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<p>Pope Francis' latest document comes despite the fact that the Catholic Church teaches that deliberate bodily mutilation and homosexual acts are gravely sinful, and that those requesting baptism for children must intend to raise the children in the Catholic faith.</p>

Juan-Carlos Cruz revealed that his close relationship with Pope Francis involves regular calls and face-to-face visits.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) –– A homosexual papal confidant has reiterated claims that Pope Francis removed all Vatican officials involved in issuing the 2021 document banning same-sex “blessings” in retaliation for the document. Speaking at the 2023 pro-LGBT Outreach conference, run by prominent LGBT advocate Father James Martin SJ, Juan-Carlos Cruz revealed Francis’ reaction to the 2021 Vatican ban on same-sex “blessings.” Cruz is an openly homosexual man appointed by Francis to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in 2021, and who has since...

Don’t Just Blame the Dodgers: Blame the Collapse of Catholic FidelityProminent Church leaders promote, defend, and encourage the LGBTQ movement.As the debate continues to rage over Los Angeles Dodgers’ honoring of the “good works” performed by the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” — a group that has spent the last four decades denigrating Catholic religious nuns by dressing in drag and performing obscene gestures at Gay Pride parades — most of the criticism is directed at Dodgers management for caving to pressure from the LGBTQ tyrants. Few seem to notice the role that the LGBTQ enablers have played from their privileged...

Departing from Africa, Pope Francis renews call to end anti-sodomy lawsThe pontiff repeated his January 25 assertion that 'the criminalization of homosexuality is a problem that cannot be ignored.'ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (LifeSiteNews) — In a novel in-air press conference with the head of the Church of England and the head of the Church of Scotland, Pope Francis repeated his remarks first made on January 25 about the need for an end to anti-sodomy laws.Noting that some 50 countries have anti-sodomy laws, Francis said as he was returning from a six-day trip to Africa, “The criminalization of homosexuality is a...

The ‘Synodal Way’ wants to reverse Catholic teaching on homosexuality. Here’s why that’s impossibleThe Church's teaching is unchangeable, and same-sex behavior can't be reconciled with human nature, created by God as a communion of male and female.(LifeSiteNews) – The German “Synodal Way” and its allies within the Church are hellbent – seemingly more so every day – on changing Catholic doctrine regarding homosexuality.A leader of the “Synodal Way” indeed recently acknowledged that the heterodox initiative is intended as a direct challenge to the Church’s teaching on this issue.Marc Frings, the secretary-general of the Central Committee of German Catholics, a leading...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Pro-LGBT cardinal claims Pope Francis is in ‘full agreement’ with his stanceCardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of the 'Synod on Synodality,' said that 'we must listen to the people of the world, what they express' regarding changes to Catholic teaching.CHICAGO (LifeSiteNews) – The openly pro-homosexual head of the European bishops’ commission has again cast doubt on the perennial Catholic doctrine on homosexuality and appeared to suggest that he thinks the Catholic Church can change its teaching through the worldwide “Synod on Synodality,” and claimed that he knows that he is “in full agreement with Pope Francis” on...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis praises Fr. James Martin’s pro-LGBT conference as promoting ‘the culture of encounter’Faithful Catholics had protested the LGBT conference organized by Fr. Martin, an event which Pope Francis said ‘enriches us with our differences.’Pope Francis and Fr. James Martin SJ(LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis has once again written to dissident, pro-LGBT Jesuit Father James Martin, praising the priest for a scandalous LGBT conference he recently hosted and for the “culture of encounter” he promotes amongst “LGBT Catholics.”Fr. Martin S.J. announced that Outreach – “a new LGBTQ Catholic resource” he recently set up – had sent the Pope details...

Pope Francis penned a letter to the prominent, dissident pro-LGBT priest Fr. James Martin, decrying what was described as the Church's 'rejection' of 'LGBT Catholics.'VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis has written a letter to “LGBT Catholics,” delivered via dissident Jesuit priest Father James Martin, declaring that a “selective” Church is “a sect,” and decrying what he styled as the Church’s “rejection” of “LGBT Catholic[s].” The letter was announced May 8, and published May 9 in an article written by Martin for Outreach, which is “a new LGBTQ Catholic resource” he recently set up. Martin noted that he had himself...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope to LGBT Catholics: 'God is Father who does not disown any of his children'Pope Francis answers three questions put to him by Jesuit Father James Martin whose pastoral ministry involves the LGBT community.By Linda Bordoni“God’s style is closeness, mercy and tenderness” Pope Francis said answering three questions put to him by Jesuit Father James Martin who ministers to LGBT Catholics.On 5 May Father Martin had written to the Pope in Spanish asking him to answer some questions that he is most commonly asked by LGBT Catholics and their families.He received a hand-written response a couple of days...

Pope Francis ends automatic dismissal of religious-order priests for [sexual] abuseLess than a year after he strengthened the Code of Canon Law’s section on crimes, Pope Francis has issued an apostolic constitution motu proprio (on his own initiative) that alters the wording of one of the canons.As a result of the alteration, religious-order priests who sexually abuse minors and other vulnerable persons, or who commit canonical crimes related to child pornography, will no longer be automatically dismissed from their religious institutes.In addition, religious-order priests who “force someone to perform or submit to sexual acts” will no longer be automatically dismissed...

They Hire an Idol of the ProLGBTBI Song to Fill the Plaza de San PedroFor the Pope's meeting with young people in San Pedro, promoted by the Italian Episcopal Conference, they had no better idea than to hire a music idol, the winner of the Sanremo Festival with a song that exalts homosexual love.It has been a long time since Francis seemed to be a 'prophet in his own land', so to speak, in the sense that Saint Peter's Square, a recurring scene of historical 'full houses', often appears in papal addresses with such a small audience that I would...

Anglican “Bishops”: To be Trans is to Enter a Sacred Journey of Becoming Whole Pope Francis meets Ms. Ozanne, a practicing lesbian and evangelical AnglicanThe former Anglican Archlayperson of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, recently stated the following:To be trans is to enter a sacred journey of becoming whole: precious, honoured and loved, by yourself, by others and by God[i]If ever there was ever a warning of how deeply a religious body can go mad when they reject the Tradition of the Church, the Anglicans are it. The differences in the so called Church of England and the true Church of...

Pope Francis praised the International Catholic Media Consortium on COVID-19 Vaccines, funded by Google and linked to George Soros and Bill Gates, for its work fighting 'misleading' information on COVID jabs.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis on Friday met with the International Catholic fact-checking group catholic-factchecking.com, which promotes abortion-tainted injections and is linked to Bill Gates and George Soros, thanking them for combating “fake news and the manipulation of the consciences of the weakest.” The morning of January 28, Pope Francis met with members of the International Catholic Media Consortium on COVID-19 Vaccines, or “Catholic fact-checking,” in the Vatican’s Clementine...

Nephew of late Argentine cardinal accuses Pope Francis of covering up homosexual abuseThere are known cases of priests who displayed such behavior and could always rely on Bergoglio’s discreet protection.’Fri Jan 14, 2022 - 5:30 pm ESTFri Jan 14, 2022 - 6:18 pm EST BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (LifeSiteNews) – The nephew of Pope Francis’ predecessor as archbishop of Buenos Aires accused the pope of covering up homosexual clerical abuse in a recent interview and blasted Francis for the leadership style “of a despot.”Speaking with Gloria.tv, Dr. José Arturo Quarracino, a teacher and nephew of the late Cardinal Antonio Quarracino, said...

Pope Francis: All Religious Traditions Must Resist ‘Temptation to Fundamentalism’Speaking on a stage together with Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu representatives, Pope Francis appealed for peace amid the world’s current conflicts.VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked leaders of world religions to resist “the temptation to fundamentalism” for the sake of peace at an interreligious gathering Thursday in front of the Colosseum.Peace “summons us to serve the truth and declare what is evil when it is evil, without fear or pretense, even and especially when it is committed by those who profess to follow the same creed as us,” the...

Cardinals Want to Correct German Bishop - Francis RefusesVatican sources told Edward Pentin (NCRegister.com, March 26) that two Cardinals wanted to summon presiding Limburg Bishop Georg Bätzing to travel to Rome after he had called in December for homosex "blessings."However, Francis refused to take any measures against Bätzing, one source told Pentin. Bätzing also revolted against the March statement of Francis' Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith against homosex "blessings."Fake laws and statements which are never enforced, are a common Vatican trick to fool the "Conservatives" who like to believe that what is written on paper constitutes reality.

Burke: "Saint Peter's Is Now Like a Tomb" (Video)Cardinal Raymond Burke has called for a "clarification" - that will never come - of the Vatican’s false claim that there are “positive elements” in homosex liaisons.Burke told EWTN.com (March 25) that despite a sinful life, the person as such remains good, nevertheless a homosex liaison doesn't contain "positive elements."He stressed that the "aggressive homosexual agenda" is now dominating in ecclesial circles and among bishops, and that it is "not far fetched" to think that Francis’ March 21 Angelus address was an attempt to distance himself from his own document on homosex...

Could Cardinal Joseph Tobin be the first Irish-American pope?The choice of Cardinal Joseph Tobin of New Jersey to the key Vatican Congregation of Bishops committee which is responsible for selecting bishops all over the world is a clear sign that Pope Francis may have greater things in store for the Irish American cardinal.Indeed, like as there was with Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley during the last papal election, the notion of Tobin becoming a strong candidate to succeed Francis as pope is clearly seen as a possibility.The pope and Tobin are very close having first met at a 2005 Synod on...

Priest Suspended for Blasting ‘Heretic’ Pope Congregation shouts down cleric for opposing Francis on gay civil unions SAVONA, Italy (ChurchMilitant.com) - An Italian priest who called out Pope Francis as "mediocre" and a "heretic in need of conversion" in his All Saints Day sermon has been suspended by his bishop.Bp. Guglielmo Borghetti of Albenga-Imperia diocese Father Fabio Ragusa, assistant priest in the parish Borgio Verezzi, Savona, denounced the pontiff for "uttering truly senseless statements" endorsing homosexual civil unions and stressed that "it was imperative to obey the Catechism and the Church's doctrine." Ragusa defined Francis' words as "a grave doctrinal error"...

Fr. James Martin says not placing foster kids with gay couples is ‘homophobia’ The dissident priest suggested that religious liberty is used ‘as a cover for homophobia.’ Fr. James Martin, S.J. sports double 'devil horns' to introduce Metallica on the Colbert Report, Sept. 24, 2013. November 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Fr. James Martin SJ reacted to a major U.S. Supreme Court religious liberty case pitting so-called homosexual rights against a Catholic adoption agency’s conscience rights, siding with LGBT activsts and a host of far-left organizations.  When court observers yesterday suggested that a majority of the nine justices had signaled they would...