http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org Defending the Truth in a Hostile Environment Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:46:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/12/03/pakistani-court-no-pardon-for-christian-woman-sentenced-to-death/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/12/03/pakistani-court-no-pardon-for-christian-woman-sentenced-to-death/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:45:41 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=67 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/12/03/pakistani-court-no-pardon-for-christian-woman-sentenced-to-death/feed/ 0 Persecution in action. Pakistani court: No pardon for Christian woman sentenced to death December 01, 2010 The Lahore High Court has ruled that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari cannot pardon Asia Bibi, the 45-year-old Christian mother of five whose death sentence on blasphemy charges has provoked an international outcry. The president is disputing the ruling ... http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/12/02/report-shows-christianity-is-the-most-persecuted-religion-in-the-world/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/12/02/report-shows-christianity-is-the-most-persecuted-religion-in-the-world/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:10:10 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=63 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/12/02/report-shows-christianity-is-the-most-persecuted-religion-in-the-world/feed/ 0 Report shows Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world. This should be no surprise. The largest persecutors are the atheist oriented governments, those being communists. Nations with large Islamic presence also rank highly. http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/11/24/vigilanti-cura-on-motion-pictures/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/11/24/vigilanti-cura-on-motion-pictures/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:53:46 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=58 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/11/24/vigilanti-cura-on-motion-pictures/feed/ 0 Pope Pius XI saw the influence of the young media at his time, the motion picture, and how it affects moral behavior. With the pervasive multimedia of today, how much more important are the principles described herein regarding morality. ON MOTION PICTURES Vigilanti Cura Encyclical of Pope Pius XI promulgated on June 29, 1936. INTRODUCTION ... http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/11/14/a-fatherly-bishop-defending-his-priest-sons/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/11/14/a-fatherly-bishop-defending-his-priest-sons/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:40:48 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=52 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/11/14/a-fatherly-bishop-defending-his-priest-sons/feed/ 0 The following letter is from Bishop Morlino (of the diocese of Madison, Wisconsin) in response to various claims made by certain modernist oriented parishioners. It is a good example of a fatherly bishop defending his priest sons against rumor, gossip and calumny, as well as against the false “spirit of Vatican II”. It was posted ... http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/31/scientific-achievement-must-aim-at-the-true-good-of-man/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/31/scientific-achievement-must-aim-at-the-true-good-of-man/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:31:06 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=49 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/31/scientific-achievement-must-aim-at-the-true-good-of-man/feed/ 0 SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT MUST AIM AT THE TRUE GOOD OF MAN VATICAN CITY, 28 OCT 2010 (VIS) – The Holy Father today received participants in the plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, who have been meeting to reflect on the theme: “The Scientific Legacy of the Twentieth Century”. Addressing the group in English, the ... http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/31/church-teaches-man-his-dignity-as-a-child-of-god/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/31/church-teaches-man-his-dignity-as-a-child-of-god/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:28:29 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=47 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/31/church-teaches-man-his-dignity-as-a-child-of-god/feed/ 0 BRAZIL: CHURCH TEACHES MAN HIS DIGNITY AS CHILD OF GOD VATICAN CITY, 28 OCT 2010 (VIS) – Prelates from the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Northeast region 5) who have just complete their five-yearly “ad limina” visit were received this morning by the Holy Father. “I wish to speak to you today”, the Pope ... http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/25/the-battle-to-be-chaste/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/25/the-battle-to-be-chaste/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:53:18 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=45 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/25/the-battle-to-be-chaste/feed/ 0 Fr. James Farfaglia explains sexual morality in the talk The Battle to be Chaste. Purity is definitely counter-cultural in today’s self-gratification culture, the culture of death. http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/25/spiritual-warfare-undeniable-reality/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/25/spiritual-warfare-undeniable-reality/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:38:28 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=40 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/25/spiritual-warfare-undeniable-reality/feed/ 0 A short clip on Spiritual Warfare: Undeniable Reality by Fr. John Corapi. http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/25/33/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/25/33/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:43:30 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=33 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/25/33/feed/ 0 Pope Benedict XVI highlights the need of Christian witness in the world, even when the environment may not be open to the Gospel. He highlighted this in a speech to the Bishop’s Synod for the Middle East. The emphasis is ours. WE MUST NEVER RESIGN OURSELVES TO THE ABSENCE OF PEACE VATICAN CITY, 24 OCT ... http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/23/pope-benedict-xvi-hyde-park-england-vigil-address/ http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/23/pope-benedict-xvi-hyde-park-england-vigil-address/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:25:33 +0000 churchmilitant http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/?p=30 http://churchmilitant.knightsoflasalette.org/2010/10/23/pope-benedict-xvi-hyde-park-england-vigil-address/feed/ 0 In our own time, the price to be paid for fidelity to the Gospel is no longer being hanged, drawn and quartered but it often involves being dismissed out of hand, ridiculed or parodied. And yet, the Church cannot withdraw from the task of proclaiming Christ and his Gospel as saving truth, the source of our ultimate happiness as individuals and as the foundation of a just and humane society.