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The fallout from the EWTN interview with Cardinal Gerhard Mueller continues. That interview sent shockwaves through the hierarchy with the hierarchy scrambling to accuse the American cable news network of fomenting schism. ...

We Are Church International urges Pope Francis to make the Church participatory in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council An international group of Catholic laypeople have urged Pope Francis to replace the upcoming Synod on Synodality with an assembly of Catholics to make the Church participatory. We Are Church (WAC) International, a global coalition of national church reform groups, made the appeal as Catholics across the world participate in diocesan and regional consultations leading to the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican in October 2023. Pope Francis kicked off the two-year global consultation in Rome on Oct. 10. For...

Francis Rehabs Deposed ‘Homo Mafia’ PrelateLeftist Slovak president interceded with pontiff for bishop's restorationTRNAVA, Slovakia (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis is rehabilitating a highly controversial, divisive and heterodox Slovakian archbishop who was sacked by Pope Benedict XVI after an apostolic visitation in 2012. Polish whistleblower on the gay clergy, Fr. Dariusz Oko Faithful clerics in Slovakia fear that the rehabilitation could include the offer of a cardinalate to the disgraced Róbert Bezák, former archbishop of Trnava, who is reported to have been at the center of an extensive homosexual clergy network. Archbishop's Lavender MafiaBezák, former provincial of the Redemptorists in Slovakia,...

Victims of abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Tuesday after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years, providing the country’s first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and an unknown number of other people involved in the church — wrongdoing that Catholic authorities covered up over decades in a “systemic manner,” according to the president of the commission that issued the report, Jean-Marc Sauvé.

This Morning: Francis Celebrates Regime-Compatible Inter-ReligionFrancis met in the morning of October 4 at the Vatican with the controversial Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew, the Anglican Primate Justin Welby, and other representatives of false religions, in anticipation of the November 12 UN Climate Change Conference.Even the pro-Francis IlSismografo noted that the Dalai Lama, the leader of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, was missing.Why? Because for several years Francis has been bowing to the Chinese ban that prevents the Dalai Lama’s presence at inter-religion summits.It’s true that Francis prefers climate religion to Catholicism, but even more important for him is opportunism.

Pope Francis has ended his trip to Slovakia by speaking out on abortion and same-sex marriage. During his flight back to Rome he said "abortion is homicide". But he backed away from denying communion to politicians who support abortion rights. He also spoke about marriage and said it is a sacrament between a man and woman, but added that same-sex civil unions are good and helpful to many people. The pontiff said the Catholic Church “doesn’t have the power to change a sacrament as it was instituted by the Lord”, but he supported civil laws that try to help “those...

A Spanish bishop, known for supporting gay conversion therapy and performing exorcisms, has left the Roman Catholic Church after becoming smitten with a writer of Satanic erotic fiction, Silvia Caballol. “I have fallen in love and want to do things properly,” said the now-ex-bishop, Xavier Novell, according to a report by BBC, which picked up the story from Spanish media outlets after the news of why Novell quit broke last month. In addition to widespread media attention, the 52-year-old’s decision has also led to much internal criticism within the church. Some of his former colleagues told the Spanish media that...

Pope responds to Israeli criticism over comments on Jewish lawVATICAN CITY, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has moved to allay Jewish concerns over comments he made about their books of sacred law, following a demand for clarification from Israel's top rabbis, Vatican and Jewish community sources said on Monday.Last month Reuters reported exclusively that Rabbi Rasson Arousi, chair of the Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel for Dialogue with the Holy See, had written a stern letter to the Vatican, saying Francis' comments appeared to suggest that the Torah, or Jewish law, was obsolete. read more At a...

Example, Pope Francis said: "The Eucharist is the bread of sinners, not the reward of saints." But where is the follow-up at? That's step 1, but steps 2 and 3 are lacking. Step 2: Jesus told the woman caught in the act of adultery He didn't condemn her, but He also said "Go and sin no more." He loved her and showed love but He didn't love what she was doing. Step 3: "Adultery is listed in 1 Cor. 6:9-10 with others and you need to confess mortal sins before you can receive the host. Why does he repeatedly, on...

2 people were debating this back-and-forth and I will provide their back-and-forth discussion here: Person 1: "PRAISE BE JESUS THARE ARE 5 000 Members in our Parish There is no Latin Rite and no interest Our Parish is multi National origins Everyone Speaks and understands MASS With Latin Prayers in Liturgy On Sunday and Holy Days. Pope Francis has the keys to loose and bind. Pope Francis did not rush this decision He had 11 days in Hospital to pray and reflect. This is a challenge of Obedience sign of HOLY SPIRIT PRESENCE. Pray the MISSA with REVERENCE. PRAY FOR...

UN Panel Asks Vatican to Violate Seal of ConfessionGENEVA (ChurchMilitant.com) - International leaders are decrying the secrecy of the confessional — essential to saving souls from sin.Four so-called human rights experts drafted a letter that calls on the Catholic Church to cooperate with the United Nations to end sexual abuse and violence against children. In their missive, the "experts" petition for an end to the inviolability of the sacrament of Confession.Released June 21 but dated April 7, the letter claimed the Church had used its protocols "to protect alleged abusers, cover up crimes, obstruct accountability of alleged abusers and evade...

At Easter, Pope Francis invited transgender group to Vatican to receive COVID-19 vaccineVATICAN CITY (RNS) — The day before Easter this year, a group of transgender people came to the Vatican at the invitation of Pope Francis to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to an official who oversees the pope’s charitable works.Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, confirmed in a phone interview that about 50 individuals arrived at the Vatican on buses on April 3 from a parish in Torvaianica, near Rome, where the Rev. Andrea Conocchia has been ministering to a transgender community for several years. On April 24,...

Vatican City, Mar 3, 2021 / 01:00 pm MT (CNA).- Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he was “delighted” to learn that a Muslim group had overseen the translation of his latest encyclical into Russian. In a message released by the Holy See press office on March 3, the pope said it was “a beautiful and joyful surprise” to hear that the encyclical Fratelli tutti had been translated into Russian and presented at a cultural center in the capital, Moscow. “In this way, it will be made available to a large number of men and women of goodwill who wish...

Pope to Host Interfaith Prayer at ‘Babel’Hebrew Bible scholar exposes unfounded claims of 'Abraham's House' VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis' proposed interreligious prayer service for Muslims, Yazidis, Mandaean-Sabean and other religions at the site of Ur during his Iraq visit is being slammed as more evocative of the "Tower of Babel" than the "House of Abraham."The Ziggurat of Ur The Vatican has confirmed that Francis will fly to Nāṣiriya for a March 6 service titled "Prayer for the sons and daughters of Abraham" at the Plain of Ur after meeting the Shia Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf."The Holy...

A source close to the Vatican has reported that Pope Francis will be stepping down from the Papacy before the end of the year. There is “no doubt” the Pontiff “will resign in 2020”, the source confirmed. Pope Francis became head of the Catholic Church following the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013 and has been unpopular among U.S. Catholics for his radical stances on same-sex marriage, illegal immigration, and global warming as well as his support for Black Lives Matter.

Abortion Wins in Argentina. Argentinian Pope Barely Lifts a Finger in ProtestIn Argentina, feral women — some of them naked and likely intoxicated — are dancing in the streets in celebration of their newly legislated “right” to murder their own children:The crowd of a few thousand burst into raucous cheers and tear-filled hugs as Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who presided over the debate, announced the result, shouting “legal abortion in the hospital!” as the measure was passed.“I am the mother of a girl and I know that she will have more rights tomorrow and that keeps us moving...

Francis: “Good Vibes” And Blessing Without Blessing (Video) Francis again refused to impart the Papal blessing, confirming those who say that he is not a true pope.At the end a September 12 audience for the Laudato Si’ Communities Francis commented, “To those of you who pray, I ask to pray, and to those who do not pray, at least send me good vibes, I need them!”This words were followed by applause and laughter. Francis added, “Now I would like to ask God to bless each one of you, bless the heart of each one of you, whether believing or non-believing,...

Masonic Grand Master hails pronouncement as breakthrough in reconciliationVIENNA (ChurchMilitant.com) - Eight popes over 200 years in a barrage of 20 legal interdicts have condemned Freemasonry, pronouncing automatic excommunication against any Catholic who becomes a member of a masonic lodge. Now, a new book by an official of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is claiming that a practicing Catholic can simultaneously be a Freemason and that the penalty of excommunication may "certainly not" be applied to "Catholic Freemasons." Father Michael Heinrich Weninger launched his 500-page study Loge und Altar: Über die Aussöhnung von Katholischer Kirche und regulärer Freimaurerei (Lodge...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-Homosexual Retreats Coming to Diocese of San Diego The dissonance is met by silence and acceptance SAN DIEGO (ChurchMilitant.com) - A pro-homosexual retreat led by a dissonant group is scheduled for two parishes in the diocese of San Diego. The diocese is once again in the news for allowing its churches to be used to convey a message contradictory to the spirit of Christian anthropology and essential Church doctrine on sexuality. The event, called "Nothing Can Separate Us From the Love of God," is being billed as "a Catholic LGBTQ+ retreat and a Day of Ministry Discernment & Visioning." It will...

[Catholic Caucus] Former Vatican bank head on Amazon: The real fire is the one burning up the faith Editor’s note: Here below we publish an English translation of an article by Italian economist and former head of the Vatican bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, ahead of the Oct. 5 public prayer initiative, being held close to St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, to pray for the Church ahead of the Amazonian Synod. The article was first published on Duc in altum, the website of Italian journalist, Aldo Maria Valli. September 27, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – I am delighted by the news told to me...