F-ggotry? For the Pope the problem is image, not moral
The Pope's conversation in a closed-door meeting with the Italian Bishops Conference, and reported across the globe, are not against gays. On the contrary, this pontificate has promoted people and the LGBT agenda in every way possible. Even in seminaries.
Chesterton turns 150, an antidote against rampant evil
On 29 May 1874, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, the great Catholic author who wrote the reasons for the Faith in his novels, was born in London. Today he is more relevant than ever, a real medicine for the soul.
Nethanyahu caught between Hamas and Israeli distrust
Massacre in Palestinian refugee camp after Islamic movement's rocket attack on Tel Aviv. For Netanyahu it is "a tragic accident", but he must also deal with the anger and grief of the families of the hostages still in the hands of the militia.
EU: abstentionism appeals, but voting is advisable this time
As in all elections, citizens can abstain. But it is better to vote, with solid criteria, to change this European Union and defend non-negotiable principles. Here are three voting criteria.
Schwab leaves, but the Davos Great Reset persists
Klaus Schwab's announcement that he is leaving the World Economic Forum should not delude us. He will remain in the wings: the Great Reset project theorised by the "Piper of Davos" is set to continue and will still do a lot of damage. Before it fails.
China wages war on the 'Hong Kong anthem'
A Hong Kong Court of Appeal order panders to the pro-China government's request to prevent the broadcasting of the pro-democracy anthem 'Glory to Hong Kong', used in the 2019 protests against the CCP. Pressure also on big tech and YouTube blocks the song.
The new norms on apparitions tear apologetics to pieces
The document presented on 17 May is in clear discontinuity with the approach the Church has always taken towards supernatural phenomena. The new norms deny the possibility of recognising the traces of God's intervention in human history.
China-Vatican, rewrites history to legitimise secret agreement
Many Chinese speakers, video-message by the Pope and speech by the Vatican Secretary of State, Card. Parolin: the Shanghai Council of 1924 commemorated with two conferences, one in Milan another in Rome, to promote "the spirit" of the secret agreement on the appointment of bishops. Forcing history on the backs of Chinese Catholics.
How the Beijing regime terrorises Chinese students abroad
Amnesty International's new report: all the ways in which the Chinese Communist Party tracks, spies on, persecutes and represses students abroad. Transnational totalitarianism.
Stripped and searched, how British police abuse minors
Over 2,000 minors are subjected to body searches every year. The shocking reality became public knowledge after two enquiries. The government is running for cover and has already prepared new restrictive regulations for the police that will come into force this summer.
New norms to deny Marian apparitions
Fernández’s document: six criteria to ascertain everything, but woe betide the supernaturalness of phenomena and apparitions. At most a nihil obstat, for the record, "it does no harm...".
Tightening up on apparitions: only Pope decides if event is supernatural
The new norms presented today by Prefect Fernández, provide for greater centralisation in Rome of the decision-making power on the authenticity of the alleged apparitions. A centralisation that effectively prevents bishops from pronouncing themselves, but only to regulating worship and pastoral care on the basis of six more or less stringent criteria. Scepticism of the new Vatican course continues Medjugorje.
