The Fatal Fable Of A Sin-Purifying Fire
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Category: Catholicism
Ex-Lap Dancer to Perform for Church Leaders
Like a prayer: The Italian nun who spent 20 years as a lapdancer
By Nick Pisa
A lapdancer has opted for the most dramatic of ‘career’ changes and become a nun.
Anna Nobili, 38, spent 20 years performing in strip clubs across Europe.
Deciding she wanted more out of life, Miss Nobili has joined the order of the Sister Workers of the Holy House of Nazareth.
Dancer for God: Anna Nobili (pictured now) spent 20 years as a lapdancer
Early Alarm For Church On Abusers In The Clergy
New York Times
By Laurie Goodstein
April 2, 2009
The founder of a Roman Catholic religious order that ran retreat centers for troubled priests warned American bishops in forceful letters dating back to 1952 that pedophiles should be removed from the priesthood because they could not be cured. Continue reading »
‘Sexual abuse at Jesuit school wrecked my life’, claims top City lawyer in £5m High Court action
By Tom Kelly
Last updated at 1:08 AM on 24th March 2009
A former City lawyer told yesterday how he suffered years of terrifying sexual abuse by a Jesuit priest as he began a £5million compensation claim against his school. Continue reading »
Holocaust Denying Roman Catholic Bishop Restored By Former Nazi Soldier Pope Benedict Assaults Reporter On Way To UK To Pursue Dialogue Holocaust Denier
We note that holocaust denier David Irving now to meet with Williamson, was found libel and proven culpable in court where he was successfully sued on the basis of evidence from the UN, Yad V’Shem, The German Government, and The Allied Nürnberg Trials. JJP Continue reading »
For Catholics, A Door To Absolution Is Reopened
By Paul Vitello
Published: February 9, 2009
NY Times
The Same Old Unbiblical Nonsense That Provoked The Reformation – James Jacob Prasch
Women praying at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church in Forest Hills, Queens. Dioceses around the world are bringing back the indulgence, a spiritual benefit that fell out of favor decades ago.
The announcement in church bulletins and on Web sites has been greeted with enthusiasm by some and wariness by others. But mainly, it has gone over the heads of a vast generation of Roman Catholics who have no idea what it means: “Bishop Announces Plenary Indulgences.”
In recent months, dioceses around the world have been offering Catholics a spiritual benefit that fell out of favor decades ago — the indulgence, a sort of amnesty from punishment in the afterlife — and reminding them of the church’s clout in mitigating the wages of sin.
The fact that many Catholics under 50 have never sought one, and never heard of indulgences except in high school European history (Martin Luther denounced the selling of them in 1517 while igniting the Protestant Reformation), simply makes their reintroduction more urgent among church leaders bent on restoring fading traditions of penance in what they see as a self-satisfied world. Continue reading »
Table of Truth I – The Roman Catholic Church Versus The Bible
What the Catholic Church says: What the Bible says: Continue reading »
U.S. Investigates Los Angeles Archdiocese Officials
By John R Emshwiller
Wall Street Journal
Thusrday, January 29, 2009
LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities are investigating the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to see whether top church officials tried to cover up the sexual abuse of minors by priests, said a person familiar with the matter.
Cardinal Roger Mahoney
A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas and begun calling witnesses in the probe, which began late last year, said this person. The investigation is still in its early, fact-gathering stage, and it isn’t known whether any criminal charges will result. Continue reading »
Pope Removes Ban On British Holocaust Denier Bishop
ARUTZ SHEVA (Israeli National News)
By David Shammah
January 26, 2009
In a move that many Jewish community officials said would cause relations between Jews and Catholics to further deteriorate, the Vatican on Saturday lifted an excommunication ban against Bishop Richard Williamson, one of four bishops who were banned in 1988 for taking on the office of bishop against the wishes of then-Pope John Paul II. Continue reading »
Trial Set For Florida Priests Accused Of Theft
By KELLI KENNEDY
Associated Press Writer Kelli Kennedy
Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 20,2009
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Two priests who authorities say for years stole cash from their Florida church’s offering plate and hid it in the church ceiling and offshore bank accounts to pay for lavish lifestyles will soon face a judge.
Their trial is scheduled to start Wednesday in an embezzlement case authorities say could be one of the biggest to hit the U.S. Catholic Church. Continue reading »
English Paper Announces President Bush May Be Considering Catholicism
The Pope & President Bush
Vatican City, Jun 13, 2008 / 05:50 pm (CNA).- Today as President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI met at the Vatican, the English newspaper, The Telegraph reported that Bush may be considering converting to Catholicism at the end of his presidential term.
The Telegraph indicated that various Italian newspapers have been commenting on the news, especially Il Foglio.
Il Foglio explains that the circulating rumors could be correct: ‘anything is possible, especially for someone reborn like Bush.” Yet, similar to former Prime Minister Tony Blair, ‘if anything happens, it will happen after he finishes his period as president, not before. It is similar to Blair’s case, but with different circumstances.’ Continue reading »
Todd Bentley “Meet The New Thing – Same As The Old Thing”
by Mike Oppenheimer
Let Us Reason Ministries
“Will We get Fooled Again?”
The newest wandering star breaking forth on the on the Signs and wonders scene is–Todd Bentley a Canadian evangelist from Abbotsford, BC, Canada. He and his team hold crusades in over 55 nations where they say, “Thousands have been saved, healed and delivered.” Continue reading »
Answering My Critics about Mel Gibson
by Paul Proctor
While the majority of responses were favorable to my latest article entitled: Mel Gibson’s Problem Is Not Alcohol, I did take a lot of heat here on the feedback board of the Christian Worldview Network website. The majority of the criticism seemed to revolve around two comments I made early on in the piece: Continue reading »
Confession Is Good For The Soul
by Jackie Alnor
Apostasy Alert
I have a confession to make. I can’t write about Catholicism without my emotions getting stirred up. I can’t be objective about the subject – nor can I shut up about it either.
When I see Bible-believing churches adopt Roman Catholic traditions, such as the liturgical use of incense, candles, and icons, I recoil in disgust. When Roman Catholic church fathers are quoted by Protestants to prove some theological point, I roll my eyes. When I’m in a gathering of believers and we are led by the leader to recite the Lord’s Prayer in unison, Matthew 6:7 comes directly into my mind. Continue reading »
Ecumenical Meeting Marks First Time Mormons Join In Papal Gathering
By Beth Griffin
Catholic News Service
NEW YORK (CNS) — For the first time, representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints participated in a papal prayer service — and it all started over coffee.
In an interview with Catholic News Service and other reporters before the start of the ecumenical prayer service at St. Joseph’s Church in New York April 18, Father James Massa, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Ecumenical and Interrreligious Affairs, said that during a coffee break at a recent meeting a representative of the Latter-day Saints asked him if there was any possibility of their participation in the papal visit. Continue reading »
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