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[Catholic Caucus] Catholic parish refuses to take down anti-ICE Nativity scene despite bishop’s ordersFr. Stephen Josoma said he considers the Nativity display consistent with the U.S. bishops' 'Special Message' that criticized mass deportations.St. Susanna Catholic Church in Dedham, Massachusetts, has declined to take down a Nativity display suggesting that Jesus might have faced deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).Fr. Stephen Josoma, pastor of St. Susanna, told MassLive on Monday that he considers the Nativity display consistent with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) “Special Message” that criticized mass deportations.“We believe our position and practice to be faithful...

[Catholic Caucus] Study finds priests aligned with Pope Francis are more likely to approve of sodomy‘Approval of Pope Francis is negatively associated with the belief that homosexual sex is always wrong,’ researcher Lucas Sharma found.A recently published study shows that priests’ approval of Pope Francis during his lifetime is associated with the moral acceptance of homosexual sex.“Approval of Pope Francis is negatively associated with the belief that homosexual sex is always wrong,” researcher Lucas Sharma found using data from the 2020-2021 Survey of American Catholic Priests.In his study, Sharma also found that priests’ disapproval of homosexual activity — which the...

[Catholic Caucus] Heterodox priests condone immoral sexual behavior at annual retreat: leaked audio'The ideas and teachings floated in this conference are sure to lead souls to Hell,' remarked Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute.A leaked audio recording of a heretical clergy group’s annual meeting reveals that its retreat leader, a theology professor, downplayed or heretically denied the gravity of an array of serious sins, including masturbation, fornication, and receiving Holy Communion while in grave sin.The Lepanto Institute recently shared audio clips from the 2025 annual meeting of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP), a dissident group that was refused...

[Catholic Caucus] Priest to join teachers in opposing motion to ban ‘pride’ flags in Ontario Catholic school districtFather Toby Collins, a Kitchener priest known for suppressing the Latin Mass, will be delegating to keep 'pride' flags in Catholic classrooms at an upcoming Waterloo Catholic District School Board meeting.Kitchner area priest Father Toby Collins is scheduled to delegate to the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) in an attempt to stop a ban on “pride” flags.According to information shared with LifeSiteNews, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) recruited Father Collins, the pastor at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Kitchener, to...

[Catholic Caucus] Dissident priest tells pro-LGBT parishioners he hopes 2024 Synod will approve ‘women deacons’Fr. James Cassidy, a priest in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, expressed support for homosexuality, social justice and women's leadership roles in the church during a recent homily.A dissident priest at a pro-LGBT Catholic church in Minneapolis told laity this past weekend that he hopes a liberal parishioner attending the Synod on Synodality in October will vote to support women deacons.Father James Cassidy serves as the parochial vicar at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Community. The church falls under the jurisdiction of Archbishop Bernard...

[Catholic Caucus] What would St. Alphonsus say about Pope Francis’ criticisms of ‘rigid’ seminarians?Ultimately, Pope Francis wants priests who are overly emotional social workers that will affirm laity in their sins. This stands in marked contrast to the wisdom of St. Alphonsus Liguori on priestly formation.Pope Francis made headlines last week when he complained about priests not receiving a “humanistic formation.” “We need normal seminarians, with their problems, who play soccer, and who don’t go to the neighborhoods to dogmatize,” he told staffers for the Spain-based Catholic newspaper Nueva Vida.“I don’t like rigidity because it is a bad symptom of...

The dangerous hate of Catholic homophobia | OpinionFor the sixth year, my parish, Our Lady of Grace in Hoboken, celebrated a Pride Mass on the last Sunday in June. We do it on the day Pride celebrations occur all over the world but for a different reason: Ours spiritually affirms the dignity of each person as a child of God.And for the sixth year, about a dozen people protested the Mass across the street from the church in front of the dog run in Church Square Park. For only one day a year, I wished the dogs drowned out the...

Nancy Pelosi called priests to perform 'exorcism' after husband's hammer attack, daughter saysFormer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had priests come to her San Francisco home to perform an "exorcism" after her husband was severely attacked in November, according to her daughter. Alexandra Pelosi, the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, told the New York Times that her mother called priests to perform an exorcism of the house over Thanksgiving, just weeks after David DePape allegedly attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer. Nancy Pelosi, her daughter said, felt "guilty" that her husband was injured by a man who was looking for her.

[Catholic Caucus] Priest in Ontario promotes ‘Pride Month’ in a Catholic school board video'[W]e proudly fly the rainbow flag to mark Pride Month,' Fr. Joseph de Viveiros, C.R. said. KITCHENER, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic priest appeared in a video for the Waterloo Catholic District School Board to promote “celebrating” so-called “Pride Month” in June.“Yes, it is the time that those of us who identity as 2SLGBTQIA+ to celebrate who God made us to be,” opened Fr. Joseph de Viveiros, C.R. in a video titled “We All Belong – Pride Month,” posted by the WCDSB on June 1.“But it’s also...