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A revolution and war is coming in the Catholic Church. 

Or we don’t really believe what we profess. 

In China, the faithful smell out a phony, get up, and walk when he shows up. 

…It is true that the government gave the go ahead for these ordinations after a period of closure and it is true that Beijing is well aware and agree that these ordinations have the approval of the Holy See. The point is that now Beijing can not do otherwise, without the approval of the Holy See, a Chinese bishop can not celebrate, he is no longer respected by the faithful, if he presents himself in a church, the faithful leave.  Ma Yinglin is the very proof of this.  In his own diocese of Kunming, he has only a few dozen who follow him, most of whom are paid with money or favours to attend ceremonies…. (...

A few days ago, John posted a story about St. Joseph’s Young Adult Faith Community seeking to recruit participants for the annual Pride parade in Ottawa on August 29th.  An anonymous person from St. Joe’s parish actually posted a comment on that post claiming that homosexuality is not a sin.  This may be true for homosexual attraction, if the individual does not follow up with homosexual behaviour or lust.  But homosexual behaviour itself is a no brainer.  Feel free to join the discussion in the comments section of that post. Please be respectful.

Moreover, on the blog of St. Joseph’s Young Adult Faith Community, I’ve been trying to explain to people that Catholicism cannot endorse homosexual behaviour.  The message doesn’t seem to be getting through.   Feel free to join that discussion in the comments section ...

J’admire votre dévouement à l’Évangile de la vie.  Vous êtes un excellent pasteur pour Ottawa.  Je suis fier de vous avoir comme Archévêque. 

Je continue d’être troublé, cependant, par les actions de Développement et paix.  La semaine dernière, nous avons appris qu’une partie de l’aide envoyée par Développement et paix pour aider les sinistrés à Haïti est détournée vers des groupes pro-choix qui n’ont aucune expertise dans l’aide d’urgence: http://www.socon.ca/or_bust/?p=9100

Cela m’attriste et me décourage beaucoup.

Lors de l’Assemblée plenière du CECC en octobre dernier, je me rappelle que vous déclaré que le statu quo n’était pas une option et que des réformes s’imposaient à D&P.  Cependant, j’ai été perturbé lorsqu...

Although they do butcher the pronunciation of his name. 

Fr. Raymond Gravel of Joliette seems to have a kindred spirit in the neighbouring diocese of Trois-Rivières: a Deacon named Robert Hotte.  Deacon Hotte is also making a name for himself in the Quebec media by denouncing Catholic teaching.

Less than two weeks ago, the Quebec daily Le Nouvelliste, which is affiliated with the giant newspaper La Presse, published an article entitled A decree “worthy of the Middle-Ages”.  The quote in the title is directly from the mouth of Deacon Hotte, referring to the Vatican’s recent decision to apply automatic excommunication to anyone attempting to ordain a woman to the priesthood.  Deacon Hotte actually signed an online petition in favour of women’s ordination and called on his fellow deacons in the diocese to do the same.

Here’s a quote of Deacon Hotte in the newspaper a...

The priest in charge of St. Blaise Church in Vodnjan in Istria has expelled over 6,000 visitors in the past couple of years for inappropriate behaviour and indecent exposure.

The church – located several kilometres from Pula – is well-known for the mummified bodies of three saints and more than 350 relics, and Marijan Jelinic is committed to making sure it gets the respect it deserves.

“We remove around 2,000 tourists from the premises annually. This year, we have already expelled 1,000.” The visitors are usually “distanced” from the premises for not respecting the dress code that forbids clothing that is too short or revealing.

But some locals are unhappy about Jelinic’s methods. “It is not right. He is too strict and that makes younger people, especially, distance themselves from the church,” local resident Nevia Mirkovic said.

Jelinic earned the wrath of some locals when he kicked out a ...

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