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The following appeal to pray for the Pope is made by three bishops of Kazakhstan: Archbishop Tomash Peta, Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, that Pope Francis may confirm the unchanging praxis of the Church with regard to the truth of the indissolubility of marriage.    This appeal is very much a voice from the periphery in this time of confusion and crisis. Please read and distribute the following text of the bishops far and wide and help make this spiritual crusade a success. At the end of the text is an ancient prayer for the Pope which the bisho ..read more

by Deacon Nick Donnelly   It has emerged that in September 2016 four cardinals privately submitted five questions to Pope Francis asking the Holy Father to clarify his teaching in Amoris Laetitia about communion for divorced and civilly “re-married”. The cardinals submitted their questions according to the established tradition of the Church in the form of dubium (Plural. dubia), which is Latin for ‘doubt’.  There is nothing exceptional in cardinals and bishops submitting dubia to popes and congregations of the Holy See. It has happened for centuries. It is the established way that t ..read more

Four senior cardinals write to Pope Francis urging the Holy Father to clarify the grave disorientation and great confusion caused by Amoris Laetitia: 1. A Necessary Foreword The sending of the letter to His Holiness Pope Francis by four cardinals derives from a deep pastoral concern. We have noted a grave disorientation and great confusion of many faithful regarding extremely important matters for the life of the Church. We have noted that even within the episcopal college there are contrasting interpretations of Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia. The great Tradition of the Church teaches us that t ..read more

Homily preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., on the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (EF) at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan. Almighty God has been very good  in giving us as the day’s Gospel passage that of Our Lord’s famous admonition to “render to Caesar what is Caesar’s but to God what is God’s.”  I say that in view of the upcoming national elections and likewise want to suggest that between now and November 8 you read (or re-read) the poignant and insightful work of Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia on the role Catholics must pl ..read more

by the Reverend Nicholas L. Gregoris, S.T.D. The canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta was an extraordinary experience. We were able to gather in the tens of thousands to see arguably the most famous and renowned woman of the twentieth century raised to the altars. In 2003, I was privileged to attend Mother Teresa's beatification, which had been fast-tracked by Pope John Paul II like none other in history. At that time, we were also celebrating the Pope's twenty-fifth anniversary of election to the Chair of Peter. Little did we know that in a few short years, on the eve of Divine Mercy Sun ..read more

14th September 2016, Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Dear Editor, I write to clarify my position regarding my appearance on a video taken in Athy church. I was one of the five priests, a curate, con-celebrating Mass in St Michael the Archangel’s Church Athy, last Saturday evening on the 10th September 2016. My intentions first and foremost was to celebrate the Eucharist which is the source and summit of our community’s Christian life. This Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was also in appreciation of Fr Tim Hannon’s 50th Anniversary of his Priestly Ordination and to mark my own departure fr ..read more

by Anthony Murphy The recent events in my local parish, St. Michael’s Athy, again underscore the reality that we now live in a time where aggressively anti-catholic sentiment rules the day and woe betide anyone who has the nerve to challenge the prevailing culture. A culture which claims “equality” and “tolerance” as its buzz words but in truth a culture which is dragging us back to the darkest days of intolerance and persecution. Anyone who has followed the thuggish nature of this story will see which side uses a message of hate. The intimidation which my family has experienced over the past ..read more

by Deacon Nick Donnelly The bestial murder of 86 year old Fr Jacques Hamel by Islamic State terrorists is an evil beyond the comprehension of all decent and moral people. The fact that Adel Kermiche and Abdelmalik Petitjean chose to attack a priest celebrating Mass and cut his throat as he knelt at the foot of the altar takes this act into the realm of demonic evil. Read More ..read more