Catholics Threaten to Crucify or Lynch Evangelicals in Mexico (via News that matters)

Wow.

About 70 Evangelicals were forced to leave the village of San Rafael in Mexico after Traditional Catholics declared they would crucify and lynch Evangelicals if they did not leave immediately. Evangelicals in neighboring states such as Puebla and Chiapas refuse to pay for and participate in Catholic Festivals in which they say consist of drunkenness and idolatry by the extreme veneration of 'Saints.' The Traditional Catholics in San Rafael mix in … Read More

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Skull of Timothy to travel from Italy to Russia (via News that matters)

Bishop De Luca to take the saint's skull to Russia for Orthodox Lent. The Roman Catholic News agency Zenit has a report about an Italian skull traveling to Russia. This is what is recorded: Paul's beloved disciple was a source of unity for Catholics and Russian Orthodox last Friday, as representatives from both Churches gathered around St. Timothy's relics in Termoli, Italy. The Orthodox delegation included Archbishop Zosimo of Elista and Bishop … Read More

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Catholic Priest: Mary Brings Catholics and Muslims Together (via News that matters)

Father Joseph Saghbini, a priest of the Greek Catholic Melkite Patriarchate of Jerusalem spoke about a December 15 conference in Damascus, sponsored by Syrian President and Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, patriarch of Antioch for the Greek Melkite Church. About 1000 participants–Muslims, Catholics and representatives from Eastern Churches, Lebanon, Jordon and Arab nations. The conference focused on building a brotherhood with Muslims and Catholic … Read More

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Abuse victims seek investigation of pope, top Vatican officials (via Suze Blog)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CNS) — Several victims of clerical sexual abuse, a U.S.-based organization for survivors and a U.S.-based human rights organization formally asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials on charges they bear a responsibility for the abuse of children by Catholic priests around the world. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and their attorneys from the … Read More

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The skull of the day (via News that matters)

More relics that are worshiped by Catholics.

The collected remains of the head of John Cassian is at best parts of a skull. This is what a website records about "Holy bones in Saint-Victor Abbey in Marseilles". Display of reliquaries containing osseous remains of early Christian saints and martyrs, including the skull of saint John Cassian (top middle), and morsels of saints Agatha, Benignus, Caesarius, Constant II, Facondi, Felicity, Fidelius, Fortunatus, Justin, and many others. Source: F … Read More

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The Relic of the day (via News that matters)

From "La Grande procession de Tournai" To carry a silver coated hand on the shoulders in Tournai in France looks a little bit odd. Also seeing the juvel stones make me thinking of a verse from both Ezekiel and the book of Revelation:  Ezekiel 28:12-14 “‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden,  the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and ja … Read More

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Book of Baruch exposes Rome as new Babylon (via News that matters)

Very interesting but we can’t forget about the same things all throughout the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. So, they can look to their added book, Baruch, and also about Jeremiah to see about idol worship in the exact same ways that they currently are doing it.

The Roman Catholic Church accepts the book of Baruch chapter 6 as inspired. But Catholics will not quote from its warnings against idolatry. The Babylonians carried their gods on their shoulders. The Roman Catholics do the same.The book of Baruch is a part of the Hebrew Bible. It bans idols covered with silver and gold, and the babylonian practice of carrying them on their shoulders. The Vatican has included verses from Baruch 6 in the catechism … Read More

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