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No group has ever spread lies or employed sophistries like MODERN FEMINIST GROUP. No group has ever spread hate between male and the female like this group. No group has ever caused dissension in families like this group. No group has ever had the highest number of brainwashed or deluded members like this group. In the quest for freedom, the modern woman has become a slave, clothed with chains forged by her own hands. It is quite exasperating, to watch Nigerian women promote these feminist initiatives sponsored by wives of politicians who occupy positions in the Nigerian government. Surely when their husbands leave the seat, so also the feminist initiatives. Who still remembers the "Better Life for Rural Women" created by Mariam Babangida in 1986, or the most recent "Women for Change" Initiative by Dame Patience Jonathan. Go to the rural areas and see the real suffering of women, such as hunger, famine, to say the least. To them, it is no longer...

It's quite unfortunate that some catholics believe that the church approved the burning of heretics. In the face of false accusations by protestants, weak catholics tend to summit to these allegations without uttering a word in defence. I've even heard a protestant say that Galileo was burnt by the Church. Of course this is false for Galileo wasn't burnt at stake. Anyway, this is a topic for another day. The following is an explanation by St. Thomas Aquinas on the Church's actions with regard to heretics. "With regard to heretics two points must be observed: One, on their own side, the other, on the side of the Church. On their own side there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death. For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life. Wherefore if forgers of  money and other evil-doers are...

I've always wondered at two things about celebrities: 1.) The common sense behind taking the shirt off while performing. Was the performance "so good" that these artistes opted to leave the stage half naked? I think not! I don't also think it is the "heat" on stage. If their song is that  "hot", let them sing with a hand fan for the sake of modesty. I pity the souls who watch them either on TV or Live on Stage. 2.)  The reason or essence of signing autographs on the skin. The anti-catholic will see nothing wrong in signing even on the forehead; but wait till he sees the ash rubbed on the forehead of a devout catholic on ash wednesday... we become pagans! I'll suspend the second and face the first. The immodest behaviours(such as taking off clothes), immodest fashions, provocative dances, are simply the demands of bad or immoral songs. A good song wouldn't entertain these unchristian acts. Watching or listening to immoral songs is bad enou...

EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS "Outside the Church No Salvation." The Church is one. There cannot be more than one true Church of Christ because the Church is Christ. Christ cannot be divided. Jesus Christ took to himself one mystical body and that is the Catholic Church. In the course of history, disputes, misunderstandings, the pride and greed of men, weaknesses and abuses within the Church itself, have resulted in the rending and tearing of the Body of Christ. Millions have been separated from the unity of the Body. These divisions, disputes, misunderstandings doesn't change the fact that Christ instituted ONE CHURCH. Therefore salvation can only be obtained from the church instituted by Christ. The idea that one sect or religion is as good as another is so absurd that I don't see why people haven't figured it out. If you believe that all sects or religions are inspired by God, then you do not only insult God's wisdom, but also hold Him responsible for al...

SACRED MUSIC Drums, Cymbals, Bells and THE MASS. In those days when I was a novus-ordo Catholic, I always felt it was wrong to play drums at "mass"( new mass). Interestingly, some co-religionists back then, shared the same view. All attempts to avoid participating in a "band mass" was simply a sad case of "the right act in a wrong church". Before going into the Church's position on these instruments as regards to the Mass, the first question is: What is Sacred Music? "Sacred music is understood as that which,  being created for the celebration of divine worship, is endowed with a certain holy sincerity of form." (St. Pius X, Motu Proprio 'Tra le sollecitudini,') In summary, Pope St. Pius X stated that a Sacred Music; 1.) Must be holy, and must therefore exclude all profanity not only in itself, but in the manner in which it is presented by those who execute it. 2.) It must be a true art, for otherwise it will be impossib...

Catholics and Images Exodus 20:4-5; "You shall not make for yourself a graven image ... thou shall not bow down to them or serve them." This issue will be addressed under the following headings; 1. Did God condemn the making of images? 2. Do Catholics adore images. 3. Is it wrong to Bow? DID GOD CONDEMN THE MAKING OF IMAGES. Certainly not. God only condemned the making of images AND adoring(worshipping) them. If he condemned the making of images, why did He instruct Moses to make a bronze serpent in Num. 21: 8 - 9; He also instructed Moses to make two cherubim of beaten Gold in Exodus 25:18 - 19. The temple was engraved with images of cherubim, trees flowers, bronze oxen, lions etc. (see 1 kings 6: 23 - 29; 1 kings 7: 25 - 45). It so unfortunate that some self-acclaimed "bible believing Christians" think Catholics outrage God by making statues or images. If they truly follow the teachings of Christ, where did Christ condemn the making of images? Do Cat...

Confession in the Bible The life of a true Catholic is a life of humility. The sight of Catholics kneeling and confessing to a Priest, appear quite annoying to some people. They argue; "Why should I confess to man, is he not a sinner like me?" "Why should he punish me in the name of penance?"   These unfortunate  souls are often the "bible addicts" who read only for self-adulation. They will realize this if they are sincere with themselves. Is the "Catholic Confession" in the Bible? The Bible teaches that the confessing of sins to a Priest is a usual requisite for obtaining forgiveness. Numbers 5 : 6 - 7; "speak unto the children of Israel. When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit ...they shall confess their sins which they  have done, etc. Proverbs 28:13 adds, "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper." A practical example is seen in 2 Samuel 12:13 when David confessed to Nathan saying, "I have si...

The Mass celebrated in Vatican II church is called the New Mass or Novus Ordo Mass. This is an invalid, non-catholic mass to say the least but before I continue , I think an "anecdote" on the new mass will be in order. On April 3, 1969, Paul VI replaced the traditional latin mass with the new mass. This mass was concocted with the assistance of six protestant namely; 1.) A. Raymond George (Methodist) 2.) Ronald Jaspar (Anglican) 3.) Massey Shepherd (Episcopalian) 4.)Friedrich Kunneth (Lutheran) 5.) Eugene Brand (Lutheran) 6.)Max Thurian One might ask, "why, protestant ministers?" The answer was given by Jean Guitton, a personal friend and confidant of Paul VI who wrote, "The intention of Pope Paul VI with regard to what is commonly called the mass, was to reform the Catholic liturgy in such a way that it should almost coincide with the protestant liturgy. There was with Pope Paul VI, an ecumenical intention to remove, or at least to relax, what was ...