Ecumenism

Muslims Outraged Over Damaged Qur’an… But Insulting Crucifix with Skeleton Figure, Just Fine

Editor writes... Out for lunch with some family members a few days ago,  I stopped for a  moment to take a look at some objects in a shop window, horrified to spot a crucifix with a skeleton pinned to it instead of an image of the Sacred Body of Our Lord, selling for a cool...

Pope Francis Tightens the Screw on the Latin Mass: Canon Law on “Good of Souls” No Longer Applies

From the Latin Mass Society & Una Voce International (the FIUV)  On Tuesday 21st February the Holy See Press Office published a Rescript confirming, for the Dicastery for Divine Worship, certain legal points in relation to the interpretation of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter Traditionis Custodes. The key point is that from now on permission for the use of...

Glasgow Priest Suspended For Criticising Pope & Abp Nolan & Thus “Exciting Hatred of the Church”

Editor writes... For the past two Sundays, I have attended the Traditional Latin Mass in Sacred Heart Bridgeton. Last Sunday, 12 February, Father Dunn's Bulletin included the concerns about Pope Francis raised by another priest, Fr Jason Charron, as reported in Lifesitenews: A Catholic priest has rebuked Pope Francis for his calls to decriminalize sodomy...

Archbishop of Glasgow Ends Latin Mass at Sacred Heart, Bridgeton – But, Where is Fr Stephen Dunn?

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)...

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...

Traditional Catholics = White Supremacists? – FBI

American Blogger Marinaio writes...  I think this info that Frank Walker featured on Canon 212 this morning is BIG news. At least my “intel analyst nose” tells me that this smells very bad for our Republic and the 1st Amendment regarding freedom of religion.  The author of the original article is Catholic and a former...

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...

We’ve had Clown, Beach, Balloon and Zoo Masses: Yet, Francis Wants to Kill Off the TLM – Why?

Editor writes... https://youtu.be/9hrmPuVFRkw The headline says it all, really.  I'll add only this.  After hearing about this shocking "Steve Irwin Zoo Mass" from a friend after Mass today, I arrived home to an email from our very own Westminsterfly, alerting me to this latest attack on the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) which contains this telling observation:...

Feast of the Purification of Our Lady … The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple – Candlemas

Editor writes... In order to pay due tribute to Our Lady on this beautiful Feast, I tried to find the hymn O Purest of Creatures, sung to the tune with which, I believe, most of us in Scotland grew up. YouTube is awash with a very different tune, however, so I've had to settle for...

Africa: The Great Vatican II Success Story … Not!

From New Liturgical Movement... In a recent episode of “Word on Fire,” Bishop Barron responds to Ross Douthat’s two NYT pieces on Vatican II and its failure, by making two arguments: Argument #1: To blame the collapse of Catholicism in the West on Vatican II is a “post hoc propter hoc” fallacy.  [i.e. "after this, because of...