From the SSPX website: In an interview with an independent French television station, Bishop Fellay commented on the current status of relations between Rome and the SSPX. During a 20 minute interview with TV Libertés on January 29, 2017, Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), commented on the crisis of the Church after the Second Vatican Council, the reaction of the clergy to today’s confusion, the Rosary Crusade, and Pope Francis. Bishop Fellay... Read more

From the USCCB website: On January 27, 2017, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order that, among other things: suspends issuance of visas and other immigration benefits to nationals of seven predominantly Muslim countries for 90 days; indefinitely suspends resettlement of refugees from Syria, which is also predominantly Muslim, subject to a possible exception for those who are “religious minorities” in their home countries and facing religious persecution; and suspends virtually the entire U.S. refugee resettlement program for 120... Read more

While President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court is an Episcopalian—and he attends an Episcopal church in Boulder, Colorado—Neil Gorsuch has some significant Catholic connections. To begin with, he was educated by Jesuits. Growing up, he attended Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland (“Georgetown Prep,” to those of us who grew up nearby).  He went on to study at Columbia, Harvard and Oxford. It’s at Oxford where John Allen at Crux has dug up an even more intriguing connection:  At Oxford... Read more

No one can miss the message in this artfully produced ad, released today—but be careful you don’t miss the Clydesdales, spotted briefly in the background. Read more about it here.  Read more

Wow:  A Florida priest murdered last year has appealed from beyond the grave for his alleged killer to be shown mercy. Reverend Rene Robert enshrined his opposition to the death penalty in a letter he wrote 22 years ago, in which he apparently foresaw his own killing. The Catholic priest’s note requested that whoever took his life be spared execution “no matter how heinous their crime or how much I may have suffered”. Bishops have petitioned the court to drop... Read more

This first broke in the New York Post, and has now even appeared in the U.K. From The Independent:  A CatholicPriest has suggested anyone who disagrees with US President Donald Trump should kill themselves by jumping off a tall building. Father Philip J. Pizzo shared a post on Facebook which appeared to encourage suicide, just hours after he led Sunday Mass at Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Church in New York, . “Show your hate for Trump. Do it for social justice. #JumpAgainstTrump,” said a meme he posted to his personal... Read more

Details: Charles Miller, who was charged with punching the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark during a Saturday afternoon Mass, is a former professional boxer who calls himself “The Fightin’ Preacher,” according to his Facebook profile. The 210-pound, 48-year-old South Ward man has been charged with one count of aggravated assault after delivering a blow to the face of the Most Rev. Manuel A. Cruz, who fell backwards and required medical attention after the attack. Miller will... Read more

Details:  On the evening of January 19, parishioners gathered at the doors of St. Agnes Church in San Francisco invoking a blessing and making a bold commitment to serve as a sanctuary church for the community. Give us the courage to open these doors and the doors of our hearts to all who knock and seek refuge. St. Agnes is the first U.S. Jesuit parish to publicly declare itself a sanctuary church for immigrants who may be impacted by policy... Read more

You can see the shocking video of the attack above. Details:  A 48-year-old Newark man was charged with punching an auxiliary bishop during mass at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart Saturday afternoon, officials said. The man, Charles Miller, was arrested by Essex County Sheriff’s officers and charged with assault, according to sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Lynch. The attack occurred during an event honoring baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente at the North Ward basilica. Miller got up from his pew, went... Read more