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[Catholic Caucus] Wonderful Diversity: OFM Provincial Proclaims His "Homosexuality"Father Markus Fuhrmann, OFM, head of the 200-member German Franciscan Province, has told urbi et orbi that he is a "homosexual".He explained his confession to Katholisch.de (12 March) by saying that "I had to change something for the sake of my own honesty". Katholisch.de is run by the German bishops.Already in January 2022, Fuhrmann took part in 'OutInChurch', a homosexual propaganda campaign by about 120 employees of the "Catholic" Church in Germany, which employs about 650,000 people (including 'Caritas').Five months later, when the provincial chapter had to elect a new provincial, Fuhrmann...

[Catholic Caucus] Liz Yore: Pope Francis extends ‘mercy’ to clerical sex abusers but not victimsAt the Rome Life Forum press conference, Liz Yore accused Pope Francis of having a 'blind spot for predators who are his friends and famous.'Faith & Reason co-host Liz Yore said that Francis’ papacy is serving as a protection racket for clergy sexual abuse, even as the Synod on Synodality called on the Church to listen to clerical abuse victims.Yore, a longtime lawyer who has worked on child abuse cases and helped dioceses craft child protection policies, made her comments at the Rome Life Forum earlier...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò: Belgian bishops are rejecting the Catholic Faith with homosexual ‘blessings’Archbishop Viganò said the Catholic bishops of Belgium were promoting a 'sacrilegious rite' after they published a document containing a 'blessing' for same-sex couples.(LifeSiteNews) – With great scandal for the salvation of souls and the honor of the Church of Christ, the Bishops’ Conference of Belgium has approved and published a rite for the “blessing” of homosexual unions, brazenly contravening the immutable teaching of the Catholic Magisterium, which considers such unions “intrinsically perverse” and which, as such, not only may not bless them but rather must condemn...

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...

Argentine Bishop Zanchetta sentenced for sex abuseThe former Bishop of Oran, Argentina, was sentenced Friday to four and a half years in prison for the sexual abuse of two former seminarians. Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta was convicted of simple sexual abuse aggravated by his position as a minister of religion, in a decision handed down by judges in his former diocese.The bishop returned to Argentina in the summer of 2021 to face the charges, after he spent years living and working in the Vatican. After Zanchetta resigned from diocesan leadership in scandal, Pope Francis created a special post for the...

Former Vatican bishop sentenced for sexual abuse in ArgentinaROME – Argentinian Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta was found guilty by an Argentinian court and sentenced to 4 years and six months of effective imprisonment for aggravated continuous sexual abuse of two former seminarians.His immediate detention was ordered by the court in Oran, Salta, on Friday morning local time.“We cannot determine the extent of the damage suffered by the victims, but we do have the obligation to give them an answer from the Justice and give an answer to society,” said prosecutor Pablo Rivero on Thursday, before requesting the conviction and immediate detention....

Fr. Bryan Massingale: My Dream Wedding Is an LGBTQ Couple Marrying Before the ChurchFr. Bryan Massingale is a leading voice in the mission of dismantling homophobic and racist elements of the institutional Catholic Church.Massingale, who is the James and Nancy Buckman Professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University, is a Black Catholic priest who has publicly come out as gay. He was ordained in 1983 at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, which devastated the queer and Black communities. Massingale told the Associated Press that one of his first funerals as a newly ordained priest was of a...

Malta: Catholics Ask Francis To Cancel VisitSocialists set to exploit apostolic journey in the wake of general elections ALLETTA, Malta (ChurchMilitant.com) - The faithful are asking Pope Francis to cancel his April apostolic journey to the traditionally Catholic country of Malta, as it comes five days after the general elections, which pro-LGBTQ+ socialists are expected to win. Francis welcomes fake-Catholic Maltese prime minister "Should Pope Francis' visit proceed as per the scheduled dates, the new, incoming government will, in some way, be 'canonized' by His Holiness," warned Philip Beattie, president of Pro Malta Christiana, in a Monday letter to Malta's...

Francis’ Zanchetta DisasterFormer Orán Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, Argentina, will be sentenced on February 25.Francis produced and hushed up this case, but the oligarchs’ media ignore this because Francis is their man. A summary:• July 2013: Francis makes his friend Zanchetta, 49, Orán Bishop, against the advice of his councillors. Zanchetta presented himself in Orán as a “friend of Francis.”• December 2014: Zanchetta refuses to submit to an alcohol and drug control by police while driving in Salta.• September 2015: Zanchetta's secretary finds homosex porn on Zanchetta's phone. Francis summons Zanchetta.• April 2016: Five priests write to the Nuncio accusing Zanchetta...

Public Sinner: Homosexual Abuser Embarrasses VaticanMonsignor Tony Anatrella, 80, a psychotherapist ("the Church's shrink") - accused since 2001 by several men, usually homosexuals, of having applied to them "corporal therapy" by making them undress and masturbating them -, participated at the February 17-19 Vatican conference on the priesthood.In 2018, Paris Archbishop Aupetit found Anatrella guilty, suspended him and forbad him to speak in public. At the conference he registered as “Mons. Tony Anatrella.”La-Croix.com knows that Anatrella had lunch at Francis' Santa Martha on Thursday. The guest house is one of the places where the participants of the symposium may take...

Black gay priest in NYC challenges Catholicism from withinNEW YORK — Parishioners worshipping at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Harlem are greeted by a framed portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. — a Baptist minister named after a rebellious 16th century German priest excommunicated from the Catholic Church.Father Bryan Massingale, who sometimes preaches at St. Charles, pursues his ministry in ways that echo both Martin Luthers.Like King, Massingale decries the scourge of racial inequality in the United States. As a professor at Fordham University, he teaches African American religious approaches to ethics.Like the German Martin Luther, Massingale is often...