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[Catholic Caucus] New Members of Congregation for Clergy - Destructive Course ContinuesPope Leo XIV appointed today many members of the Congregation for the Clergy. Most of them are "liberals" of the Francis’ fraction.Cardinals include Luis Antonio Tagle (Evangelisation), Arthur Roche (Liturgy), Mario Grech (Synod), José Tolentino de Mendonça (Education) and Jean-Marc Aveline (Marseille).As a fig leaf to fool the conservatives, Leo XIV appointed the Catholic Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway.This personnel policy - many liberals and a few fig leaf Catholics - ongoing for decades, has pushed the Church toward ruin.

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Roche Repudiates Traditionis CustodesEver since Traditionis Custodes was issued more than 3½ years ago, its defenders have struggled to come up with a rationale for why it was issued at all. This is hardly surprising. The motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, in repudiation of which it was written, was the fruit of decades of careful meditation on the Church’s liturgy problem, on the part of one of the finest minds of our times. And the theological and pastoral problems which Benedict XVI addressed with such wisdom and sensitivity are not one whit less real and serious now than...

One of the proposals that emerged from the Synod for the Amazon was the creation of an Amazonian Rite, a reality present in the history of the Catholic Church. In fact, there are currently 24 Catholic rites in existence. For the creation of this Catholic rite, under the umbrella of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), a nucleus was created with 16 members, chosen according to different criteria of representativeness. The nucleus is divided into four sub-commissions: Anthropological-Sociological and Spiritual, Historical-Cultural, Theological-Ecclesiological and Ritual-Juridical.

[Catholic Caucus] Guarding the Flock: A Canon Lawyer’s Advice to Bishops on Latest Vatican Crackdown on Tradition ew York canonist Father Gerald Murray has said that a recent Vatican document on applying Traditionis Custodes goes beyond what is canonically possible in restricting the celebration of most of the traditional sacraments and that bishops are free to dispense with its disciplinary provisions if they judge them to be unfavorable to their flock.In an interview with The Remnant, Father Murray discusses in detail the canonical questions surrounding the Responsa ad dubia issued on December 18, 2021 by Archbishop Arthur Roche, Prefect...

[Catholic Caucus] Compare what Archbp. Roche said in 2015 to what he is saying now.It is very hard to respect clerics who are just weathervanes, waving around, changing directions under the pressure of whomever is at the moment in power.Archbp. Roche, now in present role as Prefect of the CDW, now one of the chief enforcers of the cruel legacy document of the Francis’s Regime, in 2015 said that the Traditional Latin Mass is a “valid expression of the Church’s liturgy”.“Unity … [is] not looking just for simple uniformity,” he said, adding that Pope Francis “talks about unity with diversity....

Archbishop Roche says Vatican II is the guide for liturgical reform Archbishop Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, has said Vatican II is the guide for liturgical reform and has warned against “ideologies”.The leader of the Holy See’s divine worship office said the task for the Church’s liturgists is implementing the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and avoiding “ecclesiastical ideologies”.Archbishop Roche, who was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments earlier this year, set out the principles for liturgical reform in his first major public lecture since taking office....

Pope Francis appoints UK bishop known for criticizing traditional liturgy as head of the Congregation for Divine WorshipCommenting on Twitter earlier today, Deacon Nick Donnelly described the appointment as posing a 'real and present danger' to Summorum Pontificum.VATICAN CITY, May 27, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis has today appointed Archbishop Arthur Roche as the new Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW), replacing Cardinal Robert Sarah and potentially ushering in a new era of active opposition to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Commenting on Twitter earlier today, Deacon Nick Donnelly described the...