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Open Discussion: Your Thoughts on International, National, Church News, Interests… Whatever!

Editor writes... Among the suggestions for ideas on how to best utilise the blog as we approach its closure in July, nobody suggested this one - an open forum for bloggers to post their thoughts on ... whatever!  Still, that doesn't mean we can't have said open forum, so voila!  If this one proves popular,...

Closure of the Catholic Truth Blog…

Editor writes... First things first; as I promised in the May newsletter, Holy Mass will be offered for all our supporters and benefactors, as we close our apostolate. I invited Father Linus Clovis (left), to offer this Mass.  In fact, he has promised to offer two novenas of Masses.  The first from 1st June 2023 to...

Feast of Our Lady of Fatima – 13 May …

"I was a youth in 1960, but I clearly remember waiting with anticipation in 1960 for the Fatima secret to be revealed. Interest in Fatima was very strong then, the devotion was flourishing, and my parents – like so many others – were anxiously waiting for the Pope to open the sealed letter and...

Catholic Laity and Clergy for Renewal (CLCR) on Clergy Sexual Immorality: Enough is Enough!

From The Catholic Thing... A number of lessons can be drawn from a recent Washington Post story.  On March 9, the Post published a nearly 4,000-word story on the work of Catholic Laity and Clergy for Renewal (CLCR), a non-profit based in Colorado.  CLCR meticulously – and legally – collected publicly available data on clergy usage of Grindr and...

Feast of St John Ogilvie: Did He Die For The Faith OR Religious Freedom & Freedom of Conscience?

Editor writes... By claiming that Scotland's only post-Reformation martyr gave his life in the cause of religious freedom and freedom of conscience (to follow whatever religion one chooses), the above commentators embody the spirit of our ecumenical/interfaith age - the age of religious indifferentism.  The video dates from around 4 years ago but the sentiment...

Are We Witnessing a Chastisement of the Church & the World Due to the Second Vatican Council?

From Rorate Caeli...  The Council and the Eclipse of God by Don Pietro Leone – CHAPTER 11 (part 4) : The Effects of Council Teaching in terms of Chastisement B.     The Effects of Council Teaching in terms of Chastisement In this section we consider the effect of antirealist subjectivism in its theological form of self-deifying atheism. Clearly...

An “Exciting Moment” For Catholic Religious Education in England & Wales… You Wish!

Extracts From the Catholic Herald - with commentary from the Editor of Catholic Truth... Earlier this week, the Catholic Education Service (CES) launched the latest and long-awaited version of the Religious Education Directory (RED) for Catholic schools, colleges and academies in England and Wales.  The new directory replaces previous editions published in 1996 and 2012. The requirement that...

Synod on Synodality: Agenda…Undermine the Catholic Faith, “Update” it – Bishop Schneider

Editor writes... Much is made by the modernists of the need to listen to the Holy Spirit speaking to "us" in the Synod, but what they mean by "us" is actually them. The wreckers. They give a whole new meaning to "us and them".  Think about it; only 1% of Catholics are represented in the diocesan...

Cardinal Müller: Synod – Hostile Takeover of the Church… So Why Are The Bishops Supporting It?

10 Oct 2022 “This is a system of self-revelation and is the occupation of the Catholic Church” and “the hostile takeover of the Church of Jesus Christ, which is a column of the Revealed Truth,” Cardinal Müller told EWTN host Raymond Arroyo. “This has nothing to do with Jesus Christ, with the Triune...

St Michael, Archangel – Defender of the Church

Editor writes... Pope Leo XIII wrote the powerful prayer to St Michael Archangel below and ordered that it be recited after every low Mass - click here for more on what happened to inspire the Pope to make this order, and then share your thoughts on which of the versions you are more inclined to...