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Our stories this week include: (1) one of the female voting members of the Synod assembly scheduled to meet in Rome throughout the month of October; (2) the first over-the-counter contraceptive pill approved by the FDA; (3) an article by Phoenix Bishop John Dolan in which he reaffirms the "sacred identity" of "Catholics within the LGBTQ community"; and (4) Vatican journalist Al...

 Brian McCall interviews James Komaniecki, President of Protect Our Priests about their new initiative to serve as a clearinghouse for communities that have seen their Traditional Mass cancelled to find priests to serve them in the "catacombs." 

Our stories this week include: (1) the group of prelates whom Pope Francis will elevate to the College of Cardinals in late September, including the new head of Rome's doctrinal office and the chief organizer of World Youth Day 2023 (both of whom are quite concerning); (2) Rep. Jim Jordan's grilling of FBI Director Christopher Wray over the infamous Richmond field office memo concerning...

Join Brian McCall and Dr. Janet Smith, Retired holder of the Father McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, for a conversation about the Church's teaching on marriage and the Traditional Latin Mass. Visit https://janetsmith.org for more information and resources

 Our stories this week include: (1) the Pope's appointment of a deeply concerning prelate to lead the Vatican's doctrinal office; (2) Sound of Freedom's phenomenal box office success following its release on theaters and further background to the true story portrayed in the film; (3) a strong critique of the Synod on Synodality from a retired Argentine archbishop; (4) two new texts...

 Join Brian McCall and this week's special guest Kennedy Hall as they discuss the following stories: (1) The Dictator Pope Focuses His Sights on Bishop Strickland, (2) Drag Queens Chant They Are Coming for Our Children, (3) Cardinal Müller Ordains in Banned Rite while the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage is Barred from St. Peter's, and (4) Thirty "Catholic" Politicians Proclaim t...

 Brian McCall and Father John Lovell discuss the Coalition's recent conference on the theme "A House United." 

Our stories this week include: (1) the newly released working document for the Synod of Bishops meeting in Rome this October, which includes clear sympathies for the LGBT agenda, a female diaconate, and more; (2) Hunter Biden's plea deal and how it distracts from his much more serious crimes; (3) a brief review of two new films (one we recommend, the other we don't); and (4) a recap of t...

 This week's stories include (1) • Vatican Event: World Meeting on Human Fraternity; (2) • Biden DOJ Indicts Trump for Alleged Unlawful Possession of Classified Docs; (3) • Major Report: "CommonSpirit Health and the Sex-Change Industry"; and (4) • Nuns vs. Bishop Update: Bishop Olson's Video Message. 

 Join Fr. José Miguel Marqués Campo, Brian McCall, and Louie Verrecchio for the third and final part of their conversation on the crisis in the Church. In this final part, they address the topic of what are Catholics to make of the papacy since Vatican II, and of Pope Francis in particular. Should Catholics consider them to be popes holding the chair of St. Peter? If they are popes do they need to...

 Our stories this week include (1) Blasphemous Film Features "LGBTQ+" Cross, Fr. James Martin, (2) Carmelites Remain at Odds with Bishop After His Dismissal of Community's Prioress, (3) • Latest from Rome: St. Peter's Basilica Desecrated; World Meeting on Human, (4) SSPX Dispels "Tall Tale" that New Bishops Will Soon be Consecrated, and (5) Super Bowl Champ Kicker Wea...

This week's stories will include (1) The Artful Dodgers and Trans Target: Gender Ideology and the Culture War We Face, (2) Missouri Miracle? Benedictine Nun's Body Exhumed, (3) Fatima, Russia, Ukraine, and Francis: The Ongoing Saga, (4) Ministry of Justice FBI Director in the Hot Seat, (5) Pentecost Pilgrimage 2023 in France: Those Troubling Traditionalists!

 Fr. José Miguel Marqués Campo, Brian McCall, and Louie Verrecchio continue their conversation on the crisis in the Church. In this part II (of 3 parts) they delve into the nature of papal authority and discuss the extent of obedience required to be "in union with the Supreme Pontiff." This part lays the direct foundations for the consideration of the question of sedevacantism in Part II...

 Join Fr. José Miguel Marqués Campo, Brian McCall, and Louie Verrecchio for a detailed conversation on the nature of the crisis in the Church. In this first of three parts of their discussion, the participants discuss the nature and causes of the current crisis in the Church and lay the foundations for the later discussion about Vatican II and the post-Conciliar Papacy, including the question of w...

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o Our stories this week include: (1) Pope Francis' comment while in Hungary that "resistance" to Vatican II and the New Mass, which he calls a "reaction against the modern," constitutes "a nostalgic disease"; (2) Professor Josef Seifert's open letter to all Cardinals and Bishops regarding Pope Francis, whom Seifert says is "increasingly destroying the f...

 Our stories this week include: (1) the coronation of Charles III, which will take place tomorrow (Saturday, May 6) in London; (2) the dedication and consecration of the new Immaculata Church in St. Mary's, Kansas; (3) a new Christian-Hindu initiative organized by the Vatican's Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue which seeks to build a "fraternity-based new humanism"; and (4)...

Our stories this week include: (1) Tucker Carlson's sudden departure from Fox News and what to make of it; (2) two Vatican prelates who are fostering ambiguity and error (one in regard to assisted suicide, the other to marriage); (3) news that Pope Francis is allowing members of the laity, including women, to serve as voting members in the upcoming General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in...

Catholic Family News interviews three participants in the miracle of Front Royal, VA. When pandemic lock-downs shut down every option for Mass and the Sacraments, God intervened to answer the plea for priests coming ascending to heaven from Front Royal. You will be inspired and edified by listening to their story. God will never be outdone in generosity. That truth is reconfirmed in this tale of D...

 Our stories this week include (1) Mr. Ted McCarrick, former priest and Cardinal, charged with abuse in Wisconsin, (2) Scandalous ecumenical gestures toward the Anglicans: Rome gives them use of St. John Lateran and a relic of the True Cross, (3) Cardinal Cupich forbids public adoration during event to revise the belief in the Real Presence, (4) Corpus Christi Bishop accused of not being honest ab...

 Our stories this week include: (1) the results of the North American Continental Assembly for the global Synod on Synodality; (2) evidence that the FBI sent at least one undercover agent into SSPX chapels in Virginia and had plans to do the same at "mainline Catholic parishes" in the area; (3) the CCP's latest violation of the Sino-Vatican agreement regarding the appointment of bis...

Our stories this week include: (1) Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich's recent comment that "there might be some space to expand the teaching" which limits the Sacrament of Holy Orders to men alone (Nancy Pelosi shares the Cardinal's hope); (2) the school shooting in Nashville and attempts to portray the perpetrator as the 'real victim'; (3) Cardinal Robert McElroy's...

Our stories this week include: (1) the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis' consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; (2) Cardinal Arthur Roche's latest comments on why he thinks the Traditional Latin Mass must be restricted (and eventually eliminated); (3) legislation under consideration in Israel which would make it a crime to evangelize (punishable by one to...

 In this interview with Ronan Reilly, President of the Australian Latin Mass Society, we discuss a new interactive book to teach children to sing chant and read Gregorian notation. "Children's First Chants" uses color coded keys on an attached keyboard to introduce little ones to basic chant of the Mass and devotional prayer. USA Ordering information: https://www.staugustineacademyp...

Our stories this week include: (1) a look back at Francis' decade-long pontificate (March 13 was the tenth anniversary of his election); (2) the approval of same-sex "blessings" by a large majority of German bishops and their intention to begin "blessing" sodomitical unions, despite Rome forbidding the practice; (3) the reappearance of Pachamama at a Latin American Synodal...