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[Catholic Caucus] Pope faces abuse scandals, lays out template for Catholicism in a secular milieuROME – In a country still reeling from a deep clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis on Saturday bitterly acknowledged that such abuse “generates atrocious suffering and wounds,” vowing that the path of reform includes learning from survivors.The realities of abuse, the pontiff said, can even “undermine the path of faith.”“There is a need for a great deal of mercy, to keep us from hardening our hearts before the suffering of victims, so that we can help them feel our closeness and offer all the help...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis calls for a new theology not always ‘corresponding to the Christian face of God’Pope Francis’ new mode of theological study directed Catholic theologians to draw from, or promote, the 'people’s common sense' in an 'inductive method.'Pope Francis has issued new priorities and statutes for the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Theology, stating that a newly focussed theology is needed, based on a popular “common sense” that is “often not corresponding to the Christian face of God.”The Pope’s comments came in a November 1 motu proprio, by which he issued new directions and new statutes for the Pontifical...

[Catholic Caucus] The Campaign against Bishop Dominique Rey Intensifies; What Is His "Crime"?Paix Liturgique Letter no. 942 (June 19, 2023: source in French)Any day now, lightning will strike Mgr Dominique Rey, whom the Pope will probably deprive of his episcopal faculties by flanking him with a coadjutor endowed with "special powers". He is guilty, gravely guilty, of having turned his diocese into a crossroads of traditional and charismatic currents, a haven for young non-conformist priests, with a flourishing seminary, a young clergy of 250 active priests, with parish priests and vicars for every steeple. It's unbearable! At the end of...

[Catholic Caucus] For Receiving CommunionFrom the church bulletin of SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA CATHOLIC COMMUNITY in Beaumont/Banning, California:We would like to remind you again that the recommended posture for receiving communion is standing and you can receive the host on your tongue or in the hand. " The Norm for receiving the Holy Communion in the Dioceses of the USA is Standing. This norm is repeated in the Diocese of San Bernardino. In the Diocese of San Bernardino, where it is the custom of the people to make the sign of the cross, this cus- tom is not abrogated and may...