When Bishop Peter Baldacchino was appointed to lead the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, in May 2019, EWTN News noted a singular distinction: he was the first diocesan bishop associated with the Neocatechumenal Way to serve in a mainland U.S. diocese. That fact does not appear anywhere on the diocesan website. Nor does the website mention the movement that formed him, how it now shapes the structure of his diocesan leadership, and how it operates a seminary on diocesan grounds. A search of the … [Read more...]
Hungarian priest writes open letter in defense of Romanian Norbertine Abbot evicted by local government
The following is an open letter sent to the Lepanto Institute by Fr. Attila Bazsó-Dombi, a Hungarian Greek Catholic priest who was present on April 14 in Oradea at the eviction enforcement against Abbot Anzelm Fejes of the Norbertine Abbey of Oradea, also known as the Premonstratensian Provostry of Váradhegyfok. Fr. Attila prevented the gendarmes and police from attempting to take Abbot Anzelm from the altar during the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. READ: Romanian Gendarmes … [Read more...]
Romanian Police Enter Catholic Church During Mass to Enforce Eviction of Norbertine Abbot
Oradea, Romania // Armed Romanian gendarmes and police entered a Catholic church during the celebration of Mass on Tuesday morning, April 14, in Oradea, initiating an eviction enforcement against Abbot Anzelm Fejes, superior of the 900-year-old Norbertine Abbey of Oradea, and seizing parts of the monastic enclosure. The unconstitutional intrusion and criminal seizure of the monastery took place despite the fact that the case remains under judicial appeal and has generated statements of formal … [Read more...]
The Dutch Catholics of Francis’ Woods, Wisconsin, and the Ministry of Fr. Adrianus Godthardt, Part I
“We were thirteen families…[and] Fr. Godhart was our leader” The following is a guest submission by Dr. Daniel T. L. Moore. Striking out into new, foreign territory is a consistent theme in the Catholic life. A devout Catholic need not even walk out his own front door to encounter in his daily life territory that is unknown yet needed to be treaded upon in order to advance in his life, whether that advancement is in his spiritual, mental, or physical life. Such a thing is now uncommon in the … [Read more...]
“Cheerfully Disposed, Well Comforted, and Readily Prepared”: Devotion to the Rosary in Recusant England, Part III
The following is a guest submission by Dr. Daniel T. L. Moore. Evidence from English Catholics in Recusant England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, who were devoted to the rosary, demonstrates historian Lisa McClain’s point perfectly and how the rosary brought solace in the midst of tribulation.[1] Fr. Alexander Brian, who was arrested by Protestant authorities on April 18, 1581, experienced harsh torments in the Tower of London for his faith, not relenting to renounce his faith … [Read more...]
