Free Republic

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican claims Mass is ‘ecological school’ in ‘climate change’ document The Vatican’s International Theological Commission said the Eucharist can lead to ‘the ecological conversion that we so urgently need to undertake as a human family,’ in a new document on Wednesday. A lengthy document published by the International Theological Commission entitled “Caring for our Common Home – A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God” refers to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as an “ecological school.”In the September 2 document focusing on the environment, “ecological conversion,” and so-called “climate change,” the Theological Commission devoted an entire...

Vatican II Documents on Fr. James Martin and the LGBTQ MovementIn light of Pope Leo XIV’s recent audience with Fr. James Martin, who was in Rome for the LGBTQ Jubilee pilgrimage, many serious Catholics have understandably expressed concerns with the new pope. To better understand how this could possibly happen just twelve years after Benedict XVI announced (in his farewell address) that the true Second Vatican Council, “with all its spiritual force,” was finally emerging, we sat down with the documents of the Council for an interview. It is evident that those who take issue with Leo XIV may not...