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[Catholic Caucus] FULL STORY: Here’s why Bishop Strickland was canceledOn this episode of The John Henry Westen Show, Deacon Keith Fournier joins me to discuss his time working with Bishop Joseph Strickland in the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, what led to Strickland’s removal, the controversy surrounding canceled clergy, and more. I asked Deacon Keith about his time working with Bishop Strickland in the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, and what he experienced working with him. Deacon Keith recalled how he had been working as a dean of an online Catholic school and in ministry when someone sent him Strickland’s Constitution on...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland: St. Pius X was a holy, wise pope who upheld the deposit of faithOn this week’s episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland discusses Christ’s presence in the Holy Eucharist, why women should veil in church, the need to reflect on the sanctity and wisdom of Pope St. Pius X, and more.On this week’s two-part episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland discusses Christ’s presence in the Holy Eucharist, why women should veil in church, turning away from serious sin to repel demons, the need to reflect on the sanctity and wisdom...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland: Catholics cannot support Democrats because they are the ‘party of death’On this week’s two-part episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland discusses not living like the scribes and Pharisees, the evils of the Democrat Party, apostasy 'at the top' of the Church, and more.On this week’s two-part episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland discusses not living like the scribes and Pharisees, the evils of the Democrat Party, the importance of the Akita message for our times, apostasy “at the top” of the Church, and more.Host Terry Barber begins Part 1 of...

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) argued that Republicans tried to say that 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris “was a failed border czar, when, in fact, people coming over the southern border [have] decreased by 50% through President Biden’s executive order.” And “if anyone’s going to have responsibility” for the border, “it lands solely with Donald Trump.” Strickland said, “So, remember, when Vice President Harris was announced as the person that President Biden supports, the attacks started immediately. First, they tried to say she was a failed border czar, when, in...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland: We must remain anchored to Jesus against the evil infiltrating the ChurchDespite evil infiltrating the Church in the form of abuses and betrayal, the faithful must recognize the Church’s divine establishment, remaining One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic.(Bishop Strickland’s Substack) — “Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith! We will be true to thee till death.” This hymn, written in honor of Catholics martyred during the time of Henry VIII in England, reminds us that we must continue to stand strong on the firm foundation of our Catholic faith, regardless of the evil that has infiltrated the Church.This...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland calls for instant removal of all Rupnik art after Lourdes’ bishop delaysUrging the removal of all displayed artwork by alleged serial abuser Fr. Rupnik, Bishop Strickland wrote, 'There should be no delay, no debate, no consideration, no compromise.'LOURDES, France (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Strickland has called for the immediate removal of all images by Father Marko Rupnik from “all Catholic sites,” days after the Bishop of Lourdes shied away from removing the mosaics at the shrine due to “real opposition.”In a social media post July 4, Strickland issued a call for the instant removal of all...

There is never a dull moment when Sean Strickland has a microphone in his handIn yet another example of how CTE can damage your brain, UFC middleweight Sean Strickland came after Tom Brady this time with a homophobic tirade through at a press conference. Strickland is about to fight Paulo Costa in next Saturday's UFC 302 and someone asked him about the Tom Brady comedy roast and how he handled the jokes after the show. Needless to say, an attack like what follow is always expected of a man like Sean Strickland. There is never a dull moment when Sean...

[Catholic Caucus] The Whisky Priest and Jairus’ DaughtersBefore the start of Mass in a Mexican town last week, a wounded American bishop looked into a sea of teenage girls who had, he’d been told, been hurt in inhumane ways. Three thousand or so girls stood before him at Villa de Las Niñas in blue skirts, white blouses, bobby socks, and black saddle shoes. These were Mexico’s bullied ones from Guerrero, Oaxaca, Durango, Veracruz, Puebla, Jalisco, and numberless other poor villages. In the silence of the mammoth gymnasium, the wounded looked into the eyes of the wounded. Sorrow wrung the bishop’s...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland pens open letter to Pope Francis pleading for him to ‘return to Christ’'Let us resist the voices that too often come even from within the Church herself, calling us to abandon the truth that Jesus Christ proclaimed.'The following is the full text of a February 29 priestly letter written by Bishop Emeritus of Tyler, Texas, Joseph Strickland.My Dear Brother Bishops, I am compelled to speak to all of my brother bishops around the world, including Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome. In many ways, I am the least among you, but I share with you the anointing...

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This is UFC Middleweight Champion Sean Strickland. Sean has a blackbelt in telling journalists to get rekt, which he'll demonstrate in this next clip. Here a fake sports journalist asks him about his previous comments on the LGBTQIA+ community, and Strickland comes with the full TKO. I'll quote Strickland below for those of you who don't want to hear 84,000 F-bombs. [Warning: Language, lots of language] VIDEO AT LINK............. Reporter: We've got a pretty supportive gay and lesbian community in this city. I did want to ask you about something you wrote a couple years ago. You said, "if I...

[Catholic Caucus] When “Inclusive Accompaniment” Means Police BrutalityProbably everyone reading this knows by now that Pope Francis has been very tough on Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, removing him from his see without due canonical process. The main reason, it seems, is that Strickland has outspokenly criticized the constant stream of doctrinal and disciplinary novelties that have marked the present pontificate. And if you read on, you’ll see here that this intolerant crackdown is now extending even to the bishop’s supporters.Is there a touch of paranoia here? The incident described below I think reveals the depth of the enmity...

[Catholic/Orthodox Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Don’t blame young if they turn to tradition in age of confusion, says SchneiderWhenever one prepares to meet people of high moral stature or rank, there is always a temptation to consider them also in physically grandiose terms. Britain was fooled by the media into thinking the late Pope Benedict XVI was the “Panzer Kardinal”, or “God’s Rottweiler”, and expected a personality to match only to discover, during his 2010 visit to the UK, a man whose gentleness and shyness served to conceal the inner steel of fidelity to the Gospel and a clarity of thought sharper...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Strickland sacking signals ‘internal persecution of faithful Catholics’An “internal persecution” of faithful Catholics is under way in the Church, a bishop has said.Bishop Athanasius Schneider said the sacking of the Rt Rev. Joseph Strickland as Bishop of Tyler, Texas, represented a particularly unjust exercise of authority against a faithful and conscientious Church leader.“This will go down in history as a great injustice against a bishop who did only his task in a time of confusion,” said Bishop Schneider in an exclusive interview with the Catholic Herald in Cambridge.“Now it is silenced, this voice,” the bishop said. “That...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland: My refusal to cancel the Latin Mass is one of the reasons I was removedIn an open letter to the faithful, Bishop Strickland spoke about his removal from the Diocese of Tyler and urged Catholics to 'stand resolutely at the cross' while the Church 'undergoes her Passion.'Bishop Joseph Strickland issued an open letter to the faithful on Monday, November 27, 2023. Below is the full text.An Open Letter to the Faithful from Bishop Joseph E. Strickland:As I am sure you have heard by now, I have been removed as Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler. I...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland responds to accusations of diocesan mismanagement that led to his removalOn this week’s episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland tells his side of the story in response to the accusations of mismanagement surrounding his dismissal as bishop of Tyler, Texas.On this week’s episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland addresses the allegations of mismanagement surrounding his dismissal as bishop of Tyler, Texas, discusses the concept of reverence, and offers brief commentary on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) meeting in Baltimore that took place earlier this month. Strickland begins...

You might be thinking this article’s headline is the start of a bad joke. You’d be right, except it’s no laughing matter. It seems a day doesn’t go by without hearing about someone who’s being attacked for saying things everyone knows are true, and this past week showed just how widespread this cancer has become, as each of these individuals or entities has tried to silence their critics for doing just that. Bishop Joseph Strickland from his post overseeing the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, ostensibly for his poor governance of the diocese but more likely for his frequent use of...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis’ removal of Bishop Strickland reveals a Church in serious crisisJoin Jack Maxey, Father Charles Murr, John-Henry Westen, and Liz Yore on this special episode of Faith & Reason coming from Baltimore. Jack Maxey, Father Charles Murr, John-Henry Westen and Liz Yore return for this week’s episode of Faith & Reason, where they discuss Bishop Joseph Strickland’s dismissal, the death of Indi Gregory, the Vatican’s China deal, and more. Last weekend, Pope Francis deposed Bishop Joseph Strickland as bishop of Tyler, Texas, a post he held for 11 years. While Strickland told Westen hours after his removal...

[Catholic Caucus] In Defense of Bishop StricklandEmail from a Catholic Monitor reader: In Defense of Bishop StricklandThought you would appreciate this...To Whom It May Concern:Our apostles also knew, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that there would be strife on account of the office of the episcopate. For this reason, therefore, inasmuch as they had obtained a perfect fore-knowledge of this, they appointed those [ministers] already mentioned, and afterwards gave instructions, that when these should fall asleep, other approved men should succeed them in their ministry. We are of opinion, therefore, that those appointed by them, or afterwards by other eminent...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Aguer of Argentina expresses his ‘solidarity’ with Bishop Strickland after removalIn a Tuesday morning statement, Archbishop Emeritus Hector Aguer called Bishop Strickland's deposition 'another 'feat' of the absolute papal monarchy.'Argentina’s Archbishop Hector Aguer has spoken out in support of Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, after his removal by Pope Francis on November 11.In a Tuesday morning statement, the archbishop emeritus of La Plata called Strickland’s deposition “another ‘feat’ of the absolute papal monarchy.”“I wish to express my solidarity with Bishop Strickland, to whom I promise my poor prayers for his future status as a ‘canceled’ bishop...