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[Catholic Caucus] Famous German author: ‘Every priest has the moral right to celebrate the never forbidden old rite’'The old Mass, rooted deep in the first Christian millennium, is as a matter of principle beyond the pope’s authority to prohibit. Many provisions of Pope Benedict’s motu proprio can be set aside or modified, but this magisterial decision cannot be so easily done away with.'Fri Jul 30, 2021 - 1:28 pm EDTSat Jul 31, 2021 - 1:54 am EDT July 30, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Martin Mosebach, an award-winning author and defender of the Traditional Latin Mass, has just published an essay criticizing...

Cupich and Wuerl collaborated on alternative sex abuse proposal Washington D.C., Nov 16, 2018 / 06:56 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington collaborated extensively on a recently proposed policy for handling abuse allegations against bishops, CNA has learned.Cupich submitted the plan Tuesday to leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference, proffering it as an alternative to a proposal that had been devised by conference officials and staffers.The conference’s proposed plan would have established an independent lay-led commission to investigate allegations against bishops. The Cupich-Wuerl plan would instead send allegations against bishops to be investigated...