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[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Müller On Francis, “Popes Can Become A Scandal”The papacy is not a secular office as if the pope were an absolutist king, Cardinal Müller said at a Mai 7 talk in Turin (SilereNonPossum.it).There is a difference between the apostles and the bishops because the apostles received God's revelation while bishops and the pope “are bound in content to the fulfilment of revelation in Scripture and apostolic Tradition.”A pope ist not allowed to promote his private friends or arbitrarily depose bishops which he personally dislikes and interfere without just cause in the ordinary pastoral office of the diocesan...

Pope: Christianity, Islam share common commitment to good lifePope Francis addresses participants at a meeting reflecting on the creative commonalities between Christianity and Islam, and he reminds all those present that the purpose of life is one and gives glory to God. By Francesca MerloAddressing participants at the VI Colloquium between the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Pope Francis encouraged each member, noting that with this being their sixth encounter, their perseverance is clear. Commonalities between religionsThe theme of the colloquium, "Creative Commonalities between Christianity and Islam", the Pope said, reflects how “each of...

Invalid "Sacraments" in RomeThe Anglican Vicar David Burrows, rector of Saint Mary's and All Saints in Elland, England, wrote on Twitter.com (April 20), that"I have said Mass publicly as a priest of the Church of England in Churches and at Altars under the direct control of the Bishop of Rome, both within the Vatican and in the City of Rome, each time, each time being given the Tabernacle key."After careful consideration, Pope Leo XIII came to the conclusion that Anglican ordinations are "utterly null and void."

[Catholic Caucus] “Mediocre Roche came in for an Apostolic Constitution, and came out with a Rescriptum — a great defeat. Francis doesn’t want to mess with the Traditional Mass anymore.”Caminante WandererArgentina, Feb. 21, 2023Today a brief rescriptum ex audiencia Sanctissimi became known. This type of document is a decision of the Roman Pontiff communicated orally to some ecclesiastic of the Roman Curia received in audience, who then leaves a written record of that oral resolution (the so-called oraculum vivae vocis), so that it is considered valid for evidentiary purposes and is also effective before third parties. In short, it is...

"Being homosexual isn’t a crime" Bergoglio "Being homosexual is not a crime, it's not a crime. yes, but it's a sin. Fine, but first let's distinguish between a sin and a crime." Those words come from a Jorge Bergoglio interview published today with the Associated Press. The AP Interview: Pope Francis: Homosexuality not a crime | AP NewsThe manipulative deceiver in the Chair of Peter is playing games here with man's law and God's law. Just as James Martin, S.J., has done in the last few days declaring that an American cabinet secretary is "married" to another man. Caesar's...

Schneider: The Pope Is The First Person Responsible For The Church's MiseryFreemasonry has infiltrated the Church, but the clergy, starting with the Pope and ending with the bishops, are to blame for the current misery.Bishop Schneider said this during an interview with @cjm-media and Gloria.tv recorded on 17 November (video below).He refers to the short pontificate of the good Hadrian VI (1522-1523), who ruled during the Reformation (Schneider: "Protestant deformation").Hadrian sent a legate to the 1523 Nuremberg Diet who everyone expected would condemn Martin Luther. But the legate named the Holy See as the main culprit in the Church's misery."That...

[Catholic Caucus] German Synodal Way designed to create ‘pressure’ on the Church, founding president saysThomas Sternberg, former president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), said the controversial process wanted to achieve changes to the Church’s teaching on homosexuality, the ordination of women, and other topics, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner. Speaking to German diocesan broadcaster Domradio on Dec. 2, Sternberg said the Synodal Way was proceeding “much more successfully than I had thought.” In light of the Vatican’s interventions against the Synodal Way, he said it had become clear “it was right not to use the...

Francis Brings His Unholy Globalist Routine to Kazakhstan “How many people, even today, lack ready access to vaccines! Let us be on their side, not on the side of those who have more and give less. Let us become prophetic and courageous voices of conscience.” (Address of Francis to the “VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions,” September 14, 2022 In his Angelus address from September 11, 2022, Francis warned us about the Kazakhstan trip he would soon take:“The day after tomorrow, I will leave for a three-day journey in Kazakhstan, where I will take part in...

[Catholic Caucus] Large Crowds March for Latin Mass in Washington DCAs many cities across the globe reel from the self harm of Latin Mass crackdowns, a group of Catholics in the Arlington and Washington DC took to the streets today to express their wish to see it restored. Carrying banners stating ‘What earlier generations held as sacred remains sacred’ and ‘Save the Traditional Mass’, the Summorum Pontificum event was intended to petition for ‘The Restoration of the Traditional Latin Mass’. Those marching said Rosaries on their route from one suppressed church to another. Speakers at the event decried the ‘rupture’...