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Francis Jokes With Surgeon After Three-Hour Operation

Francis Jokes With Surgeon After Three-Hour Operation

By Jules Gomes • June 8, 2023 •

Dr. Sergio Alfieri, who operated on Pope Francis, assured the media on Wednesday evening that the Holy Father "will be able to lead a normal life" following a three-hour operation for an incarcerated incisional hernia. At a historic press conference after the procedure, Alfieri said Francis had a "benign disease" and "has no other diseases." Read more

Faith in the Real Presence Results in Abortuary Closing

Faith in the Real Presence Results in Abortuary Closing

By Martina Moyski • June 8, 2023 •

Abortion activists are attributing the closing of South Bend's last abortion facility to a new pro-life law, Catholics are attributing the victory to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.  Read more

‘Conservative’ Think Tank and Traditional Marriage Activist Part Ways

‘Conservative’ Think Tank and Traditional Marriage Activist Part Ways

By Paul Brock III • June 7, 2023 •

Jon Root, a former contributor to the so-called conservative organization Turning Point USA, is no longer employed by the group. His departure comes only four days after he urged Christians to boycott The Chosen for defending the presence of a homosexual pride flag on set. Root called out the so-called Christian TV program on May 29. Read more

Church Protests Play Exposing Sexual Affairs of Nuns

Church Protests Play Exposing Sexual Affairs of Nuns

By Jules Gomes • June 7, 2023 •

Kerala's Catholic Church wants a play about convent abuse and nuns as lesbians and priests' lovers banned. Sister Vandana Daisy of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate remarked that "Kakkukali" shows the Church "taking advantage of poverty to recruit girls to convents and deploy them for free labor." Read more

Stop Lying! You Know Conservatism Is Dead

Stop Lying! You Know Conservatism Is Dead

By Joseph Enders • June 6, 2023 •

On May 29, conservative "titan" turned virtue signaler Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas denounced Uganda's new, strict law criminalizing homosexual acts with life in prison or death.  Read more

Nation’s First Taxpayer-Funded Catholic School Gets Initial Approval

Nation’s First Taxpayer-Funded Catholic School Gets Initial Approval

By Paul Brock III • June 6, 2023 •

Yesterday, Oklahoma approved the preliminary application for America's first religious charter school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, to receive public funding. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board made history by accepting in a 3–2 vote St. Isidore's application to be a publicly financed school managed by the Catholic archdiocese of Oklahoma City and diocese of Tulsa. Read more

Pope Showcases Jesuit Abuser’s Art in Video on Mary

Pope Showcases Jesuit Abuser’s Art in Video on Mary

By Jules Gomes • June 6, 2023 •

Pope Francis is displaying the artwork of Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, a personal friend and fellow Jesuit who has been accused of sexually assaulting around 25 religious sisters. Despite calls from victims of sexual abuse for the predator priest's mosaic artworks to be removed from cathedrals and churches, Francis used a Rupnik symbol of Mary to offer papal congratulations to the XVI Marian Congress in Aparecida, Brazil, in a brief video address. Read more

Notre Dame Again Celebrates Sodomy

Notre Dame Again Celebrates Sodomy

By Paul Brock III • June 5, 2023 •

The University of Notre Dame is, once again, publicly celebrating a sin that cries out to Heaven for vengeance. On June 1, Notre Dame, a self-described Catholic college, endorsed so-called Pride Month. On June 1, the university announced its support for the observance on its official Twitter and Instagram accounts, stating, "Happy #PrideMonth! We celebrate all LGBTQ+ identities and reaffirm our commitment to being a welcoming, safe and supportive place for ALL members of the Notre Dame family." Read more

US Embassy to Holy See Flaunts ‘Progress Pride Flag’

US Embassy to Holy See Flaunts ‘Progress Pride Flag’

By Jules Gomes • June 5, 2023 •

Catholics are expressing outrage on social media after the United States Embassy to the Holy See paraded a Progress Pride Flag on the façade of its embassy building in Rome. The embassy, headed by pro-abortion and pro- LGBTQI+ ambassador Joseph Donnelly, displayed images of the offensive flag on its Twitter and Facebook platforms on Thursday, trumpeting its support for #pridemonth #humanrights and #inclusion. Read more

More Pro Athletes Condemning LGBT Propaganda

More Pro Athletes Condemning LGBT Propaganda

By Paul Brock III • June 1, 2023 •

Two weeks after the Los Angeles Dodgers announced its endorsement of so-called drag nuns and the team saw pushback from its own players, other Major League Baseball stars and even pro athletes outside of baseball are protesting. Blake Treinen, Trevor Williams and Ryan Garcia are three pro athletes who have recently publicly condemned the Dodgers' anti-Catholic bigotry. Read more

Prayer Vigil for Imprisoned Pro-Lifers Outside Michigan Jail

Prayer Vigil for Imprisoned Pro-Lifers Outside Michigan Jail

By Martina Moyski • June 5, 2023 •

People from around the Greater Detroit area beat their way to Oakland County on Saturday evening to pray for fellow pro-lifers imprisoned there. A crowd of over 25 gathered in front of Oakland County Jail for an hour-long prayer vigil to buoy the spirits of two Red Rose Rescuers behind bars. Father Fidelis Moscinski and Matthew Connolly remain incarcerated for protecting unborn babies at an abortuary in Southfield, Michigan, in 2022.  Read more

SSPX ‘Horror’ Trial: Superior Knew, Kept Predator in Ministry

SSPX ‘Horror’ Trial: Superior Knew, Kept Predator in Ministry

By Christine Niles • June 1, 2023 •

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) knew of abuse allegations against a priest but kept him in ministry and failed to report him to police. Father Pierre de Maillard is on trial in La Roche-Sur-Yon, in western France, accused of abusing 27 children over the course of 25 years. Some are likening the trial to a "horror film" because of the facts revealed during victim testimony. Read more

Self-Appointed Preacher Disrupts Holy Mass

Self-Appointed Preacher Disrupts Holy Mass

By William Mahoney, Ph.D. • May 31, 2023 •

A Self-proclaimed preacher interrupted a Catholic Mass to spout rhetoric against the Mother of God and the Rosary. Ryan Foley disrupted Mass at Houston's Church of the Assumption on May 20. He posted a clip of the incident on his TikTok account. It shows two ushers escorting him out of the church against his will while Foley shouted, "The Rosary is heresy. Mother Mary is nothing; it's about knowing Jesus Christ." While in the vestibule right before being forced outside, he yelled, "You cannot exalt Mary." Read more

Project Veritas Sues James O’Keefe

Project Veritas Sues James O’Keefe

By Christine Niles • May 31, 2023 •

Project Veritas is suing its former CEO for breaking his contract, among other things, and bringing harm to the whistleblower organization. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court accuses James O'Keefe of violating terms of his employment agreement by forming a new whistleblower organization, O'Keefe Media Group (OMG), as a competitor to Project Veritas. Read more

Crisis of Faith in the Land of Saints and Scholars

Crisis of Faith in the Land of Saints and Scholars

By William Mahoney, Ph.D. • May 31, 2023 •

The latest census in Ireland reveals an alarming downward trajectory in the practice of Catholicism but a corresponding rise in the practice of other religions. In its key findings, Census 2022 reported, "The proportion of the population who identified Roman Catholic as their religion fell from 79% in 2016 to 69% in 2022."  Read more

Priest With Brain Tumor Requests Prayers From Abp. Fulton Sheen

Priest With Brain Tumor Requests Prayers From Abp. Fulton Sheen

By Christine Niles • June 1, 2023 •

A priest with a brain tumor is asking for prayers from Ven. Abp. Fulton J. Sheen. He hopes it will result in a miracle leading to Sheen's canonization. Father Jeffrey Montz is director of spiritual formation at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has a longtime devotion to Sheen, whose writings he focused on in his graduate thesis and whose spirituality he has spoken about publicly. Read more

Overturned Verdict: Maltese Priest Sentenced for ‘Homophobic’ Remarks Following Brutal Murder Case

Overturned Verdict: Maltese Priest Sentenced for ‘Homophobic’ Remarks Following Brutal Murder Case

By Martina Moyski • May 31, 2023 •

A popular Maltese priest has been found guilty of so-called homophobic hate speech on social media after being acquitted in 2022. Dominican priest Fr. David Muscat was handed a six-month suspended sentence this week after Malta's Court of Criminal Appeal overturned the original acquittal. Read more