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[Catholic Caucus] Pope Names Pro-LGBT Bishop a Cardinal Activists praise appointment of Abp. Matteo Zuppi to College of Cardinals VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis is elevating a leading pro-gay prelate to the College of Cardinals. In a surprise declaration on Sunday, Francis announced that 13 clerics will be raised to the rank of cardinal at an Oct. 5 consistory in Rome. Among those picked to receive a red hat is homosexualist Abp. Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, one of the pontiff's strongest allies. Inside and outside the Church, pro-LGBT activists are celebrating the news — among them, Fr. James Martin.  After...

Priest who told Christians to avoid LGBT Pride stands by message despite severe backlash PETITION: Support Canadian priest rebuked by archbishop for opposing LGBT Pride. Sign the petition here. PICTON, Ontario, June 17, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A Catholic priest who told his parishioners last week that they should “not attend” pro-homosexual pride events in June is standing by his message despite pushback from LGBT activists and even his own archbishop.  LGBT activists demonstrating outside St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Picton, Ontario, Sunday, June 16, 2019. Jeff Gunnarson Fr. Robert Chisholm of St. Gregory the Great Parish in Picton, Ontario...

Pope Francis made global news in 2016 with a high-level document on family life meant to bring the church into modern times. It emphasized the need for priests to welcome divorced Catholics who remarry outside the church and many others in what the church calls “irregular situations.”Francis fans cheered his emphasis on inclusion. Critics rued his lack of clarity.Two years later, Washington’s archbishop, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, has released one of the most comprehensive responses from a Catholic leader on how to implement the pope’s more lofty and theoretical document.Like the pope’s, Wuerl’s document sidesteps giving a specific answer to the...

Monday, May 22, 2017 Cardinal Designate Omella Hosted Symposium on Accompaniment - "Populism must be dismantled" Archbishop Juan Jose Omella and Pope Francis Archbishop of Barcelona, Juan Jose Omella, one of the five new cardinals-to-be, chosen yesterday by Pope Francis, recently hosted a symposium on "accompaniment." Omella defined it as "being open to new horizons, proposals and ways to explore." Omella also declared: "Populism must be dismantled."  From the Spanish journal, Alpha y Omega, March 28, 2017 (cleaned up Google translation): Cañizares and Omella: "Populism must be dismantled" A meeting in Barcelona organized by the Council of European Episcopal Conferences...