Pope’s security breached by US fugitive: Last week in the Church with John Allen Jr. In this episode: Pope’s security breached by US fugitive Vatican censorship trial dismissed Vatican agrees with …More
Pope’s security breached by US fugitive: Last week in the Church with John Allen Jr. In this episode: Pope’s security breached by US fugitive Vatican censorship trial dismissed Vatican agrees with Italy’s new abortion policy? Cardinal Becciu to sue Vatican? Pope confirms Perlasca as star witness ABOUT CRUX Crux offers the very best in smart, wired, and independent coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church. Visit us at Crux | Taking the Catholic Pulse
Last year, the Carthusian monks announced that they would not be keeping up with market demand for their products, which are mainly liqueurs and herbal products. The mother house of the Carthusians is …More
Last year, the Carthusian monks announced that they would not be keeping up with market demand for their products, which are mainly liqueurs and herbal products. The mother house of the Carthusians is La Grande Chartreuse near Grenoble in France. In 1605, the monks of La Grande Chartreuse received a mysterious parchment containing the recipe for what would become the Grande Chartreuse liqueur, based on 130 plants. In the 18th century, Chartreuse verte and Chartreuse jaune were produced for the first time. The Chartreuse liqueurs quickly became a great success. Chartreuse jaune became known as the "queen of liqueurs". Another famous product is Élixir Végétal. Thirty monks currently live in the Grande Chartreuse, but only three of them know the secret of making Chartreuse liqueurs. Today, the sale of these products provides financial support for the Grande Chartreuse and all Carthusian monasteries throughout the world. In 2022, Chartreuse Diffusion, the company that markets the products,…More
The surprising joy of turning 50 Here are seven reasons why it's important to embrace reaching half a century. In just over a week I’ll be blowing out 50 candles. The prospect sort of makes me giggle …More
The surprising joy of turning 50 Here are seven reasons why it's important to embrace reaching half a century. In just over a week I’ll be blowing out 50 candles. The prospect sort of makes me giggle as I can’t quite believe I’m mature enough to be half a century. However, with four children to count for, and a few decades of working, it makes sense that those years are adding up correctly. Yet, instead of feeling a sense of dread, I feel more alive than ever before, and strangely rather excited. In fact, I felt more despair when I hit 40. I’ve therefore been reflecting on why I feel more than happy to embrace 50 years of life on earth, and how we shouldn’t feel such trepidation when it comes to notching up five decades… or even more. And here’s what I came up: 1 I’M STILL HERE! This is something quite significant to consider. In centuries gone by I’m pretty sure I’d have died in childbirth with my firstborn’s complicated delivery. Yet, today, our life expectancy is so much higher and …More
The Fruit Of Suffering Latin Mass Homily by Fr. Robert Altier for 4-23-2024 Fr Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul holytrinitysspmn.org You can also find Fr. Robert Altier’s …More
Let's forget politics and news for the a moment. Today, we go back to 2013, when a young girl Johann Sebastian Bach and arranged by Charles. Gounod. Listen to this wonderful …
Cardinal Mario Grech, "synodality" propagandist and secretary-general of the Ex-Synod of Bishops, was not informed of the content or publication date of the homosexual propaganda document 'Fiducia …More
Cardinal Mario Grech, "synodality" propagandist and secretary-general of the Ex-Synod of Bishops, was not informed of the content or publication date of the homosexual propaganda document 'Fiducia Supplicans' published just before Christmas, he told OurSundayVisitor.com (22 April). Cardinal Grech found out about the document "like everyone else when it was published". This proves that, for Francis, "synodality" is only a ploy. The cardinal said that "Fiducia Supplicans" had "nothing to do", either with the previous ex-synodal assembly or with the upcoming one. Of course, Cardinal Grech didn't say that his office should have been consulted. Every dicastery, he pretended, "has the right and the duty to communicate with the Church. This is the normal practice of the Roman Curia". But this is hypocrisy, since the Ex-Synod had explicitly rejected the homosexual propaganda that was spread in "Fiducia Supplicans", as Cardinal Ambongo made clear in an interview with Kto.fr. Grech simply covers …More
Iranian-born British artist Reza Aramesh, who has a penchant for very realistic artefacts and naked men, presents 207 men's underpants in the church of San Fantin in Venice. The exhibition, in …More
Iranian-born British artist Reza Aramesh, who has a penchant for very realistic artefacts and naked men, presents 207 men's underpants in the church of San Fantin in Venice. The exhibition, in collaboration with the decadent Venice Patriarchate, is called 'Number 207' and runs from 16 April to 2 October. The underpants are made from Carrara marble and arranged on the floor of San Fantin, a 12th-century church that houses a miraculous Byzantine Marian icon and has a crypt, rare in Venice. San Fantin is one of more than 30 churches in the city that are not used for worship. The parish of San Fantin was already abolished by Napoleon, who made it an auxiliary church of the neighbouring parish. #newsLugzdlieag
Bells don’t just call people to prayer, they also have a little-known spiritual relevance. Church bells have been with us since the 5th century and were commonly used in the Middle Ages. They were …More
Bells don’t just call people to prayer, they also have a little-known spiritual relevance. Church bells have been with us since the 5th century and were commonly used in the Middle Ages. They were especially used in monastic communities to call on monks to assemble for prayer in the chapel as, throughout the day, they were in various locations of the monastery. Later, the custom spread more and more among parish churches and the bells were used to call the people to the celebration of the Eucharist, as well as for the recitation of the Angelus during the day. However, bells also have great spiritual power. When a new bell is installed in a church, it is traditionally “baptized” or “consecrated” by the local bishop or priest. The ancient ceremonies imitated baptism and the current ceremony still requires the use of holy water. The bells are also named after a particular patron saint, although many are named after the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Roman Ritual contains a very solemn blessing …More
Thank you @Abbé Jean-Marie du Divin Coeur de Jésus I remember a Fr. Kopchynski sermon on the finding of the church bells that were hidden from the Moors! I also remember a youtube video where some people were destroying a Catholic Church bell for the metal content and they seemed utterly demonic! Such blasphemy! Our Lady of Fatima, save us, and let our Catholic bells ring out all across the globe!
Jean-Pierre Maugendre, director of "Renaissance Catholique", a Catholic association in France, published an appeal on 22 April asking Francis to "allow" the Roman Mass, as if Francis had inadvertently …More
Jean-Pierre Maugendre, director of "Renaissance Catholique", a Catholic association in France, published an appeal on 22 April asking Francis to "allow" the Roman Mass, as if Francis had inadvertently "banned" it in 2021. Maugendre: "The Church is afflicted by an internal crisis that manifests itself in a decline in religious practice, a decline in priestly and religious vocations, a decline in sacramental practice, and even a growing disagreement between priests, bishops and cardinals that was unthinkable until recently." He knows that the Holy Mass contributes to the revival of the Church and writes that "despite all the attempts to suppress it, especially during the current pontificate, it lives on". The Holy Mass bears abundant fruits of piety, explains Maugendre, it increases vocations and conversions, attracts young people and is the source of many flourishing works. Every attempt has been made to increase the number of vocations and the faithful and to counteract the decline after …More
Candace Owens, 35, an American political commentator and critic of the controversial Black Lives Matter propaganda organisation, has converted to the Church at the Brompton Oratory in London. She wrote …More
Candace Owens, 35, an American political commentator and critic of the controversial Black Lives Matter propaganda organisation, has converted to the Church at the Brompton Oratory in London. She wrote on Twitter (22 April): "I have made the decision to come home". Owens has started attending Mass with her English husband George Farmer, who converted to the Church from evangelicalism. They are both very affluent. In September, Owens will speak at the "Catholic Identity Conference" organised by the RemnantNewspaper.com. She parted ways with DailyWire.com at the end of March because of her critical views on Israel's war against Gaza. "There is no justification for genocide. I can't believe that this needs to be said, or that it's even the least bit controversial to say it", she stated. Ben Shapiro, co-founder of the Daily Wire, is Jewish and implacably pro-Israel. #newsElchkkwhbz
I think Russell Brand was alluded to on this thread. Yes, I'd love anyone to convert to Catholicism. But he needs to stop dabbling in tarot cards: …More
Cardinal Raymond Burke has found financial supporters to pay for his Roman apartment, reports Loup Besmond de Senneville on La-Croix.com (22 April). In November, Francis asked the Cardinal, whom he …More
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