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[Catholic Caucus] Retreat for Gay Priests Poised to Rebuke Celibacy Promises to submit clericalism as culprit for predation RACINE, Wisc. (ChurchMilitant.com) A retreat for gay priests, bishops, religious and deacons is set to critique celibacy and defend clericalism this October. The retreat promises to question the premise that "sexual abuse of minors is attributed to the presence of a gay men [sic] in ministry." Other questions include: Is our ministry welcomed by our church?Can we feel welcomed by our church that regards a gay orientation as "intrinsically disordered"?Why am I afraid to tell you who I am?How does the outsider see the grace of...

Theologian: Amazon Synod attempting to ‘demolish’ the Church from within ROME, July 17, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Another respected theologian is sounding the alarm on the upcoming Amazon Synod, saying it is an attempt to “create another church” by “demolishing” the true Church from within. Monsignor Nicola Bux, a theologian and former consulter to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith during Benedict XVI’s pontificate, said in a recent interview that “what we are facing is an the attempt to genetically modify the Church.”  Asked why he believes the working document [Instrumentum laboris] for the upcoming synod has been so...

Exclusive Interview: Cdl. Joseph Zen Embattled Hong Kong cardinal: 'We have to defend ourselves' Christian persecution in Communist China has been on the rise as the People's Republic of China (PRC) has become increasingly antithetical to religious liberty.  The Vatican-China agreement reached in September 2018 has intensified the PRC's animosity toward the underground Catholic Church in China and left a wake of confusion for faithful Catholics in China and abroad.  Recent guidelines from the Holy See regarding Catholic clergy registering with the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, an arm of the Chinese Communist Party, has fueled confusion on top of confusion....

[Catholic Caucus] Key bishop in upcoming Amazon synod has hope for ‘at least female deacons’ July 16, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Erwin Kräutler – a member of the preparatory council of the upcoming Amazon synod and a key author of the synod's controversial working document – said he has "hope" the synod will approve the ordination of female deacons along with the priestly ordination of married men.  Kräutler made it clear in his July 14 interview with the Austrian TV channel ORF, as well as in a recent talk in Austria, that allowing women to become deacons would be...

[Catholic Caucus] Corrupt Homosexual Mafia On Bp. Arthur Serratelli's special relationship with Fr. Hernan Arias Transcript A New Jersey Catholic bishop — one of Theodore McCarrick’s creations — is protecting and promoting homosexual predator clergy and sources tell Church Militant he is lovers with one of those priests he is protecting — all part of what Abp. Viganò calls the corrupt homosexual mafia running the Church. Hello. I’m Michael Voris. Welcome to this special report, where we look into the diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, headed by Bp. Arthur Serratelli, a man whose entire career has been dogged by allegations of homosexual misconduct and who protects...

en.news 1210 hours ago [Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Müller Exposes Amazon-Party Ideology Müller analyses that the IL replaces the Bible and the Tradition with “self-referential” circling around the latest Francis documents. The Amazon is considered a “particular source of God's Revelation.” Müller calls this a “false teaching.” The IL immunizes itself by calling objections “doctrinalism,” “dogmatism,” “ritualism,” clericalism,” “thinking of the pharisees”, and “pride of reason”. Instead, it proposes “cosmovision,” “theologia indigena”, and an “eco-theology.” Müller calls it “a brainchild of social romantics.” It turns incarnation into "inculturation," by abusing a quotation, wrongly attributed to Irenaeus of Lyon. The IL...

Germany’s chief cardinal shows he can sway Pope Francis Analysis July 12, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — He is the chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, the archbishop of Munich, the head of the Vatican’s powerful Council of the Economy, and one of the group of nine advisers to Pope Francis that in many ways supersedes the curia itself — and finally, if the draft of the new apostolic constitution (Pope Francis’s new document reorganizing the curia) is finalized and promulgated, he will be made the camerlengo — a powerful position that takes charge of the Church after a pope dies or...

[Catholic Caucus] Documents. The Two Key Chapters of the Draft On Curia Reform Last July 8 Pope Francis previewed another fragment of what will be the future Vatican curia, once its new configuration definitively goes into effect.He appointed six nuns, all superiors general of their respective orders, among the members of the congregation for religious, breaking with the practice that did not allow women to be part of the curial congregations, until now made up only of bishops and cardinals, or at the most of male superiors general.Properly speaking, Francis had already made an initial rift in 2014, when...

[Catholic Caucus] De Mattei: Is the principle of legality being extinguished in the Church? Roberto de Mattei Corrispondenza Romana July 10, 201 If Pope Francis should be accused of a crime by any judge, in any part of the world, he should divest himself of his office as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and submit himself to the judgment of a court. This is the logical and necessary conclusion to the stunning decision by which the Holy See denied diplomatic immunity to the French Apostolic Nuncio, Monsignor Luigi Ventura, accused of sexual molestations. The Holy See could have...

[Catholic Caucus] RCF Investigation Leads to Lansing Priest’s Withdrawal of Faculties Lansing Bp. Boyea responds to damning litany of abuses LANSING, Mich. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Lansing's Bp. Earl Boyea announced yesterday that he is finally taking action against Fr. William Auth, O.S.F.S., following publication of an exhaustive, damning investigative report by Roman Catholic Faithful (RCF) on June 30 warning that the priest is possibly involved in a multi-million-dollar financial scam and is a threat to minor children. "Based on the concerns raised, Bishop Boyea has prohibited Reverend Auth from fundraising within the Diocese on behalf of Maya Indian Missions and has withdrawn Reverend Auth's...

[Catholic Caucus] Questioning Pope’s Prudential Judgments Isn’t Schismatic St. Paul: 'I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed' If questioning a pope's prudential judgments was schismatic, as it supposedly was for Fr. Vaughn Treco, then St. Paul would have been excommunicated. Saint Peter, or Cephas as he was called, was given a vision as recorded in chapter 10 of the Acts of the Apostles that the keeping of the Mosaic law was no longer required by God. This he taught infallibly at the Council of Jerusalem as recorded in chapter 15 of Acts. But when he went to Antioch, he ate...

Benedictine theologian calls Amazon Synod working doc ‘biodegradable Christianity’ in searing new critique ROME, July 10, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — A Benedictine theologian has joined the chorus of voices criticizing the working document of the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, calling it “biodegradable Christianity.” In an analysis published by Italian journalist Aldo Maria Valli on July 2, Dom Giulio Meiattini, a monk of the abbey of Madonna della Scala in the southern Italian province of Bari, said the Instrumentum laboris proposes and contains nothing less than a “reversal” of the “very idea of Church and Christian faith.” “The Person of Christ and His Gospel disappear; they...

[Catholic / Orthodox Caucus] Backstage. Francis’s Missing “Gift” To the Ukrainians The July 4 visit to the Vatican by Vladimir Putin, who is certainly not a friendly face for Ukrainians, cast a shadow over the meeting in Rome, over the next two days, of the synod of the Greek Catholic Church of Ukraine, with its major archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk (see photo).On July 5 Pope Francis delivered a speech to them that was very evasive on the tough questions, that is on both the ongoing military conflict and the dispute among the Churches of the Orthodox camp, both with Russia...

The Rise of the “Amazonian” Elites In his treatise The Rise and Fall of Elites, Vilfredo Pareto proffers the thesis that “The history of man is the history of the continuous replacement of elites: as one ascends, another declines.” Unduly reductive as this contention is, Pareto attunes us to the persistent presence of elites in even the most revolutionary and populist movements. Elite, here, is not uttered with ressentiment or contempt; rather, for Pareto the term names any group that possesses consolidated influence and power. It would seem that a so-called “synodal Church” would offer an egalitarian, decentralized correction to...

PopeWatch: Delusional An example of how some people view the world through fact altering goggles:In a fascinating exercise in fact-flipping, Times writer Mattia Ferraresi made the assertion Thursday that, unlike his predecessors, Pope Francis has refrained from pronouncing on political issues, leaving a vacuum that contrary voices have filled.Francis’ approach “represents a sharp break with the policies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who attempted to keep the church’s views relevant in societies, including Italy, that have grown increasingly secular,” Ferraresi declares in an article titled “How the Catholic Church Lost Italy to the Far Right.”Mr. Ferraresi makes the...

‘The Death of the True Faith’ in China Cdl. Zen's latest dubia on the Holy See's guidelines for Chinese clergy HONG KONG (ChurchMilitant.com) - Cardinal Joseph Zen has highlighted serious problems with the Holy See's new pastoral guidelines for clergy registration in Communist China. Having recently met with Pope Francis, Cdl. Zen updated his website on Monday with the full text of his dubia on the Holy See's new guidelines concerning the civil registration of the clergy in China. Zen summarizes his dubia: This document has radically turned upside what is normal and what is abnormal, what is rightful and what is pitiable. Those who...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò: Pope, Vatican Officials Covered Up Abuse Whistleblower highlights cases where abuse claims were ignored, kept under wraps VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - A high-ranking whistleblower says Pope Francis was complicit in covering up the alleged abuse of underage boys. Vatican whistleblower Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò gave an interview with The Washington Post published June 10. According to recent reporting from LifeSiteNews, The Washington Post cut out from the article a set of damning accusations against the Pope and several high-ranking prelates. When The Washington Post asked Abp. Viganò if he thinks the Vatican has made progress on the abuse crisis, he...

Priest Excommunicated, Parish Closed After Criticism of Conciliar Popes MINNEAPOLIS (ChurchMilitant.com) - A priest of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter has been excommunicated, and his parish permanently closed, months after he criticized certain actions of various popes both during and after the Second Vatican Council. On April 1, Bp. Steven J. Lopes announced he had issued a decree of excommunication against Fr. Vaughn Treco, pastor of St. Bede the Venerable in suburban Minneapolis, citing "rejection of the magisterial authority of an Ecumenical Council and a series of popes. The charge stems from a homily Fr. Treco delivered on...

8 July 2019 Rosica lives Readers will recall the splendid exposition of Bergoglianity given by Fr Thomas Rosica (some months before he felt that the disgrace of plagiarism merited early retirement). "Our Church ... is openly ruled by an individual rather than by the authority of Scripture alone or even its own dictates of tradition plus Scripture". PF himself recently reaffirmed the accuracy of Rosica's analysis. He gave away some relics of S Peter. In doing so, he explained that he himself no longer said Mass in the chapel in which they were kept. He could easily, of course, have...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Destroys Familia Christi: All But Priests Have To Leave The Order Auxiliary Bishop Daniele Libanori, 66 - the Francis’ appointed commissioner of the excellent Italian Catholic fraternity "Familia Christi" – published his verdict on the order in a June 30 decree, reports MessaInLatino.it.The commissioner ordered all postulants and novices to leave the group. The order is not allowed to welcome new vocations. The decree does not give reasons for the draconic measure amounting to the ruin of the order.Familia Christi was founded in 2014 by the now retired Ferrara Archbishop Luigi Negri.His anti-Catholic successor Giancarlo Perego immediately...