# faithful (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover faithful. Page: Feed: --- ## [Vatican Double Standard: Communists IN, Traditionalists OUT](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/vatican-double-standard-communist-bishops-sspx/) _2026-08-21 · Michael J. Matt · The Remnant Newspaper_ Why does the Vatican tolerate Communist China’s state-appointed Catholic bishops while cracking down on the SSPX and the Traditional Latin Mass? Michael Matt examines the growing double standard and the disturbing ramifications for faithful Catholics. ## [From the Guillotine to Euthanasia: How France, the Eldest Daughter of the Church, Abandoned Christ](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/france-guillotine-to-euthanasia-eldest-daughter-church/) _2026-08-20 · Angeline Tan · The Remnant Newspaper_ France was once known as the Eldest Daughter of the Church. Now it has legalized euthanasia. From the bloodshed of the French Revolution to today's culture of “death with dignity,” what happens when a civilization cuts itself loose from God? ## [Thursday - The Faithful Step \[2\]](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/thursday-the-faithful-step-2) _2026-08-19 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ The Faithful Step. ## [Francis Was a Warning: What Catholics Must Learn Before the Next Disastrous Pontificate](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/disastrous-pontificate-lessons-pope-francis-catholic-crisis/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Morrison · The Remnant Newspaper_ The Catholic response to the Francis pontificate cannot stop at cataloguing its errors. Catholics must learn how to recognize, resist, and ultimately defeat the errors that made the crisis possible. ## [Bishop Schneider on the SSPX: “The Athanasius Dilemma” Returns](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/bishop-schneider-sspx-econe-athanasius-dilemma/) _2026-08-17 · Bishop Athanasius Schneider · The Remnant Newspaper_ In his first major statement on the July 1 Écône consecrations, Bishop Athanasius Schneider reaches back to the Arian crisis and the example of St. Athanasius. He argues that the SSPX faced a tragic choice between canonical recognition and preserving what it sees as the unambiguous integrity of Catholic Faith and liturgy—and suggests that if Rome took the SSPX’s concerns seriously, it could mark… ## [Monday - Faithful Step \[2\]](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/monday-faithful-step-2) _2026-08-17 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ Your one reader... ## [Peter Kreeft on Love That Endures: “It’s as Beautiful as a Crucifix”](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/peter-kreeft-on-love-marriage-sacrifice-catholic/) _2026-08-15 · Angeline Tan · The Remnant Newspaper_ What if love is not primarily about how someone makes us feel, but about whether we are willing to give ourselves for their good? Peter Kreeft’s reflections after the death of his wife of 63 years offer a profound answer. ## [Vatican Held Secret Vote on Medjugorje Apparitions: Two-Thirds Rejected it](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/medjugorje-apparitions-secret-vatican-vote-ruini-commission/) _2026-08-15 · Gaetano Masciullo · The Remnant Newspaper_ For years, the Vatican’s investigation into Medjugorje remained shrouded in secrecy. Now, the verdict of the Ruini Commission has been disclosed: A two-thirds majority of the voters rejected the supernatural character of the apparitions, so why did the Church move toward pastoral acceptance rather than a definitive judgment? This is ultimately about discernment, obedience, Tradition... and the… ## [Thursday - The Faithful Step \[1\]](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/thursday-the-faithful-step-1) _2026-08-13 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ When Planning Becomes Procrastination ## [The End of the World and the State of Necessity: Are We Ignoring the Signs?](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/end-of-the-world-state-of-necessity/) _2026-08-13 · Robert Lazu Kmita · The Remnant Newspaper_ Christ told His disciples to watch for the signs of the end—so Catholics have a duty to contemplate the Apocalypse, the great apostasy, the Antichrist, and the “mystery of iniquity.” But do we? Perhapse the Church’s neglect of these subjects is itself a symptom of the unprecedented crisis we are living through. ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aSKnIJn0tuj9) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [The Triumph of Failure: A Forgotten Secret of Christian Sanctity](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/triumph-of-failure-jesus-christian-life/) _2026-08-12 · Robert Morrison · The Remnant Newspaper_ What if the things we call “failures” are actually among the greatest instruments God uses to sanctify us? Here's an even crazier thought: Even Our Lord’s earthly ministry appeared to end in failure by worldly standards. Yet Christ measures our lives by fidelity to His Father’s will. If we want to become saints, we must learn to do the same. ## [Monday — The Faithful Step \[1\]](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/monday-the-faithful-step-1) _2026-08-10 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ Come back to the table. Stop planning. Start (or continue) the thing. ## [Your Next Faithful Step: Come try this with me](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/your-next-faithful-step-come-try) _2026-08-10 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ A new coaching rhythm for the Christian writer who wants to keep moving forward ## [Two Popes Declare War… on Traditional Catholics](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/two-popes-declare-war-on-traditional-catholics/) _2026-08-09 · David Barton · The Remnant Newspaper_ From Francis' Traditionis Custodes to Leo XIV's SSPX excommunications, two successive pontificates have turned the Church's fiercest campaign not against secular enemies, but against Traditional Catholics themselves. Is this a pastoral correction, or an unprecedented war against the faithful? ## [Is the Catholic Church Suffering from “Spiritual AIDS”? The SSPX’s Diagnosis of the Crisis](https://www.remnantnewspaper.com/catholic-church-crisis-sspx-spiritual-aids/) _2026-08-07 · Robert Morrison · The Remnant Newspaper_ "Spiritual AIDS." That was the phrase an SSPX priest used over twenty years ago to describe the crisis in the Catholic Church. Too strong? Well, after Francis, Fiducia Supplicans, Synodality, and Leo XIV's assault on Tradition... can anyone still say the diagnosis was wrong? ## [AUGUST: A Prayerful Invitation for the Faithful Creative](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/august-a-prayerful-invitation-for) _2026-08-04 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ Journal prompts and thoughts to begin the month ## [\[13\] Hallelujah: A quiet journal](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/13-hallelujah-a-quiet-journal) _2026-07-30 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ Singing (and writing) in the middle of the storm ## [{12} Hospital](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/12-hospital) _2026-07-24 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ A sabbatical from writing... ## [\[11\] A quiet journal - storms of life](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/11-a-quiet-journal-storms-of-life) _2026-07-16 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ Writing in the margins ## [\[10\] Sabbatical: A Quiet Journal of Decisive Ponderings](https://kimsteadman.substack.com/p/10-sabbatical-a-quiet-journal-of) _2026-07-03 · Kim Steadman · The Faithful Creative by Kim Steadman_ Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/B7WXgnrmbDvd) _2026-07-03 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Charlotte Faithful Ask Bishop Martin to Practice What He Preaches](https://liturgyguy.com/2026/01/04/charlotte-faithful-ask-bishop-martin-to-practice-what-he-preaches/) _2026-01-05 · Brian Williams · liturgy guy_ The open letter below was written by a mother in the Diocese of Charlotte who attends one of the parishes impacted by Bishop Michael Martin’s liturgical agenda. It is my sincere hope that her respectful appeal finds its way to Bishop Martin and that he takes her words to heart. Merry Christmas, Bishop Martin. I \[ \] ## [Has the Time Come for an Apostolic Visitation to Charlotte?](https://liturgyguy.com/2025/12/22/has-the-time-come-for-an-apostolic-visitation-to-charlotte/) _2025-12-22 · Brian Williams · liturgy guy_ What does a new bishop do when he inherits a thriving diocese, one with beautiful, reverent, liturgies, engaged and intentional faithful, with vocations and ordinations booming? If you are Bishop Michael Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte the answer appears to be to “fix” everything that isn’t broken. Just in the first 18 months since \[ \] ## [75% of Charlotte Seminarians Come from Parishes with Altar Rails](https://liturgyguy.com/2025/11/09/75-of-charlotte-seminarians-come-from-parishes-with-altar-rails/) _2025-11-10 · Brian Williams · liturgy guy_ This weekend the faithful of Charlotte have learned that as of the 1st Sunday of Advent November 30, 2025, Bishop Michael Martin has ordered that altar rails should no longer be used for the distribution of Holy Communion in the Diocese of Charlotte. Additionally, any parishes using kneelers (or unfixed rails) must remove them. This, \[ \] ## [NEW FILM: Bread Not Stones – about the impact of Traditionis Custodes on the faithful in Charlotte](https://liturgyguy.com/2025/08/25/new-film-bread-not-stones-about-the-impact-of-traditionis-custodes-on-the-faithful-in-charlotte/) _2025-08-25 · Brian Williams · liturgy guy_ The good people at Regina Magazine (who published a collection of my essays several years ago), just released a new documentary film by Sean O’Halloran chronicling recent events in my home Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. Bread Not Stones is one of the first films to document the impact of Traditionis custodes (TC) upon a \[ \]