In 2016, Pope Francis declared that someone who built a border wall was “not a Christian.” In Feb. 2025, he sent a letter to the U.S. bishops, excoriating Trump for securing America’s southern border. He repeatedly insisted that welcoming any and all migrants was a Christian duty, and rejected “any measure that tacitly or explicitly identifies […]
Queen’s Former Chaplain Endorses Holocaust Denier Priest as ‘Great Scripture Scholar’
Gavin Ashenden’s damage control backfires as celebrity Catholic convert publishes conflicting messages. A Catholic podcast, co-hosted by Dr Gavin Ashenden, the ex-Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, has triggered fresh controversy after the celebrity convert to Catholicism signed a joint statement endorsing a notorious holocaust denier Catholic priest. The statement, issued by the three co-hosts of the Catholic Unscripted podcast—Gavin Ashenden, […]
Catholic Podcast Co-Hosted by Queen’s Ex-Chaplain Platforms Holocaust Denier Priest
A high-profile Catholic podcast co-hosted by celebrity Catholic convert Dr. Gavin Ashenden is stirring controversy after Ashenden’s colleague, Katherine Bennett, platformed a disgraced holocaust denier Catholic priest. Fr. James Mawdsley, who has called the Holocaust “the biggest lie in history,” claimed that the genocide of the Jews “didn’t happen” on the Catholic Unscripted podcast, posted […]
Progress: Theology Students in Oregon Can Take ‘Queer Theologies’ Instead of ‘Biblical Texts’
My latest in PJ Media is a VIP article. I am happy to be able to offer you a 5% discount on becoming a VIP member at PJ Media. Just enter the code SPENCER when you sign up here. The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire taught the ancient Greek classics in its schools for the entire thousand years-plus of […]
Canada: Mosque celebrates Eid al-Fitr in new mosque that just opened in former Catholic church
The Catholic Church loves this sort of thing, as the Catholic hierarchs think that if they sell a church that they don’t need anymore to Muslims, it remains in the family of people who worship God. And that’s heartwarming and all that, but from the Islamic point of view, taking over a church or other […]
Explosive Report Targets Catholic Antisemites
Traditionalist Catholic Candace Owens blamed for “unprecedented surge in ‘Christ is King’ chatter” The celebrity clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson has coauthored a sensational report accusing Catholic antisemites of exploiting the slogan “Christ Is King” to further their campaign of hatred against Jews. The 20-page report published last Thursday, “Thy Name in Vain: How Online […]
Nigeria: Catholic priest kidnapped and murdered in area where jihadis have been active
Israel can’t be blamed, so the international media will take little, if any, notice. “Priest Kidnapped and Slain in Kaduna State, Nigeria,” Morning Star News, March 6, 2025: ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Catholic priest was kidnapped on Tuesday night (March 4) in Kaduna state, Nigeria where Fulani herdsmen and other […]
While Pope Francis Ignores Christian Victims of Muslim Violence, He Focuses on Israel’s Putative Crimes in Gaza
The pope, who is known to phone Gaza every day — or did until his latest hospitalization — to see how the victims of what he once suggested is Israeli “genocide” are doing, is strangely silent on the massacres of Christians by Muslims. Daniel Greenfield wrote about his selective sympathy here. Greenfield notes that Pope […]
Pope Francis Ignores Jihad Massacre in Church
The pope stands up for illegal aliens and terrorists, but won’t stand up for murdered Christians. On Feb 14, 2025, Muslim terrorists kidnapped 70 Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, took them to a church, tied them up and beheaded them. Their bodies were left there to rot by the Muslim killers who […]
Cardinal Dolan Hails ‘Our Islamic Brothers and Sisters,’ Calls Ash Wednesday ‘Our Ramadan’
New in PJ Media: On Friday, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, posted on X: “Ramadan starts tomorrow! Ramadan is the season of penance for our Islamic brothers and sisters. Do they ever take it seriously! I tell you that because Ash Wednesday is coming up – that’s kind of like our Ramadan.” These generous […]