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Pope Francis compares Black Lives Matter protests to Good SamaritanThe protests frequently turned into riots, and groups affiliated with the movement have anti-Catholic positions, including on abortion.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — In an address to the Fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements on Saturday, Pope Francis advocated for the destructive “protests” which broke out in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020, describing those involved in the movement as “collective Samaritans.”The Pope’s comments came as part of a longer speech on social justice, part of which he devoted to urging “all the great pharmaceutical laboratories” to open their patents on...

Top cardinals say Pope won’t correct wayward head of German bishops: report<2h2 class="art-title">Bishop Georg Bätzing has repeatedly dissented from Church teaching, showing his openness to changes that would contradict what has been taught since biblical times.March 31, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) —The National Catholic Register (NCR) reported that Pope Francis has denied the request of two top cardinals to have the Vatican correct flagrantly heterodox statements by Bishop Georg Bätzing calling for changes to Church moral and disciplinary teaching.In the “largely overlooked interview” with the German publication Herder Korrespondenz published over the New Year and entitled “I Want Change,” Bishop Georg Bätzing,...

Cardinals Want to Correct German Bishop - Francis RefusesVatican sources told Edward Pentin (NCRegister.com, March 26) that two Cardinals wanted to summon presiding Limburg Bishop Georg Bätzing to travel to Rome after he had called in December for homosex "blessings."However, Francis refused to take any measures against Bätzing, one source told Pentin. Bätzing also revolted against the March statement of Francis' Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith against homosex "blessings."Fake laws and statements which are never enforced, are a common Vatican trick to fool the "Conservatives" who like to believe that what is written on paper constitutes reality.