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Category Archives: Church news
Bishop: No Natural Cause to Explain Weeping Statue
After the first phase of an investigation into the cause of statue of the blessed mother that has been weeping oil since May, a New Mexico bishop says they have found no natural cause to explain the phenomenon.
US Bishops Demanding Answers Are Meeting With Pope Tomorrow
The Vatican Press Office has announced that Pope Francis will meet on Thursday with American bishops who are insisting upon a full investigation of questions surrounding the sex abuse case involving Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, including what the Vatican knew and when it became aware of his abuses.
Vatican Planning “Clarification” of Alleged Abuse Cover-Up
The Holy See’s Press Office released a statement yesterday saying that the Council of Cardinals who are currently in session at the Vatican are aware that the Holy See is “about to make the eventual and necessary clarifications” concerning allegations that Pope Francis was part of a cover-up of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s history of sexual abuse.
Priest Risks Life to Save a Soul
The following story was sent to us by one of our Women of Grace facilitators. It’s a beautiful witness to the devotion and faithfulness of our priests who put themselves and, as this story illustrates, even their lives on the line every day for no other reason than to save souls for Jesus Christ.
How St. Mary MacKillop Survived a Sex Abuse Scandal
St. Mary MacKillop (Wikicommons)
No one was more familiar with the internal chaos our Church is presently experiencing than the humble St. Mary MacKillop, an Australian nun who found herself on the wrong side of Church authorities after she reported a priest for abusing children.
Good Priests Abound!
As we live through this time of crisis in the Church, when the headlines are full of the misdeeds of some of our priests and bishops, it’s easy to lose our perspective and forget that there are many more good priests than bad.
Time for Mary, Exterminator of All Heresies, to Clean House
This painting, entitled Madonna del Soccorso, painted by Francesco Melanzio in 1538-40, is said to be the original image of Mary, Destroyer of All Heresies, originated. (Wikicommons)
With our Church in crisis, her ranks infected with the filth of unchecked homosexual predation, and too many of her shepherds turning a blind eye to the subsequent abuse, it’s time to call upon the Woman whose destiny it is to crush the head of the ancient serpent who has infiltrated her sacred halls. If there was ever a time to call upon Our Lady under the little-known title of Destroyer of All Heresies, it’s now!
Combat the Crisis with Prayer!
In response to all that is being revealed in the Catholic Church at this time and drawing on the resources of the new partnership between Women of Grace® at and the Foundation for Prayer for Priests, Susan Jacobsen, New Jersey Regional Coordinator, developed the idea of an “Evening of Prayer and Reparation to our Blessed Mother.” Read the rest…
Good Advice from the Heart of a Suffering Priest
The following is a deeply personal statement written by a pastor in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and posted in the bulletin in order to give guidance to his troubled flock. In this poignant bearing of his heart, he not only gives us all good advice about how to find a way forward, but adds a new perspective to the scandal that has shaken our Church to its core.
