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[Catholic Caucus] Sources: Charlotte bishop shelves Mass manifesto, for nowAfter TLM pushback, liturgical controversy continues in North CarolinaThe Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina is expected to release new policies governing the ordinary celebration of the Mass in his diocese, local sources say, but a recently leaked draft policy text has already been spiked internally in the diocese, after widespread pushback against the bishop’s plans.The leaked text follows widespread controversy last week over new restrictions on older liturgical forms in the Charlotte diocese.And while Charlotte Bishop Michael Martin has urged Catholics to pray for an end to division in the diocese,...

[Catholic Caucus] Father Chris Alar speaks out against suppression of Latin Mass in CharlotteOn this episode of Faith and Reason, Father Chris Alar, MIC, joins John-Henry Westen to discuss the bishop of Charlotte’s crackdown on the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), Pope Leo XIV’s first bishop appointments, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s project aimed at renewing reverence in the liturgy, and more. The panel opened the episode by discussing Bishop Michael Martin’s suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in the Diocese of Charlotte. Martin ordered last week that the Latin Masses at all parish churches – 4 in total – be merged...

[Catholic Caucus] Rorate Exclusive: The Anti-Traditional and Anti-Liturgical Pastoral Letter to be Sent by the Bishop of Charlotte on Liturgical Norms in His DioceseRorate was able to obtain the letter written by the Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, Michael Martin OFM Conv, who last week decreed the almost extinction of the Traditional Latin Mass in his diocese. This letter is supposed to be made public sometime in the future, and it was being kept secret (since it was written while Francis was still pope, Francis is referenced in the document -- it also leads to believe that the decision to...

Charlotte bishop denounces Latin, altar rails, kneeling in leaked letterIn a letter obtained by Rorate Caeli, Bishop Michael Martin attacked core Catholic traditions, including the use of Latin, kneeling, and clergy prayers before and after Mass.UPDATE: Sources inside the diocese have attested to The Pillar that the proposed document has in fact been already laid aside by the bishop, due to widespread opposition amongst clergy in the diocese. LifeSite has not been able to corroborate this claim.CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (LifeSiteNews) — The bishop of Charlotte is set to issue even more restrictions on the liturgy in the coming days, harshly...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Martin Crushes Charlotte Diocese Traditional Latin Mass CatholicsCharlotte, N.C. - Following upon the retired Bishop Peter Jugis’ initial implementation in 2023 of Pope Francis’s motu proprio that back-tracked on all of the previous Pope’s declarations of the pre-Conciliar Mass (and sacraments) having never been abrogated, Bishop Michael T. Martin slammed the door on traditional Catholics eliminating the Sunday Traditional Mass at the four parishes currently offering it. These included parishes in Greensboro, two in Charlotte, and Tryon.Coincidentally, The Remnant broke the initial story when the indult Latin Mass was first approved for Charlotte. (INSERT STORY LINK. I...

[Catholic Caucus] OUTRAGE: San Antonio archbishop cancels Catholic family businessThe letter from Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio formally prohibits all clergy, schools, retreat centers, and Catholic groups 'from contracting with or utilizing Sanctus Ranch for any Catholic-sponsored retreats, meetings, activities, or spiritual endeavors.'Support Sanctus Ranch retreat center: LifeFunderSAN ANTONIO (LifeSiteNews) — In a devastating blow to a faithful Texas Catholic family with six children who have made their living running a private ranch, the archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, has issued a public letter to all Catholics directing them not to do business with the ranch. The January 30...

Dear Cardinal Cupich: At least obey the rubrics of the Novus Ordo Mass Dear Cardinal Cupich:I write to you as a Catholic priest on the feast of St. Thomas Becket, who is commemorated in the Octave of Christmas. St. Thomas Becket was certainly a complex man, but in the end—and the end is ultimately important to us all-- how he died so violently in the Cathedral at Canterbury at the hands of assassins driven to that terrible deed by King Henry II, made him a saint, not by a proclamation from Rome, but rather because of the “common” Catholics...

[Catholic Caucus] On this Sunday morning in the Diocese of Grand Falls, in Newfoundland, there is No Mass for You - unless of course you're jabbed! Bishop Anthony Daniels, Bishop of Grand Falls in the long-suffering Church in Newfoundland has barred anyone from attending the Mass or sacraments unless they are "fully vaccinated." Daniels, former Auxiliary of the Diocese of London is another gift that keeps on giving from Pope Benedict XVI, clearly duped or oblivious to the faithless hirelings he was appointing. On September 18, we wrote of the situation in Moncton where the bishop attempted the same...

[Catholic Caucus] Latin Mass church owner vows to continue restoration despite diocesan disapprovalBill Price, a former marine, says the Diocese is not being completely honest about their past interactions. Fri Oct 15, 2021 - 3:17 pm EDTSat Oct 16, 2021 - 9:36 am EDT CHEBOYGAN, Michigan (LifeSiteNews) — A layman restoring a Catholic church that was sold by the Diocese of Gaylord in the 1980s says the diocese is not telling the truth about their interactions. The man has also vowed to continue restoring the church despite the diocese’s apostolic administrator wishing he wouldn’t.Bill Price is a former marine who...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Threatens Unvaccinated Priests, Provokes Catholic RallyPaterson Bishop Kevin Sweeney, New Jersey, told his priests on September 14 that he “strongly encourages” (= orders) them to receive a Covid "vaccination."Non-medical exemptions would be minimal, Sweeney threatened, warning that he would remove non-vaccinated priests from active ministry.As a consequence, on September 24, his faithful organised a rosary rally in Clifton with the intention to keep faithful priests in their ministry. According to a flyer, the event was also intended to ask the bishop, a pro-lifer, “to have his actions line up with his words,”“Bishop Sweeney claims that getting an...

[Catholic Caucus] The Bishop Cancelled the Memorial Requiem for my MotherTo the average Penn State student, the fourth of September of 2018 was a day like any other. A Tuesday early in the semester, the weather in State College, Pennsylvania was perfect, and the buzz of a promising football season (coupled with a narrow victory the week before) permeated campus. It was around 2 o’clock in the afternoon when I received a call I had been dreading but, unfortunately, expecting.My mother had died.For the past four years, my mother, Cheryl, had battled stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Over the course...

Houston, We Have A Problem: The Latin Mass The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas is the fifth largest diocese in the U.S., a result of the explosive growth around the City of Houston -- the fourth largest city in the U.S. -- and its surrounding counties. It has a massive priest shortage, with just 150 active archdiocesan priests of the 435 priests serving, retired or residing in the 146-parish archdiocese. There are 411 "permanent deacons" in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.In recent years the archbishop, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, had been friendly toward those who worship at the traditional Latin Mass....

When a Bishop Outlaws Private Traditional MassesIn a three-page letter dated August 20, 2021, and addressed to “Dear Brothers in Christ,” Most Reverend David A. Zubik, Bishop of Pittsburgh, apparently in an effort to show that he is more Bergoglian than Bergoglio, takes a hearty step beyond what is demanded by a strict interpretation of Pope Francis’s motu proprio Traditionis Custodes [TC]. In spite of the fact that Pittsburgh is one of the United States’ most depressed and collapsing dioceses—as can be seen from relentless parish closures that have left the city pockmarked with churches converted into restaurants, bars, penthouses,...

[Catholic Caucus] Costa Rica: These Are the Enemies of the Roman RiteSpanish born Alajuela Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, 58, Costa Rica, who sent Father Sixto Varela Santamará to a re-education camp for having presided the Latin Novus Ordo, is more “open” when it comes to homosexualism.He commented the May 2020 introduction of homosex pseudo marriage in Costa Rica so,“We are happy that there are different types of human relationships, different ways of family, and I believe that where there is a manifestation of affection and family in some way, God manifests himself there, and we have to encourage this."The real...

[Catholic Caucus] Cdl. Cupich mandates COVID jab for ‘all employees and clergy’ or face ‘disciplinary action’No exemptions will be allowed in the Archdiocese of Chicago except for documented medical reasons.CHICAGO (LifeSiteNews) — Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich released a new archdiocesan policy, ordering “all employees and clergy” to receive the COVID-19 injections no more than “five weeks” after full approval of “at least one of the three vaccines,” threatening “disciplinary measures” if priests and employees do not comply. In a memo dated August 18, Cardinal Cupich outlined that the “goal of this policy is that all employees and clergy will be...

Cardinal Cañizares Bans Immemorial Mass in Valencia Edit: we don’t know what the meeting was about as confirmed aberrosexual predator, Anthony Ruff said when he was excited about Cañizarez meeting with Bergoglio in 2014.Cardinal Antonio Cañizares forbade celebrations in the traditional rite in his Archdiocese of Valencia. Did the former "little Ratzinger" become a "micro-Bergoglio"? (Madrid) Under Pope Benedict XVI. he was called the "little Ratzinger", now critics refer to him as "Mini-Bergoglio". Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera suspended the celebration of the traditional rite in his Archdiocese of Valencia because of the Motu proprio Traditionis Custodes. Antonio Cañizares Llovera,...

[Catholic Caucus] More Purges: Sunday Mass Suppressed In ScotlandUnaVoceScotland.org (August 8) announced that Motherwell Bishop Jospeh Toal, 64, Scotland, has forbidden the 8am Sunday Roman Mass at St Mary’s in Cleland (outside Glasgow) from August 15 on.This Mass is celebrated by the parish priest, Father Liam O'Connor. He is only allowed to continue a Thursday Roman Mass at 7pm.Toal advises all faithful to worship according to the 1970 Missal in their geographical parishes, asking them to be “home birds.”

Cdl. Wilton Gregory confirms decision to cancel Traditional Latin Mass at US National ShrineWASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Following backlash against Cardinal Wilton Gregory’s refusal to allow a retired archbishop to celebrate a Latin Mass at the National Shrine in Washington last week, the highest-ranking African-American prelate penned a letter to those organizing the event, doubling down on his decision.After the release of Pope Francis’ most recent motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, in which harsh restrictions were placed on the celebration of Mass according to the 1962 Missale Romanum, Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, rescinded his previous permission for the celebration of a...

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...

[Catholic Caucus] DC Pontifical Mass: CANCELEDA pontifical high Mass had been planned for 14 August in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. It was actually supposed to be offered a year ago, but was postponed due to COVID restrictions. The music was all set. The clergy were all lined up. EWTN was going to air it live.Following Pope Francis' motu proprio attacking the traditional Latin Mass and placing massive restrictions on Catholics who worship using the old books, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, demanded the celebrant of the planned 14 August Mass...