"The criminal investigation into child sexual abuse in New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese has entered a major new phase, after a judge ordered the church to turn over records to Louisiana state police showing how it responded to abuse allegations over the last several decades."
#RobSchneider, whose claim to fame is a single, mediocre skit on #SNL, is a newly-converted #Catholic, so naturally he's an unmatched expert in #Christianity whose authority is beyond reproach. It makes perfect that this objectively unfunny slug would want to make a documentary about the well-known hoax, the Shroud of Turin, to celebrate his new expertise! What bravery! 🤣
22 Apr 1618: Spanish Ambassador Gondomar reports #otd that Fray Diego de Fuente, embassy chaplain received a 'Privy Councillor of the highest rank & ability' into the #Catholic church #otd
It was Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton, diplomat & courtier (Philip Mould, private coll)
Russia's war on evangelical Christians, stunning reporting from Peter Pomerantsev
"By hurting those who practice an “American” religion," he writes, "the Kremlin can claim it is striking against American power—while picking on the powerless."
It’s important to give this situation more attention. #Russia is systematically terrorizing, persecuting, torturing, and murdering any cleric, congregation, or individual who belongs to a #Christian church not under the Moscow Patriarchate.
" The Vatican has blasted the practices of gender-affirming surgery and maternal surrogacy in a new document, declaring both are inconsistent with God's plan for human life. The Catholic Church's document puts both practices on a par with abortion and euthanasia in terms of their perceived negative impact on human dignity."
I feel like no one is addressing the elephant in the room with #Biden. We have the chance to re-elect a #Catholic for the first time. This is America's chance to address years of anti-catholic prejudice. Let's do this!
8 Apr 1608: d. Magdalen Browne [née Dacre], Viscountess Montague at Battle #otd where she had maintained a large #Catholic household ‘a Little Rome’ including three priests. Her biography - Latin, 1609, English 1627 - originated as a funeral sermon (eebo)
2 Apr 1592: Entry for the baptism in the parish register of Wing, Bucks, #otd for Robert May #cook & author. Trained in #France having entered the service of the #Catholic Dormer family, his The Accomplisht Cook was a highly influential & significant publication