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Catholic Caucus] German bishops slammed for naming priest involved in homosexual scandal to abuse victims boardThe German Bishops’ Conference is facing backlash for promoting heterodox Fr. Wolfgang Rothe, an LGBT activist linked to a major homosexual seminary scandal, with multiple bishops reportedly criticizing the appointment.The German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) has faced massive criticism for naming a heterodox priest, who has been accused of having a homosexual relationship with a seminarian, to its advisory board for sexual abuse victims.A recently published exposé by the German magazine Cicero revealed that Fr. Wolfgang Rothe’s appointment to the DBK’s advisory board for sexual abuse...

[Catholic Caucus] What Does “Full Communion” Mean? — Of Ecclesial Insults and Injuries This article appeared in French as Letter 878 of Paix Liturgique. It has been translated for Rorate Caeli.The ecumenism of Vatican II is based on the affirmation that our separated brothers and sisters are "in imperfect communion" with the Church and with Christ (Unitatis redintegratio, n. 3). This is a colossal novelty, for one is or is not in communion with Christ through faith, just as one is or is not in a state of grace through charity. By this subterfuge the separated become semi-Catholics, which...

The Fellowship of St Gregory the Great is the provisional title of the organisation of ex-Anglican clergy who plan to stay with their flocks once they become Roman Catholics. The Anglicans, led by the "flying" bishops of Ebbsfleet and Richborough, are hoping that Rome will give the new body formal recognition - possibly as an "apostolic administration" supervised by a senior Catholic bishop. I've written an article in the Catholic Herald outlining what the Vatican may be prepared to offer Bishop Andrew Burnham and his colleagues, for whom it has the highest regard. I'm pretty sure that parishes will be...