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A few years ago after our monthly meeting with Cardinal Bassetti and with all the priests of the diocese of Perugia, Italy (May 2018), at lunch I talked to a priest from Nigeria, who was helping out in a parish in Perugia (Olmo) on the weekends, while studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome for his doctorate. During our conversation, HE INDICATED CLEARLY THAT IT IS FINE AND NORMAL AND RIGHT FOR EACH PERSON TO INTERPRET THE TRUTH AND REALITY AS HE OR SHE BELIEVES WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO DIVINE REVELATION summarized in the documents of the Church and...

Cardinal Makes False Distinctions to Justify Mortal Sin Perugia Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, the president of the Italian bishops and an uncritical follower of Pope Francis, used a talk about Amoris Laetitia at the pro-gay World Meeting of Families (August 24) to promote mortal sin. Bassetti came up with the idea to distinguish between "good mortal sin" which he called "irregularity", and "bad mortal sin" saying that "not every irregularity is a mortal sin”. According to CruxNow.com, Bassetti went on claiming that what he called "irregularity" did apparently "not exist in the past” as if fornication was something new. Bassetti denied...

Land grab of 500-year-old monastery may be real motive for shutdownPERUGIA, Italy (ChurchMilitant.com) - Nuns at an ancient monastery are facing deportation after Italy's top cardinal is ordering the closure of the convent for noncompliance with the country's draconian COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The five nuns are being punished for refusing to get jabbed, revealed Mother Catherine of the convent of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria in Perugia after meeting with Cdl. Gualtiero Bassetti, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference. "It is true. I can confirm that this is the only explanation they gave me at the end of the apostolic visit," Mother...

[Catholic Caucus] Italian bishops roll out new missal that includes Francis’ ‘Our Father’ change, altered Gloria Avvenire confirmed that the new translation includes Francis’s changes to the Lord’s Prayer, made last year, and a change to the Gloria VATICAN CITY, September 1, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The controversial new Italian missal, featuring a reworded Gloria and novelties in the Lord’s Prayer promoted by Pope Francis, has appeared  On Friday, August 28, Pope Francis was presented with the new, three year cycle Missal of the Italian Episcopal Conference by its president, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti. The new missal will be mandatory for Italian...