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Authoritarian Cardinal Reiterates His Ban On Roman MassWashington Cardinal Gregory reaffirmed in a July 30 letter his decision to prohibit an already approved August 14 Roman Mass scheduled at the National Shrine with Archbishop Thomas Gullickson.The organiser and funder of this Mass, the Paulus Institute, asked Gregory in a July 29 letter to rethink his prohibition.An authoritarian Gregory replied that he allegedly has the “exclusive competence” to authorise Latin Masses according to the 1962 Roman Missal. The August 14 Mass “may be celebrated in Latin according to the Roman Missal promulgated by Saint Paul VI and revised by Saint John...

Joe Biden’s Catholic Priest Defends Giving Him Communion: It’s “an Encounter With God”Father Kevin Gillespie believes the Catholic Church should not deny communion to President Joe Biden even though he persists in advocating for the killing of unborn babies in abortions.ADVERTISEMENTGillespie is a Jesuit priest at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown, where the president attends Mass regularly. The Atlantic reports the church is associated with liberal politics and politicians; it has a Black Lives Matter banner hanging outside, and its priests often speak about social justice issues.In an interview with the news outlet, Gillespie weighed in on the...

Prelates Back Biden Communion BanArchbishops Samuel Aquila, Charles Chaput speak outDETROIT (ChurchMilitant.com) - A pair of U.S. prelates are warning that Joe Biden should be denied Holy Communion.On Saturday, Abp. Samuel Aquila of Denver tweeted his support for Abp. Charles Chaput, former head of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, who called last week for the former vice president to be barred from receiving the Eucharist."Archbishop Chaput speaks the truth for the salvation of souls," Aquila declared. "The scandal & confusion are real & when we don't treat the Eucharist with love & reverence our faith is weakened in the real presence."In...

Biden and Cardinal Wilton Gregory share a mandate for healing divisionsWhen Pope Francis needed someone to help heal Catholics in the nation’s capital recovering from the latest round of clergy sex abuse that had engulfed now former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, he tapped Archbishop Wilton Gregory as its new leader in April 2019.This January, when Joe Biden becomes only the second Catholic president in U.S. history, the politician who pledged to heal America amid a global pandemic, economic dislocation and a racial reckoning will have Gregory as his local pastor.Both men have been put in their positions with a mandate for...

Bishop McElroy: US Catholic Church should serve as ‘proud collaborators’ with pro-abortion BidenThe San Diego bishop said it would be ‘counterproductive’ for the U.S. bishops to have a ‘more confrontational stance’ toward Biden.November 27, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego recently told the dissident National Catholic Reporter that while “some voices” are urging the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) “toward a more confrontational stance toward (Joe) Biden and the new administration,” he considers that to be “contrary to the tradition of our conference” and ultimately “counterproductive.”Instead, McElroy hopes that Catholics will be “proud collaborators” with the...

US bishop says Trump should concede, as Nixon did with clear voter fraud'Love of country and not self is patriotic,' tweeted Bp. Richard Stika of Knoxville.KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, November 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Richard Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville recently denied voter fraud and called for President Donald Trump to concede the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. Days later, the bishop commended Richard Nixon for conceding the 1960 presidential election despite what Stika considers the decisive influence of “deceased” voters in that election.Stika’s implication that Trump should concede regardless of the credibility of voter fraud allegations is just...

LifeSite delivers over 42k signatures to Abp. Gregory, asking him to apologize to Trump WASHINGTON, D.C., November 2, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – LifeSiteNews has delivered our petition to Archbishop Wilton Gregory, which asks him to apologize to President Donald Trump and the Knights of Columbus for the harsh and divisive remarks which he made about the president’s planned visit to the Shrine of Pope St. John Paul II in early June. Recall the Archbishop’s caustic remarks about the president’s visit: I find it baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion...

Every four years, Catholics face an intense dilemma in regard to the vote. There are ardently Catholic Democrats who wonder how their co-religionists could possibly choose a Republican candidate, and there are ardently Catholic Republicans who express precisely the opposite opinion. And both sides, typically, look with eagerness to their bishops and priests to resolve the tension. Each presidential election cycle, the Church endeavors to clarify the issue, usually to the satisfaction of very few. However, under the rubric of “once more unto the breach, dear friends,” let me try to provide some direction by articulating four basic principles. First,...

FRIDAY OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 11:15-26 Friends, in today’s Gospel we learn of a person possessed by a demon. Jesus meets the man and drives out the demon, but then is immediately accused of being in league with Satan. Some of the witnesses said, "By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons." Jesus’ response is wonderful in its logic and laconicism: "Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?" The demonic power...