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The Church of EveryoneWhy so many Catholics are leaving.Pope Francis recently called for a “Church open to everyone.” Nothing new here. The Church has always been open to everyone—including sinners. The Church has always acknowledged that it is “a Church of sinners.”But when Francis says “open to everyone” he seems to have something else in mind. Traditionally, when Catholics spoke of a “Church of sinners” it was understood to mean repentant sinners: people who were sorry for their sins and were trying their best to sin no more.By contrast, what Francis and other woke/progressive Catholics seems to mean is “proud...

Vatican Questionnaire Offers Non-Binary Gender OptionROME — A new Vatican questionnaire offers respondents a third option when declaring their sex, namely: male, female, and other.The questionnaire, titled “The Church listens,” aims to collect people’s opinions about the Church, the results of which “will be sent to the Synod of Bishops, which will meet in Rome in October 2023, to give new life to the Church.”“Pope Francis wants to know how we see the Church and what we think the Church should do to bring her closer to us so that we can move forward together,” explains the survey, which is...

Pro-LGBT bishop takes over as head of Phoenix dioceseBishop John Dolan leaves behind in San Diego a history of drag queen support and clerical abuse cover-upPHOENIX, Arizona (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop John Dolan was installed last week as the new Bishop of Pheonix, Arizona, despite cover-up of clerical sexual abuse cases in San Diego and a history of promoting LGBTQ groups and activities, including celebrating a Mass that featured a homosexual drag queen. In 2017, during Dolan’s tenure as auxiliary bishop in San Diego, he celebrated a Mass in which he allowed a nationally known homosexual drag queen, “Nicole” Murray Ramirez,...

[Catholic Caucus] “The Pope Knew… and Did Nothing “ Gustavo Oscár Zanchetta, former bishop of Orán, was sentenced to four and a half years for sexually abusing seminarians but only spent a week in prison. Now he is under house arrest. (Rome) "The Pope has known for years" what Monsignor Gustavo Oscár Zanchetta was doing, says a victim of the former bishop of the diocese of San Ramón de la nueva Orán in Argentina. The victim is outraged at the news that Bishop Zanchetta, a convicted sex offender, has been granted house arrest.On March 4th, the former bishop of...

[Catholic Caucus] Corrupt Cardinal, Corrupt PontificateThe hierarchical structure of the Catholic Church is partially responsible for why bishops, including the pope, are not investigated or accountable to any external oversight body. As a consequence, one should not be surprised that only 7 out of 150 bishops credibly accused of abusing minors or vulnerable adults have actually been laicized. In the United States, with less than 200 dioceses, “more than 130 U.S. bishops” have been accused of “failing to adequately respond to sexual misconduct in their dioceses.”The question of holding bishops accountable who engage in or cover up abuse has become...