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How the Church’s Enemies Have Exploited Mistaken Views of Heresy to Essentially Guarantee Another Heretical Claimant to the PapacyDays away from the conclave to elect Francis’s successor, serious Catholics fear that it would take a miracle for the white smoke to signal the election of a pope who is Catholic. We offer our prayers and sacrifices for the most favorable outcome, but as we study the list of those cardinals most likely to receive serious consideration, it is evident that very few of them would have been recognized as Catholic by Pope Pius XII or any of his predecessors.Some sincere...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Müller says the Church ‘is not in the world to justify sin’In an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews about the crisis in the Church, Cardinal Gerhard Müller warned that the Church's doctrine is being viewed as separate to 'pastoral' practices, and called for a 'reform' of 'deepening the faith.'“The Church is not in the world to justify sin or a life far away from Jesus Christ,” said Cardinal Müller.Speaking to this correspondent in Rome during a recent, wide-ranging interview, Müller gave extensive commentary on the rampant confusion in the Catholic Church, the need for a “reform” as...

Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate: An Open Letter to President Donald Trump and Robert Kennedy Jr. — ‘The Curse on America Comes from Within Brought Down by Deep State and Deep Church’Guest post by Byzantine Catholic PatriarchateThe American people elected you both, Mr. President and Mr. Secretary, to stop the process of self-destruction of America and humanity.Apparently, your first step will be to stop the senseless war in Ukraine.But the absurdity is that the curse on America comes from within. It is brought down not only by the Deep State but also by the Deep Church, which are in unity.ADVERTISEMENTThis truth was...

Recognize and Resist is Real: The First Anniversary of the Historic Backlash to Fiducia SupplicansThe Orthodox Resurgence by Serre Verweijfor Rorate CaeliA year ago, Victor Manuel Fernandez came out with a press release that was meant to clarify Fiducia Supplicans (or to placate its numerous critics). Fiducia Supplicans had managed to be the most controversial Vatican document since Humanae Vitae, 55 years earlier. In fact, it was more controversial. The alleged clarification ended up ‘de facto’ annulling many key parts of Fiducia Supplicans itself. Now, a year later, the document has become largely a dead letter. What exactly happened?A clarification,...

[Catholic Caucus] Many of Pope Francis’ new cardinals support his homosexual ‘blessings’ document Fiducia SupplicansAccording to the pro-LGBT group New Ways Ministry, at least nine of the 20 eligible voting cardinal-elects in the upcoming consistory are considered 'LGBTQ-positive.'With the announcement of yet another consistory under Pope Francis, attention is drawn to the credentials of the cardinal-elects, many of whom are notable for their openness to LGBT ideology.As noted by LifeSite, Francis announced a December 8 consistory to create 21 new cardinals, 20 of whom will be able to vote in a conclave.READ: Pope Francis names pro-LGBT Father Timothy Radcliffe among...

[Catholic Caucus] James Martin, fellow Synod Jesuit claim ‘same-sex relationships’ are ‘integral’ to the ChurchMartin carefully avoided the Church’s condemnation of homosexuality activity and the homosexual inclination in his latest scandalous article, joined by a prominent Jesuit from Africa.(LifeSiteNews) — Notorious LGBT activist Father James Martin, S.J., has joined with a fellow prominent Jesuit and Synod on Synodality member to claim that “we cannot deny the reality of same-sex relationships as integral to the meaning of the church as the People of God.”“Both heterosexual and homosexual people embody the truth of their dignity as imago Dei in their sexuality,” Martin...

[Catholic Caucus] "Buenos Aires: lightning on the halo and keys of St. Peter. Bergoglio at the end of the road?"I am reposting another article by Andrea Cionci that was originally published in Sfero.Well, from a faith perspective, how should we interpret the lightning bolt that struck the statue of St. Peter on December 17th?Statue of Saint Peter, Buenos AiresOn Sunday December 17, 2023, lightning literally pulverized the key and halo of the statue of Saint Peter, located on the facade of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolas , north of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The news...

Has Pope Francis stepped in it?After putting out a document calling for the blessings of people in "irregular" marital situations and gay marriage, Africa's Catholic bishops aren't taking this well.One after another, they are putting out statements of their own condemning the idea: Bishops in Malawi have prohibited the implementation of the Vatican declaration on the blessing of “same-sex couples” and couples in other “irregular situations,” Fiducia Supplicans, which the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released Dec. 18.https://t.co/4sr3nVPiOq — Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) December 20, 2023 Cameroon's bishops issue 1 of strongest statements rejecting #PopeFrancis' Fiducia Supplicans: “we...