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Ask Vladimir Putin to request the consecration of Russia this October 13th As many Catholic readers already know, Pope will consecrate world to Immaculate Heart of Mary CWN - August 21, 2013 Pope Francis will consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at a Vatican ceremony on October 13. The “Marian Day” ceremony, organized by the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, will be held on the anniversary of the final appearance of the Virgin Mary at Fatima. For the occasion, the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be brought from the shrine in Portugal to...

Friday, September 20, 2013 Beta Testing CUSTOM STOVE ART with the Kopp Family Click image to enlarge The Woodstove Design Challenge has focused our attention on questions that we hadn’t really addressed before: 1. Can we make a really high performance woodstove that is completely affordable? 2. We don’t have the chutzpah to think we can produce a stove design that will make everyone happy.  So, how do we make a flexible design that can harness our owners’ creativity? 3. How can we have fun with this product? How can our owners have fun too? Part of the answer is...

Joel Osteen and Pope Francis August 27, 2013 By Fr. Dwight Longenecker 7 Comments Joel Osteen the prosperity preacher from Houston has just moved up from his $2m mansion to a $10m mansion. Here’s the news.This is one of the things that tickle me about American Protestantism. These are the folks who have traditionally beat the Catholics with a big stick about the Pope living in a palace surrounded by rich art works.The other thing is the way Protestants will beat up on Catholics for having a highly exalted infallible leader who is treated like a celebrity. Duh. The problem...

Triumphalism? You better believe it.Louie Verrecchio 8/24/13www.harvestingthefruit.com/triumphalism/ How often we hear Conciliarized Catholics speak of “triumphalism” as if it refers to some sort of dreadful disease that must, at all costs, be purged from the Body of Christ lest it spread and, God forbid, the Church in our day come to resemble the Holy Catholic Church as the Roman Pontiffs presented her to the world for so many centuries, without apology, prior to the papacy of Pope John XXIII. Before we continue, I should probably explain what I mean by “Conciliarized Catholics,” a phrase being coined in the present moment...

Let’s practice MFP - Moral Family Planning by K.C. Schnitker Mon Aug 19 12:51 PM EST August 19, 2013 (Defend Life) - I am an instructor of NFP—Natural Family Planning—but I’d really like to call it “MFP,” Moral Family Planning. Moral Family Planning is the use of one of the fertility awareness methods (I teach the Ovulation Method); “periodic continence;” to achieve pregnancy; or for a serious reason, to postpone pregnancy. It is also living your married life open to the children God may send; all of these are “moral” family planning. I think MFP makes proper priorities clear—not...

08/21/2013 Ratzinger gives reason for resigning: “God told me to” During the course of a private meeting Benedict XVI said that a mystical experience led him to resign Andrea Torniellivatican city “God told me to.” This was Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s reason for stepping down from the pontificate. An anonymous individual who visited Ratzinger about a week ago gave a statement recounting what was said during the private meeting, Catholic news agency Zenit reports.  Ratzinger’s decision to stay out of the limelight still raises many questions, six months after the shock announcement of his resignation, Zenit says. One person was lucky enough...

Maybe If Egypt Promised U.S. Aid Won't Go Towards Killing People by Matthew Archbold Thursday, August 15, 2013The United States federal government is continuing to send over a billion dollars in aid to Egypt even as the government kills its own people. That aid reportedly includes jet fighters. Some are concerned that U.S. money is going towards killing innocent civilians. [snip] ...So, once the law is passed by Congress, there should be no worries that we're funding death, right? If this sounds ridiculous to you, then why isn't it just as ridiculous that the federal government sends millions and millions...

Mt. Athos Monks Battle Police Over Eviction By Andy Dabilis on July 29, 2013 in News  87  16    2  213 An earlier clash between the Mt. Athos monks and police Angry monks at the Esphigmenou Monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece, refusing to obey an eviction order, tossed Molotov Cocktails and rocks at bailiffs attempting to serve them on July 29, chasing them off the premises of the famed peninsula.“The monks of Esphigmenou Monastery who are in the residential quarters and are in a defense position to defend it, threw some objects from inside...

For the First Time, Francis Contradicts Benedict He has touched upon the sore spot of the Mass in the ancient rite. Ratzinger permitted its celebration for all. Bergoglio has prohibited it for one religious order that favored it by Sandro Magister ROME, July 29, 2013 – One point on which Jorge Mario Bergoglio was eagerly expected  to weigh in, after his election as pope, was that of the Mass in the ancient rite. There were those who predicted that Pope Francis would not distance himself from the stance of his predecessor. Who had liberalized the celebration of the Mass in...

Jul-29-2013 (1,030 words) With photos. xxxi Pope answers questions about Curia reforms, gay lobby By Cindy WoodenCatholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM BRAZIL (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he was responding to the clear wishes of the College of Cardinals when he set up commissions to study the Vatican bank, Vatican financial and administrative procedures and the reform of the Roman Curia. The pope also said he knows people have spoken about some kind of "gay lobby" at the Vatican protecting certain priests by threatening to blackmail others. The pope said the "lobbying" is what is worrisome. Pope...

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Devout Catholics Have Better Sex, Study Says Group presents data showing those who go to church weekly have most frequent, enjoyable sex By Elizabeth Flock July 17, 2013Devout, married Catholics have the best sex of any demographic group, the Family Research Council said at an event Wednesday, pointing to a collection of studies from the last several decades.The socially conservative Christian group relied heavily on statistics from the University of Chicago's last National Health and Social Life Survey, conducted in 1992, which found the most enjoyable and most frequent sex occurring among married people, those who attended church weekly –...

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE          www.nationalreview.com           July 10, 2013 2:03 PM No Right to Die by Denied Spoon Feeding By  Wesley J. Smith A Canadian woman directed that she be refused medical treatment, and indeed, that she be euthanized if she had Alzheimer’s and could not recognize her children. She has the disease and is spoon fed.  But the family wants that stopped.. From the National Post story: According to Ms. Hammond, she is lifted into and out of bed with a hoist, spends her time virtually motionless in a wheelchair and is kept alive only through regular spoon-feeding. “She’s not taking...

Why the simultaneous rise of homosexuality and Islam?  An interview with Peter Kreeft by John-Henry Westen Mon Jul 01, 2013 08:40 ESTComments ()Tags: faith, homosexuality, islam, peter kreeft TORONTO, June 26 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a recent interview (see the video here) with LifeSiteNews.com co-founder Steve Jalsevac, famed Catholic philosopher and Boston College professor Peter Kreeft noted key similarities in the homosexual activist movement and radical Islam which have led to their ascendency in recent times.  Asked about the simultaneous rise of militant Islam and the homosexual activist movement despite their opposing ideologies, Kreeft replied: “They’re the only two movements in Western civilization that...

Italian prosecutors reject claims of Roman clerical-pedophile ringCWN - June 28, 2013 Italian prosecutors reject claims of Roman clerical-pedophile ring An Italian ex-priest who claimed that he could expose a ring of clerical pedophiles in Rome has been charged with slander, as prosecutors evidently suspect that he concocted the charges to embarrass the Church. Patrizzio Poggi, who served 5 years of an 8-year sentence on sex-abuse charges, had told reporters that he could identify 20 priests who were involved in child prostitution. But prosecutors said he could not substantiate the claims, and charged that his reports were “motivated by...

The tragic reality of 'covert euthanasia' Thursday, June 27, 2013 - By Matt C. Abbott Pope Francis has spoken about the tragic reality of “covert euthanasia.”From a May 6, 2013 Catholic News Service :While the fight to preserve life is often centered on abortion and capital punishment, the future Pope Francis also warned against a more subtle form of disregard for human dignity—what he called “covert euthanasia.”“In this consumerist, hedonist and narcissistic society, we are accustomed to the idea that there are people that are disposable,” among them, the elderly, then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio said in a recently published book.Citing...

Is Nancy Pelosi a Satanist? There have been plenty of religions in history that'd agree with her that the murder of innocents is sacred - but the Catholic Church is not one of them Jun 27, 2013 John Zmirak A secular radio host called my cell phone while I was busy at a conference, asking me to explain to his non-Catholic listeners whether the Church really considered abortion “sacred.” I was, for a rare moment, speechless. He pointed me to the news piece reporting Nancy Pelosi’s statement to a Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack, summarized as follows by The Blaze...

Special Report – Gay Roman Clergy 06-27-2013 Hello everyone and welcome to this Special Report from Rome with more details on reports of a homosexual prostitution ring involving roman clergy with ties to the Vatican and young teenage boys complete with accusations of Satanism. The Italian media began reporting earlier today on a group of homosexual priests and possibly bishops being investigated by Roman police and prosecutors for their involvement in a network of young teenage male prostitutes. Details are now coming out that one of the recruiters for the ring .. a former Rome policeman .. was also involved...

Pope Francis and the drama of sodomy in the Church and in the Diocese of Rome The explosive report by La7 network The affirmation by Pope Francis that there is a “gay lobby” in the Vatican, should not be reduced to an extemporaneous quip, but evaluated and weighed in all of its tragic consequences. “There are truly some saintly people in the Curia, but there is also a current of corruption. There is talk of a “gay lobby” , and it is true, it exists. We have to see what we can do about it.” The Holy Father pronounced...

Published on Jun 27, 2013Disturbing news from the Vatican - stay tuned for more details.