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[Catholic Caucus] 2013: Why Was Controversial Cardinal on the Loggia?Bergoglio's “catastrophic” election, ten years’ ago, marked the beginning of “one of the darkest decades" in Church history, writes Damian Thompson (Unherd.com, March 13).Thompson calls Bergoglio “a divisive and intellectually lazy clerical politician” who both before and after his election, empowered and protected abusive clergy and their accomplices, such as McCarrick, Zanchetta, Grassi, and Rupnik.After the 2013 conclave, the anti-Catholic Brussels Cardinal Danneels (+2019) appeared with Francis on the loggia. Danneels covered up the homosex abuse of Bruges Bishop Vangheluwe, telling the victim in a recorded meeting (published in 2010) to...

[Catholic Caucus] Admirers mourn death of liberal Belgian cardinal who was a huge Pope Francis supporter MECHELEN, Belgium, March 19, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) ― Cardinal Godfried Danneels was a controversial figure who presided over the dying Belgian church, but he had admirers to the end. Danneels died last Thursday, March 14. He was 85. Robert Mickens, editor-in-chief of LaCroix International, described the late cardinal as a hero to liberal Catholics. “ … Danneels was a source of encouragement for reform-minded Catholics and those who would describe themselves as theologically or culturally ‘progressive,’” he wrote. “He was ― for me, as well...

Personal chastity habits of sexual-freedom endorsing clerics are covered under privacy rights, but does anyone in their right mind imagine there's no relation to how they confidentially live their personal lives? The St. Gallen self-avowed "mafia" isn't disturbed when Pope Francis temporarily feints right to make traditional-conservative remarks about authentic Catholic Church teaching. Because their goal has already been met: Destabilization of Papal authority. Future Pontiffs' solemn declarations will have minimal public importance because Francis' verbal intemperance has met the goal of delegitimizing the office itself. Anticipate especially the Truffle Kardinals of the German Bishops' Conference working behind the scenes...

Conscience is King! And Ignorance is Bliss! Chicago’s Windy City Prelate Blase Cupich divines that the conscience is inviolable and reigns supreme in all things theological. In an interview with the National Catholic Register’s Edward Pentin, Archbishop Cupich, the personal appointment of Pope Francis to the Family Synod said when it comes to giving holy Communion to civilly remarried divorcees, people need to “come to a decision in good conscience” and that the Church’s job is to “help them move forward and to respect that.” “Conscience is inviolable,” the archbishop told the Vatican press reporters, “and we have to respect...