Editor writes... It is difficult to keep up with the new "apparitions" across the globe. The latest craze, I'm told, is the "Divine Will" - click here for more on that... St Paul did warn the Church of the danger of such distractions, when he charged Timothy the first Bishop of Ephesus, to preach the Faith...
RCA Victor - our lead American blogger - offers his piercing and provocative take on contemporary Church and world events in the context of the rise of Occultism... What is occultism? The Catholic Encyclopedia defines it as “An attempt to work apparent miracles not by the power of God, but by the use of hidden...
A priest sent me several videos similar to the above, showing priests, religious, laity, having great fun, participating in the "Jerusalma challenge" - one even includes some dancing in the sanctuary. Simply put, the Jerusalema challenge is a dance. Those taking up the challenge perform a dance reel to the song Jerusalema, a gospel-influenced house...
The article below, first published in the July 2019 edition of the Catholic Truth newsletter - available to read online, with footnotes, here - is intended to cast light on the claims of the author of My Heart Will Triumph that Our Lady is appearing to her at Medjugorje. Catholics should only want to...
Editor writes... The reported visions at Fátima gathered widespread attention, as numerous pilgrims began to visit the site. After a canonical inquiry, the Bishop of Leiria-Fátima officially declared the visions of Fátima as "worthy of belief" in October 1930, officially permitting the belief of Our Lady of Fátima. From time to time, I find myself in...
The Editor writes... The stated judgment of the local, investigating Bishop, the Church authority on alleged apparitions, is that the claimed "apparitions" at Medjugorje are not true Note: the Vatican investigation was launched only because the defiant "seers" refused to accept the decision of their Bishop. Still, we find "pilgrimages" being organised against...
Extracts below From the Athanasius of Mostar to Henryk of Medjugorje Introduction A news item was published recently in several media reports that the retired bishop of Warsawa-Praga and archbishop ad personam Henryk Hoser, embarked upon his assignment as the Apostolic Visitor for Medjugorje. The very information itself has caused a lot of reactions in...
Catholics will please God by holding to true beliefs and correct moral norms. The Mass you attend is secondary... Editor, Catholic Truth writes... I keep finding myself in conversations with diocesan Catholics - defined simply as those who attend the new Mass - who consider that being orthodox in doctrine and morals is the most...
Medjugorje: the devil's answer to Fatima... "I think it’s possible to recognize the authenticity of the first [seven] apparitions as proposed by the Ruini commission,” [Archbishop Henryk] Hoser said. “Besides, it is difficult to get another verdict, because it’s difficult to believe that six seers will lie for 36 years. What they say has been...
THE EPONYMOUS FLOWER reports : 'Cardinal Vinko Puljic, Archbishop of Sarajevo and member of the Pontifical Commission of Inquiry, which is mandated to study the phenomenon of Medjugorje, said to have "recommended" to the pope to come to a decision on Medjugorje only on "administrative" aspects, but not on the "phenomena" and messages. [The...
