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Pope announces pro-LGBT Brazilian bishop will be elevated to cardinal'There needs to be a dialog on the rights of shared life between people of the same sex who decide to live together. They need legal support from society," Archbishop Leonardo Steiner said in a 2014 interview. ROME (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis will elevate a pro-LGBT Brazilian archbishop to the rank of cardinal. The pontiff has named 21 new cardinals to be elevated to the sacred college at a consistory in August. Included among them is Leonardo Steiner, O.F.M., secretary general of the National Confederation of Bishops of Brazil, the archbishop...

[Catholic Caucus] New members of the College of CardinalsI’ve been asked quite a few times today what I thought about the new “red hat” list for the College of Cardinals.I simply laughed.The ploy and play of the list is so obvious that it is hardly to be taken seriously anymore.We must all remember that generations of Catholic through many centuries had no idea even of who the Pope was, much less who was a Cardinal in Mongolia. They got along just fine, saying their prayers and living their lives, and going out of the way to help each other when...

McElroy To Get Flaming Red Hat Given what we know about Pp. Francis, this is not surprising. It's another sign.Now let's see what +McElroy has written defending a book written by his good friend, J. Martin, SJLBGTQ....The coordinated attack on Building a Bridge must be a wake-up call for the Catholic community to look inward and purge itself of bigotry against the L.G.B.T. community…chastity is not the central virtue in the Christian moral life. Our central call is to love the Lord our God with all our heart and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Many times, our discussions in...

​​Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including Bishop Robert McElroy of San DiegoPope Francis announced on May 29 that he will create 21 new cardinals, 16 of them electors with a right to vote in the next conclave, including bishops Robert McElroy of San Diego, Calif., and Arthur Roche of England.The choice of Bishop McElroy is the biggest surprise of this consistory for the church in the United States. A graduate of Harvard, Stanford and the Pontifical Gregorian University, Bishop McElroy has demonstrated that he is one of the strongest supporters of the pope’s vision of church among the American...

[Catholic Caucus] More Anti-Catholics Receive Red HatFrancis announced on May 29 that he will create 21 new cardinals at an August 27 Consistory.This will bring the number of electors in the College of Cardinals to 131 (before: 117). Among those awarded is the extremist Archbishop Roche and the homosex-activist McElroy (San Diego).All 21 New CardinalsArchbishop Arthur Roche, 72, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine WorshipArchbishop Lazzaro You Heung sik, 70, Prefect of the Congregation for the ClergyArchbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC, 77, Governatorate of Vatican City StateMarseille Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline, 63, FranceEkwulobia Bishop Peter Okpaleke, 59, Nigeria [formerly in Ahiara...

Fourth Bishop Bans Nancy Pelosi From Receiving Communion Because She Promotes AbortionA fourth Catholic bishop has banned Nancy Pelosi from receiving communion. Bishop Michael Burbidge says Pelosi can’t receive communion in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia because she’s radically pro-abortion.Bishop Burbidge has extended the communion ban that Pelosi’s home bishop in San Franciso put in place late last week saying it now applies to her if and when she visits any Catholic church one the Virginia side of the nation’s capital.Burbidge said he respects the decision San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone made to deny communion to Pelosi because of her...

[Catholic Caucus] Why Bishops BetraySo, let us say that I am a Bishop, and that I am on record with saying that I hope that, “one day”, women will be able to be ordained. Even if I were, say, a Jesuit, there is no damn way I do not know that this will never, ever, happen. In fact, as a Bishop, I would know it even in a Biden-advanced state of mental fog. Why would I, then, say such a thing, giving scandal worldwide? Below are my takes. No, ignorance in good faith is not one of them. One: I...

Cardinal Marx Celebrates Mass Marking ‘20 Years of Queer Worship and Pastoral Care’Speaking at the Mass, the cardinal said: 'I desire an inclusive Church. A Church that includes all who want to walk the way of Jesus.' Speaking at the Mass, the cardinal said: 'I desire an inclusive Church. A Church that includes all who want to walk the way of Jesus.' Cardinal Reinhard Marx marks ‘20 years of queer worship and pastoral care’ at St. Paul parish church, Munich, southern Germany, March 13, 2022.MUNICH, Germany — Cardinal Reinhard Marx celebrated a Mass marking “20 years of queer worship...