From Flourish... Priests and parishioners are to be asked to come together to work out how best to organise parish life in the Archdiocese of Glasgow in coming years. But Archbishop Nolan has made it clear that change is on the cards. In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with Flourish to mark his first year as Archbishop...
Editor writes... At Mass this morning in Sacred Heart Bridgeton, I found, not Father Stephen Dunn offering the Mass as usual, but Father Gerard Byrne (St Brigid's Toryglen). It turned out that Fr Byrne was there to read a Statement from the Archbishop of Glasgow who has decided to suppress the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM)...
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...
Editor writes... Alarm bells rang when I heard that Mark Steyn was effectively forced to resign from GB News, due to Ofcom complaints about his outspoken commentaries on Covid, vaccines, excess deaths etc. Well, somebody has to ask the difficult questions, surely? Why is nobody challenging the very idea that the media should be subject to...
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...
Editor writes... According to the Gospel, before we "go public" with criticisms, we ought to try to settle differences with the person(s) concerned. It's not clear that Harry has tried to do so. The general opinion (in the media) seems to be that he is using the media outlets to make money out of his...
Originally written by anonymous Cistercian monks and later translated to English by Fr. Frederick Oakeley, this song has had widespread popularity, both as a modern-day Christmas carol and also as a solemn hymn sung at churches. It tells about the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, and encourages all the faithful of the world to...
Noel Kelly (YouTube) writes... Your grace, with respect, the "synodal process" is essentially a trojan horse which is being used to bring about changes to moral doctrines. When it comes to doctrine, the Church must take a top-down approach. The bishops have a duty to preach the truth, however difficult that might be. Bending to...
Editor writes... I've never thought of Neil Oliver as a "devout Christian". Yet, in the above monologue, he puts just about every clergyman in the land to shame by his stout defence of Christmas and the Christian heritage of the west; he issues a stark warning - after the fashion of the Old Testament prophets...
Editor writes... As regulars on this blog know, I'm no fan of Church Militant, and that for a number of reasons. However, the "Fulton Sheen incident" recounted by Michael Voris in the above video (which I stumbled across this morning on YouTube) - an incident to which he was an eye and ear witness -...
