LA Catholic ed conference speakers: Let two boys go to prom together

March 26, 2018 (Joseph Sciambra) – On March 18, 2018, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, during its annual Religious Education Congress, offered the following workshop: “Teaching Mercy: Accompanying LGBT Students.” The workshop focused on helping “educators discern a merciful balance between teaching doctrine and offering pastoral care as they accompany LGBT students through journeys of self-discovery and self-acceptance.” The presenters were Fr. Chris Ponnet (pictured above), Arthur Fitzmaurice, and Ish Ruiz. Ponnet was ordained in 1983 and serves as “spiritual director” for the Archdiocese's Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Persons (CMLGP). Following the 2016 Congress, after a same-sex couple […]
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The trouble in the Vatican should concern non-Catholics too

When LifeSite co-founded the Rome Life Forum five years ago, none of us expected the incredible response and impact this event has experienced from the outset. Thanks to the prayer and work of our Voice of the Family partners, the Rome Life Forum has become one of the most important conferences for the pro-life and pro-family movement of the year! This year promises to be a historic event, exerting a positive influence within the Catholic Church, now facing the daily, relentless penetration of heterodox ideas challenging magisterial truth and established pastoral practices, proven over millennia.    But before I share […]
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Former Pope Francis supporter pens new book calling pontiff a ‘lost shepherd’

March 9, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A respected Catholic commentator and former Pope-Francis supporter has penned a book outlining how the pontiff has become a “lost shepherd” who is “leading the Church away from the ancient sources of the faith.”  Catholic World News Editor and founder Phillip Lawler’s book Lost Shepherd was released two weeks prior to the 5th anniversary (March 13) of Pope Francis’ election to the chair of Peter.  “Faithful Catholics are beginning to realize it’s not their imagination. Pope Francis has led them on a journey from joy to unease to alarm and even a sense of betrayal. […]
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LGBT activists are labeling the Oscars a huge victory, but most Americans aren’t watching

HOLLYWOOD, California, March 5, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – After months of endless, unsurprising news about sexual predation, pedophilia, and perfidy in Hollywood, the American public has lost interest in the self-congratulatory Academy Awards telecast.   The number of Oscar Awards viewers plummeted precipitously, dropping a whopping 16 percent from last year. While the American public is disinterested in actors moralizing acceptance speeches – and industry execs are troubled, if not panicked, over declining numbers – one group couldn’t be happier. The gay/transgender world is giddy because it perceives some of the awards handed out last night to be victories for the homosexual […]
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She was raped at 13 and told to kill her son. She didn’t.

March 5, 2018 (Live Action News) – At just thirteen years old, Kali was assaulted by a stranger. The rape left her feeling so scared and ashamed that she didn't tell anyone what had happened to her. After losing twenty pounds and becoming ill from the stress of the assault, she discovered she was pregnant, and her entire world was altered once again. Yet despite pressure to abort her child, she stood firm in her decision to give birth to him and raise him at just 14 years old. “I let it all out when I knew that I was […]
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Full statement of UK Catholic confraternity of clergy on ‘gender ideology’

Statement on the challenges posed by ‘Gender Ideology’ by the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy – British Province of Pope St. Gregory the Great In recent times, the advance of ‘gender ideology’ has become impossible to ignore. Both Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis have several times addressed this troubling phenomenon. As Catholic priests and deacons, we are very aware of the impact this agenda is having in our own communities. Increasingly we meet individuals in our parishes unable to accept the sex in which they were born. Often they believe they must ‘change’ their sex in order to find […]
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