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Sex abuse victims demand Pope Francis remove Archbishop Fernández at protest in RomeProtesters carried signs saying ‘Fernández must go,’ and others held an image of Pope Francis embracing Fernández with the words: ‘They knew and they did nothing.’n particular, Fernández’s record of handling the case of Father Eduardo Lorenzo has come under scrutiny. As LifeSite has reported, Fernández is accused of having “publicly defended” the influential priest in the wake of re-surfaced child sex abuse allegations dating to 2008. Faced with allegations regarding Fr. Lorenzo, Fernández published a letter from Lorenzo on the archdiocesan website in which the priest denied...

[Catholic Caucus] Exclusive: Archbishop Fernandez Warns Against Bishops Who Think They Can Judge ‘Doctrine of the Holy Father’The Vatican’s new doctrinal chief also discusses his openness to same-sex Church blessings, shares his thoughts on the German Synodal Way, and explains his approach to safeguarding doctrine.The incoming prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has warned that bishops — both “progressive” and those from “traditionalist groups” — who think they have a “special gift of the Holy Spirit to judge the doctrine of the Holy Father” are on a road to “heresy” and “schism.”Speaking in response to a...

John Kerry has racked up three more "endorsements" from Latin America. Since Mr. Kerry says that as president he will be more engaged with the region, his Latin fan club deserves some attention. The most eye-popping Kerry endorsement last week came from Tómas Borge, one of the nine commandantes of Nicaragua's famed Sandinista revolution and perhaps the most feared. ... Mr. Borge of course has reason to like Mr. Kerry. The Massachusetts senator went to Nicaragua in 1985 to meet the Soviet-backed Sandinista leadership and worked hard in the U.S. Senate against President Reagan's efforts to defend U.S. security interests...