FaithfulHistorian

Hebrews 12:7, Gen Z Catholic

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Well, another Cardinal has come out with a, shall we say, puzzling take on evangelization.

A few years ago, Cardinal Américo Aguiar, at the time auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, said that he and the other organizers of World Youth Day in his hometown had no interest in converting anyone to Christ.

Now Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algeria has opined that “the Church is not there to convert” and “Christians should approach other religions through fraternity rather than seeking conversions.”

Excuse me, but…what?

Last time I checked, the Founder said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Sure sounds like conversion to me.

When St. Paul came to Corinth or Athens or Thessalonica, his purpose was not to listen or to form a discussion group but rather to declare an unnerving message: the euangelion (glad tidings) that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.

So impassioned is he for this work that he says, “I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:22); and “If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:16)!

Moreover, the entire thrust of the Second Vatican Council was toward bringing the Light of Christ to the peoples of the world (Lumen Gentium). And this missionary élan has given rise in the last few decades to the idea of a “new evangelization,” which is to say, a fresh declaration of the Lordship of Christ.

Quite obviously, no one thinks that this work of evangelization should be done in a brow-beating, overbearing, or disrespectful manner (proselytization), but for God’s sake, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

If I really thought that the Church does not exist to bring people to Christ, then I would resign and get an honest job.

[FaithfulHistorian @HalfGoblinRC]

@adamtaggart How many children were aborted in the USA alone? They don’t count?. How many girls/boys lives are ruined by “xxx industries”. You’ll find a regime built solely on economic policy will tend to do that.

Capitalism by nature =/= soup kitchens/charities

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

[FaithfulHistorian @HalfGoblinRC]

@_quodvultdeus Get involved in your parish and fix the Church from inside you weenie

[FaithfulHistorian @HalfGoblinRC]

@CoreyJMahler Thank you this is fantastic

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

What an appalling speech the Mayor of New York delivered for the 250th anniversary of the nation.

Sadly, it reflects the view of America propagated for years by Howard Zinn and his like-minded colleagues in the universities and believed by armies of the young: a dark, oppressive country where common people are denigrated by tyrants and oligarchs, where immigrants are treated with contempt, where those with “soft hands” hold the wealth created by those with dirty hands.

No sensible person would claim that our country is without flaws, but the relentlessly negative picture painted by Mayor Mamdani is just absurd.

And it is the fruit of the Marxism that, sadly, is all the rage today.

[Ian Carroll @IanCarrollShow]

“What did you expect would happen”

Didn’t expect the entire global Jewish community to try to destroy his life and the founder of Palantir to dox him and then the entire mainstream media to write hit pieces about him

Because it’s just an antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jews all work together and run the media. Right?

Lack of self awareness all time high.

After this who in their right mind would ever want to work for a Jew?

[AF Post @AFpost]

In a tip submitted by an AF Post viewer, Pope Leo XIV urges Cameroonian students not to leave their country. Instead, the Pope suggests they improve their own country.

The clip contradicts claims that the Pope is pro “open borders.”

Follow: @AFpost

[Classical Theist ✠ @ClassicalTheis]

You were President while they were arresting those priests and locking down churches during COVID and did NOTHING to stop it

[Confident.Faith @FidensFides]

Lutheran Lectionary for 03 April 2026 (Good Friday)

Readings

Isaiah 52:13—53:12

Psalm 22

Psalm 31

Hebrews 4:14–16—5:7–9

John 18:1—19:42

https://t.co/Y0dNFRLxFH

[Corey J. Mahler @CoreyJMahler]

In 1475, the Jews murdered Simon of Trent, who was 2 at the time of his death.

The Jews kidnapped, tortured, and murdered him, and consumed his blood during their Passover, as is their custom, which continues to this day.

Simon of Trent is, perhaps, the most famous instance of Jewish ritual murder, but he is, as already demonstrated, far from the only one. Simon was kidnapped from his family home on Maundy Thursday, murdered by the Jews on Good Friday or Holy Saturday, and his body was discovered on Easter Sunday — all of these dates fell within the Jewish Passover week.

Just prior to these events, a Franciscan preacher had warned the city about the wickedness of the Jews and their custom of murdering Christian children. Simon’s body was found under the house of a Jewish moneylender named Samuel.

Prince Johannes Hinderbach ordered the entire Jewish community of Trent arrested. Some of the Jews confessed, and some committed suicide while in custody to avoid punishment. Several of the Jews were executed by burning at the stake for the crime.

The trial was extensively documented (and such documents still exist). Simon was recognized by the Roman Catholic church as a saint.

[Carrie Prejean Boller @CarriePrejean1]

Can you even imagine this? a Religious Liberty Commission prepared to fire a commissioner for her Catholic faith? If that happens, it proves their mission was never religious liberty, but a Zionist agenda. I refuse to resign.

[Foster @foster_type]

Fascinating new scholarship on Josephus and the historical Jesus. Especially that Josephus might have *actually known* the men who turned Jesus over to Pilate. Kind of wild that some of these leads hadn't been chased down before.

https://t.co/p3HtUiOFAn

[Harrison H. Smith ✞ @HarrisonHSmith]

I might get killed for posting this, the least you could do is watch it.

[Uncommon Sense @Uncommonsince76]

If y’all think the Epstein files are crazy, wait till you find out the holocaust is fake.

[Our Own Nation @OurOwnNation]

These documents aren’t “boring”, they aren’t “about Trump”, and they don’t prove that the right wing was created by Epstein, what they prove is that Jewish oligarchs influence every major financial and political move we see. #USA

[FaithfulHistorian @HalfGoblinRC]

@CoreyJMahler God gave us wicked vile enemies, our inaction is our own punishment