Trevignano Romano" — a lake town in the province of Rome — also multiplied gnocchi, pizza and rabbit, enabling her to feed priests and children.  Read more

Ireland’s Holiest Shrine to Host Pro-Abort President

Ireland’s Holiest Shrine to Host Pro-Abort President

By Jules Gomes • April 13, 2023 •

Ireland's holiest sanctuary is blocking Facebook comments from faithful Catholics protesting Friday's visit of pro-abortion and pro-LGBT President Joe Biden to Knock Shrine. "We are delighted to welcome President Joe Biden to Knock Shrine. This is a huge honor and will be the first visit of a U.S. President to Knock Shrine," Fr. Richard Gibbons, rector of the pilgrim center announced on the sanctuary's website on Tuesday.  Read more

Satan Is Afraid of Francis, Says Exorcist in Bestseller

Satan Is Afraid of Francis, Says Exorcist in Bestseller

By Jules Gomes • April 12, 2023 •

A prominent exorcist priest, interviewed in a new bestseller on demonic possession and divine deliverance, is claiming that the Devil is terrified of Pope Francis. "I hate Pope Francis because he is the vicar of 'that one' [Jesus], but he scares me because of his power," the Devil, speaking through a possessed man told an exorcist priest from a large diocese in Mexico, the exorcist testifies in the book.  Read more

Disney Film Features Pope Francis With Porn Creator

Disney Film Features Pope Francis With Porn Creator

By Jules Gomes • April 10, 2023 •

A radical pro-LGBT media giant has released a controversial film featuring Pope Francis in conversation with 10 young adults — including a porn creator, a Catholic pro-abortion activist and a nun who lost her faith. The Catholic Church's catechesis on sex is "still in diapers," Francis tells his interlocutors in an 83-minute Spanish documentary titled Amen: Francis Responds, featured by Disney+ on its streaming service on the Wednesday of Holy Week. Read more