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This time, it’s Lutherans heading toward oblivion, but it’s more complicated than the Church of England’s collapse. There isn’t only one Lutheran Church; in fact, there are dozens of them, resulting from schism after schism, and other reasons. There are, however, three main branches, and one of them, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA),Continue reading “On the heels of the C of E, another protestant denomination is on the way out.”

A possible addition to the Catholic Church? The Church of England is in its dying days, according to the estimable Dr David Virtue of Virtue on Line.  That said, this writer has been hearing the death knell for the C of E for as long as he can recall, so could this finally be theContinue reading “The end of the Church of England?”

A friend passed along a fine piece from the Free Press, by Madeline Kearns, with the otherwise dreadful title, How Catholicism Got Cool. The story relates the happy news that there is an increasing popularity of Catholicism among the young, resulting in a boom in adult baptisms. A couple of examples from Kearns’s report: TheContinue reading “Tales of Conversion”

Ecumenical time tunnel From LifeSite News: A Catholic parish that serves as an ecumenical parish, [St Bede’s in Williamsburg, VA] with the Episcopal (Anglican) community allowed the ‘ordination’ of a female Episcopal “priest” inside the shared worship space and then accepted her as co-pastor. Notwithstanding the bizarre event that took place in this incident, Bickerstaff assumedContinue reading “Holy Church and Episcopalians using Catholic Churches: laissez-faire”

From AOL: The FBI disseminated a document suggesting conservative Catholics are an emerging violent extremist threat far more broadly than previously known, according to materials released by Congress. . . . [N]ewly-released documents show that FBI field offices across the U.S. received a memo suggesting traditionalist Catholics may be budding extremists and that the memoContinue reading “A ridiculous anti-Catholic scandal is bigger than we thought.”

The Latin Mass group of Santa Fe, after being booted from one location to another, has at last found welcome in the historic Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Santa Fe, our nomadic existence, Deo volente, coming to an end. Thanks to the pastor and the good offices of the archbishop, our Latin MassContinue reading “A house, but not a home”

Godawful dress: If you are a Catholic, you believe in the real presence of Christ in the eucharist. In other words, Jesus is here in flesh. Can’t people do better, coming to mass in a t-shirt emblazoned with the name of a favorite ball team on it? Is it really too much effort to putContinue reading “Post-Missam Novus Ordo gripes, a continuing Sunday series (II)”

Anti-Catholicism is the last acceptable prejudice in the US and abroad (though lately, anti-semitism among the elites has been making a stylish comeback). Be as offensive as you like; trash our stand on abortion, same sex marriages, remarriage after divorce, women in the priesthood, the real presence, purgatory, etc., and you’ll have elites and academicsContinue reading “Isn’t this getting a little old?”

[Note: There is ambiguity about the accuracy of the post below. Both the governments of Egypt and Greece, as well as the monks, are insisting it is not true. Still, reliable news sources, including The Times of London, are reporting that the Egyptian government’s liquidation of St. Catherine’s Monastery is still a possibility, although it has not yetContinue reading “Egypt caves to extremist demands”