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Sister Dottie Almoney is the new Directing Deaconess of the Deaconess Community of the ELCA. Before this, however, she spent more than two decades on staff at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, working in various capacities and, most recently as the Director of Education & Outreach. Preaching her final sermon at St. Peters, she took her church to task for their wayward ways, blasting them for being a bunch of backstabbing gossipers who were seemingly complaining about her progressive theology. Notably, she tells congregants that if they are so uncomfortable with the ELCA and their views on social policies, it is...

California state Sen. Scott Wiener on Thursday announced a new bill that would protect the state’s transgender community and strengthen a preexisting law that declared California a transgender “state of refuge.” Wiener, D-San Francisco, said in a press release that the bill is a direct result of President Donald Trump’s “disgusting efforts” to “demoniz(e) our transgender neighbors.”

... In a podcast interview with US chat show host Joe Rogan, Mr Gibson explained his scepticism about reforms of the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s by saying: “We’ve got a pope that brought a South American idol into the church to worship.” He said a religious ceremony was performed in the presence of the idol which, he said, “constitutes an apostasy”. “It’s a falling away,” he explained at about half an hour into the two-hour interview. “The very nature of apostasy is that you have to be part of it to fall away from it. It’s an inside...

Chapter 5: One, Holy, Catholic, ApostolicRead the IntroductionRead chapter 1: Equally Valid and HolyRead chapter 2: the New MassRead chapter 3: LatinRead chapter 4: Practice & BeliefEvery Sunday at Mass, we recite in the Nicene Creed, “Credo … unam, sanctam, cathólicam et apostólicam Ecclésiam” (I believe in one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church). We call these the Four Marks of the Church, that is, given and known signs by which the Church can be distinguished from all other religions or denominations.[1] Each mark is like a trademark “that is used to distinguish the article bearing it,” in this case the...

[Catholic Caucus] Pius XII’s Fatima vision and the widespread apostasy we see todayWhen explaining what his 1954 vision of Fatima’s miracle of the sun meant, Pope Pius XII replied with one word: apostasy.On a recent episode of Faith & Reason, Fr. Charles Murr told John-Henry Westen about Pope Pius XII’s vision of Fatima’s miracle of the sun. As Fr. Murr recounted, Pius XII had the vision while walking in the Vatican gardens in 1954. When asked what it meant, the pope replied with one word: apostasy. Pope Pius XII was not the only high-ranking cleric to use the word “apostasy”...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Burke: Synodality is not a ‘mark of the Church,’ final proposals are ‘dangerous’In response to the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Raymond burke said Catholics 'should be devoting our energy to the proclamation of the truth about human life, about human nature, human sexuality, marriage, the family, religious freedom.'Cardinal Raymond Burke has stated that the proposals of the Synod on Synodality’s final document are “extremely troublesome and dangerous.”In a World Over interview with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo October 31, Burke opined briefly on the final text which has emerged from the recently concluded Synod on Synodality.READ: Synod final text...

[Catholic Caucus] Synodality—and ‘controversial’ issues—are here to stay: Takeaways from the Synod’s final documentWe have completed our work as synod delegates and have, with the approval of the Holy Father, published our final document: “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission.” This is the fruit not only of our prayer, dialogue and discernment over these past two years in Rome, but even more importantly, reflective of the broad consultation that began in 2021 with the People of God in every diocese in the world. What are the highlights of this document? As I see it, they are as follows:1....

What are the consequences of Francis's Theology? - an in-depth personal analysis, by Dr. John LamontAt least since the Synod of the Family in 2014, much concern has been expressed about words and actions of Francis that do not seem compatible with the Catholic faith. These words and actions have been exhaustively examined and discussed. This process of examination and discussion has been taken as far as it can usefully go. It is now imperative to consider the consequences of these words and actions for Francis and for the Catholic Church. These consequences depend on whether or not Francis must...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Archbishop Viganò’s reaction to the Synod: ‘Whore of Babylon’Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has warned that the Synod on Synodality is a vehicle for the ‘globalist agenda,’ supplanting the Catholic Church with ‘the Whore of Babylon that is subservient to the New World Order.’Editor’s note: Below follows a short reflection from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò following the close of Pope Francis’ multi-year Synod on Synodality.(LifeSiteNews) — The “Synod on Synodality” that has just concluded is a perfect icon of the duplicitous and fraudulent nature of the conciliar and synodal church.The usual promotion of the globalist agenda is all...

For years, North Point Community Church, led by Andy Stanley, has been partnering with and promoting affirming LGBTQ+ organizations when desperate parents come to see them for help with their struggling gay children, all done through their Parent Connect Ministry. Parent Connect is (was formerly?) led by Amy Blakeslee, an openly affirming queer woman, and is overseen by Debbie Causey, a gay-affirming, long-tenured pastor at North Point Community Church and the director of their Care network of ministries. Causey is also a board member at Renovus, a pro-LGBTQ+ activist and advocacy group led by many leaders within North Point church...

Synod cardinal says the Catholic Church needs to be ‘further enriched’ by ‘other churches’Cardinal Kurt Koch confirmed to LifeSiteNews that study on the role of the pope continues, as the implementation of synodality and ecumenism could change the manner of how the papacy is understood and exercized.The prefect of the Vatican’s office for ecumenical relations with other Christians confirmed the fundamentally ecumenical nature of the Synod on Synodality today, while also telling LifeSiteNews that a study about how the role of the papacy could change in light of ecumenism and synodality continues.At a synod press briefing focused on the theme...

[Catholic Caucus] A Time of Trial and SiftingPublished in our May 2015 issue, these extracts from "The Present Crisis of the Holy See Tested By Prophecy: Four Lectures" (1861) are more timely, helpful, and sobering by the month and year. A Time of Trial and SiftingCARDINAL MANNINGWe have here (in St. Paul's forewarning in II Thess. 2: 1-4) a prophecy of four great facts: first, of a revolt, which shall precede the second coming of our Lord; secondly, of the manifestation of one who is called “the wicked one;” thirdly, of a hindrance, which restrains his manifestation; and lastly, of...

[Catholic Caucus] A Profession of Faith in a Time of ApostacyProfession of Faith in Jesus Christ and His Church as the only path to God and to eternal salvationWe unshakably believe and profess what the ordinary and universal Magisterium of the Church has continuously and infallibly taught since the time of the Apostles, namely,That faith in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Son of God and only Savior of mankind, is the only religion willed by God.After the institution of the new and everlasting Covenant in Jesus Christ, no one may be saved by adherence to the teachings and practices of non-Christian...

[Catholic Caucus] Chatgpt's disturbing "prophecy" of a pontificate in the hands of SatanThe following article originally appeared in Spanish at InfoVaticana.New technologies and artificial intelligence are here to stayFaced with the lack of regulation and control, there are more and more voices calling for greater regulation and education on everything that concerns the various artificial intelligence tools that threaten to replace man in many tasks.Chatgpt is one of the first tools to be born as a result of artificial intelligence. This kind of 'human brain' is a useful tool for many people in their daily lives. To test this tool,...

[Catholic Caucus] Prof. de Mattei's defence of Francis' legitimacy fails—here's whyOn 25th September 2024, Voice of the Family published an article by the historian Professor Roberto de Mattei, entitled “On the problem of the heretical pope.”This article defends Francis’ claim to the papacy, which de Mattei argues continues to be legitimate in spite of the three heretical comments made recently about false religions.1For reasons discussed elsewhere, these comments arguably constitute apostasy.In my opinion, writing in defence of Francis’ claim at this point is a serious misuse of time and energy. Nonetheless, in this piece, we shall analyse de Mattei’s article...

Bishop Schneider: Pope Francis has contradicted ‘the entire Gospel’Speaking to Raymond Arroyo, Bishop Athanasius Schneider firmly critiqued and rejected Pope Francis' claim that 'every religion is a way to arrive at God.'Bishop Athanasius Schneider has stated that Pope Francis has contradicted “the entire Gospel” with the claim that all religions are a way to God.Speaking with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo on The World Over, Kazakhstan’s Bishop Athanasius Schneider responded to the controversial comment made by Pope Francis on his recent trip to Singapore.“Every religion is a way to arrive at God,” the Pope said. “There are different languages to arrive at...

Cardinal Burke warns of ‘practical abandonment of salvation in Christ’ within the Church, society‘Today, in society and in the Church, we are witnesses to so much infidelity’ and ‘to the practical abandonment of salvation in Christ,’ Cardinal Burke wrote in a recent X post urging people to join his nine-month novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe.Cardinal Raymond Burke is warning of “the practical abandonment of salvation in Christ” and “so much infidelity” in the Catholic Church and society.“Today, in society and in the Church, we are witnesses to so much infidelity, to the practical abandonment of salvation in Christ and...

Sky News Australia slams Pope Francis’ remark that ‘every religion is a path to God’Sky News host James Macpherson asked, 'How can men rediscover truth and reality when even the pope seems to have given up on believing in God?' Sky News Australia issued a scathing critique of Pope Francis’ claim in Singapore that “every religion is a way to arrive at God,” denouncing this as an attempt at “inclusion based on denial of the truth.”“Is the pope Catholic? All of a sudden that’s not a rhetorical question,” Sky News host James Macpherson noted. He highlighted Francis’ suggestion that “no...

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Francis: '[B]e guided by the divine inspiration present in every faith'Francis triples-down on his statements about all religions being paths to reach God.Editors’ NotesOn 17th September, Francis “tripled-down” on his statement about all religions being “a path to arrive at God.” The text only appears to have been released today. The key text is:We need to keep meeting, to weave bonds of fraternity and to allow ourselves to be guided by the divine inspiration present in every faith, in order to join in “imagining peace” among all peoples. We need such “occasions to speak with one another...

Pope Francis’ “All Religions” Discourse Was An Attack On Christ’s DivinityPope Francis’ recent comments during an interreligious meeting with young people at Catholic Junior College in Singapore regarding the smorgasbord of different “paths to reach God” – “[s]ome Sikh, some Muslim, some Hindu, some Christian” – encapsulate the poisonous ideology that has permeated the Catholic Church over the past several decades. It has seeped into the pulpits, seminaries, and classrooms, corrupting the Church Militant. Whether as converts or cradle Catholics, many of us were infused, at some point, with this pernicious, any-road-up-the-mountain toxin.It is certainly not the first time Francis...