Italy: Hosts stolen, bishop challenges satanic sects
Black Mass trail behind theft in Lecce of hosts and holy vessels from hospital chapel. Chaplain to the Compass: “Planned theft, they found out where we keep the key to the tabernacle.” Harsh condemnation from exorcist bishop who had warned about the rise of satanic sects: “Cowardly act, convert. Today in all churches a Mass of Reparation.”
Pope and migrants, best intentions but incorrect judgements
Wednesday's vibrant catechesis on the drama of the migrants made a lot of noise. But the touching appeal to take on the suffering of so many people was unfortunately counterbalanced by a series of ‘excommunications’ and political judgments based on ideological visions and deficient information.
Universal adherence to the legitimate Pope is not an opinion
New sophisms leverage legitimate resistance to certain acts of the Pontiff to support the claimed invalidity of his election. But they are based on major misunderstandings about the Church's universal peaceful acceptance and degrees of the Magisterium.
Irregular migrants, now the Italian bishops take to the sea
For the first time, a ship financed by the Italian Episcopal Conference's Migrantes Foundation is taking part in rescue operations for illegal migrants in the Mediterranean; and with the ‘blessing’ of the Pope. A decision that abdicates the Church's true task and instead identifies with an ideologically motivated side.
Rupnik case, endless shame for the Vatican
The Dicastery for Communication continues to re-propose the works of the former Slovenian Jesuit accused of serious sexual abuse, in defiance of Cardinal O'Malley's dispositions. And even in Bologna, Archbishop Zuppi has given the green light to the completion of the incriminated mosaics. In the fight against abuse this pontificate has no credibility.
‘Vaccines did not stop Covid’: increases bishops’ moral guilt
The Italian Medicines Agency's admission that anti-Covid vaccines were ineffective in preventing contagion reopens the question of their lawfulness. Including on the subservience of the pastors who, without asking questions, pushed for mass inoculation.
‘Sufferance does not redeem’: PAV anaesthetises Redemption
In the notable controversial volume on the end of life the meaning of Salvifici doloris is turned upside down by denying that suffering can have redemptive value. If this were the case, the Passion of Christ would have been incidental.
A false scoop against Müller reveals nothing new
At the basis of the German cardinal’s early retirement lies a presumed scandal about the funds of the former Holy Office. But, the anonymous ‘revelation’ by The Pillar only recycles facts already known for years. And from which the former prefect emerges innocent.
Martyrdom, a constitutive element of the Church
Jesus sends His apostles out like sheep among wolves, that is into a hostile world. Like the first disciples, also Christians today are called to publicly testify to the Lord’s name as they did in the past, even at the cost of martyrdom. Christians knowingly share Jesus’s cross and resurrection.
The Church, a foretaste of Heaven
The Bride of Christ receives wounds to her flesh, but the errors of her children "do not compromise the purity and holiness of their Mother". She is the guardian of God's Light and the bestower of His Love, which is why so many children of the world abandon their prejudices and return to Her. From the lesson, "Who are you, Church of God?" that Dom Gérard Calvet († 2008) left to his novices.
Zuppi, the queer cardinal
At the Giffoni Film Festival, dedicated to children and the youth, the president of the Italian bishops exalts the queer family the ‘commune’ in which all family roles are deconstructed, with the declared aim of destroying the natural family. Such serious affirmations are something the cardinals should take this into account in the next Conclave.
