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LGBT group praises cardinal for inclusion in Holy Thursday liturgy: ‘Historic The new cardinal of Naples will wash the feet of a prominent LGBT activist during Maundy Thursday liturgy this year, in a move hailed as support for the LGBT lifestyle by activists.The new cardinal of Naples will wash the feet of a prominent LGBT activist during Maundy Thursday liturgy this year, in a move hailed as support for the LGBT lifestyle by activists.As highlighted by Messa in Latino, the newly minted cardinal of Naples, Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, will include a prominent LGBT activist in the Maundy Thursday Mandatum ceremony...

[Catholic Caucus] Questions Linger on Cardinal Fernandez’s ‘Sex Change’ RemarksThe prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has not addressed concerns that his recent remarks may contradict the Church’s moral teaching on bodily integrity.The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, who recently appeared to some observers to support “sex change” surgery in especially difficult cases, has not responded to questions aimed at clarifying his comments. ... Some observers took his comments to be a contradiction of the DDF’s 2024 declaration Dignitas Infinita (Infinite Dignity). That document, which underlined the inherent and inalienable dignity...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-LGBT Nun to Lead Holy Week Address in SpainAngel Javier Pérez Pueyo, Bishop of Barbastro, Spain, has announced that Sister María Luisa Berzosa González, a homosexual activist, will deliver the Pregón de la Semana Santa of Barbastro during Holy Week 2025.The Pregón de la Semana Santa is a public speech in many Spanish-speaking regions that officially opens the Holy Week celebrations.Angel Javier Pérez Pueyo became famous for starting a pointless fight over the Opus Dei sanctuary of Torreciudad, located in his diocese.Berzosa González is a nun from the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, who hides in lay...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland urges brother priests to rebuke the ‘rot of sodomy’ attacking the ChurchNote: The following was written and distributed by Bishop Joseph Strickland at the second annual “Catholic Prayer for America” gala at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, March 19.(LifeSiteNews) — Dear brother priests,I pray that these Lenten days we presently journey through are a time of abundant grace for you, deepening your life as a priest of Jesus Christ and renewing your heart in His truth and love.I urge you to acquaint yourself with St. Peter Damian, a fearless defender of truth who stood against the corruption of...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop: Seminarians Need Safe Place to Explore Sexuality and Integrate ItIn an interview about seminary formation of candidates for priesthood, Bishop Michael Gerber, of Fulda, Germany, supported the idea that gay man can be ordained.Bishop Michael GerberSpeaking with Katholisch.de, a major German Catholic news outlet, Gerber, who is also chairman of the Commission for Vocations and Church Services at the German Bishops’ Conference, was asked about his thoughts on the Italian bishops’ conference plan to admit gay men into priestly formation on a case-by-case basis, just as heterosexual men are assessed. Should the Catholic Church in Germany, which...

[Catholic Caucus] German Bishop Critiques U.S. President’s Anti-LGBTQ+ PolicyThe bishop who is the German bishops conference’s liaison to the queer community has spoken out against President Donald Trump, and his administration’s treatment of LGBTQ+ people.Bishop Ludger Schepers, auxiliary bishop of Essen was alarmed that “Trump is “removing discrimination protection for queer people and no longer recognizes gender minorities at all,” according to Katholisch.de“Every attack on the rights of queer people threatens the rights of all people who do not conform to the narrow ideas of how one should look and behave,” said Schepers.Since being sworn in, Trump has eradicated the...

[Catholic Caucus] United States: Cardinal Cupich Supports Adoption by Same-Sex CouplesCardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, is definitely one of the most progressive and divisive figures in the American episcopate. He published an article on the Outreach website – a reference for LGBTQ Catholics according to their logo – in which he highlighted in a very positive way the possibility of same-sex couples adopting children.In this article, the Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago first explains that the clergy – in which he places himself – must not “presume” people, to think that they know better than the faithful. And he gives...

[Catholic Caucus] Gaga Cardinal: Talking about the Synod Is like "Talking About Sex to A Kid"Homosexual activist Timothy Radcliffe, 79, a Cardinal, giving a talk in Oxford on December 16 about the Synod on Synodality , came up with an apparently broken record in his mind: sex.He said: "The challenge of talking about the Synod is rather like that of talking about sex with somebody who's just getting to puberty."Timothy Radcliffe recalled the time when he was a pupil in a Benedictine school. An elderly monk took him aside to talk informally about "the birds and the bees"."For some reason...

Questions for Bishop Budde and the Church of Never Trump For the past two weeks, adulation over Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde’s scolding of President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance has become all the rage for liberal church leaders across the United States and, indeed, around the world.How should conservative Christians respond? Here’s a short list of questions we might ask of these leaders who apparently fancy themselves our spiritual betters.Do you think it’s “vitriolic” to have compassion for the 300,000 children who have been trafficked by cartels into America’s heartland and are now missing?Do you think it is “spiteful”...

[Catholic Caucus] Storm in the Vatican. Is the Cipriani Case a Trap Against Opus Dei?The Cipriani Case is a troubling allegation of abuse of a minor by Juan Luis Cipriani when the latter was the spiritual director of the Seminary of Lima, Peru. Made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001, Cipriani and the Vatican now seem at odds, and here's the breakdown:Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, the emeritus archbishop of Lima (Peru) and a cardinal created by Pope John Paul II in 2001, is currently at the center of a very confusing storm. On January 25, 2025, the...

[Catholic Caucus] Father James Martin and the Tired Leftism of the JesuitsFather James Martin, Society of Jesus, is at it again.Martin, the Jesuit priest who has spent his entire life advocating for left-wing causes, is all over social media preaching that Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were refugees and therefore, good Christians should oppose President Trump’s efforts to stop illegal immigration into the United States.What Father Martin does not wrestle with is the concept of evil. Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, murdered a young woman named Laken Riley during a 20-minute struggle. Ibarra was convicted on a total...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Catholic’ Franciscan magazine promotes dissident Fr. James Martin, pro-LGBT writingsSt. Anthony Messenger has published content advising parents to ‘accompany’ their children in their homosexuality, as well as content defending the grotesque Paris pre-Olympics ‘Last Supper.’A “Catholic” magazine published by Franciscan Media is promoting heterodox LGBT content, including writing from the notoriously pro-LGBT Father James Martin, SJ.St. Anthony Messenger, which publishes both in print and online, promoted content from Fr. Martin advising parents to “accompany” their children in their homosexuality as well as content defending the indecent, infamous 2024 pre-Olympics drag queen scene that was eventually confirmed to be...

[Catholic Caucus] Argentine Diocese Supports Homosexual March in Opposition to MileiHomosexual groups organised a march in Buenos Aires on February 1 to attack President Javier Milei's speech in Davos where he associated homosexuals with pedophilia and dismantled gender ideology.A second march of homosexual propagandists with the same purpose was organised in Mendoza, 1000 km west of Buenos Aires.Marcelo Colombo, the leader of the decadent Archdiocese of Mendoza, Argentina, promoted and supported this event on January 30. A text of the archdiocese's "Pastoral on Sexual Diversity" attacked pro-family policies as "manifestations of hatred":"Pope Francis invites us to build a Church that...

Irish (Catholic) bishop praises sermon by Episcopalian bishop that offended TrumpLEICESTER, United Kingdom – An Irish bishop praised an Episcopalian bishop whose homily to U.S. President Donald Trump was called “very ungracious” by the American leader.Auxiliary Bishop Michael Router of the Archdiocese of Armagh was speaking on Feb. 1 at the Shrine of Saint Brigid at her birthplace in Faughart in the Republic of Ireland. Saint Brigid, who lived approximately from 450 to 525, is one of the patron saints of IrelandLast week we watched, with interest, the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America,”...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-LGBT GLAAD president says organization is ‘working with’ Pope FrancisAt the World Economic Forum this week, the president of the pro-LGBT organization Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) stated that her organization is “working with” Pope Francis.In a video clip posted to X, Sarah Kate Ellis stated during a WEF session, “We are working with the Pope, and we have been working with the Pope and other religious leaders, and I think we’ve seen the most movement we’ve ever seen. Now we’ve seen some setbacks and I’m not saying anyone – don’t, you know, we have to...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis defends inviting transgender groups to Vatican: ‘Proximity to everybody’Pope Francis defended his regular welcoming of transgender groups at the Vatican when asked on Italy's Che Tempo Che Fa program on January 19: 'Proximity! That's the word. Proximity to everybody. Everyone.'Pope Francis has defended his regular welcoming of transgender groups at the Vatican, saying that “proximity” is key for the Church.“Proximity! That’s the word. Proximity to everybody. Everyone.” This was the answer of Pope Francis when asked on Italy’s Che Tempo Che Fa program January 19 about the warm welcome he has given to groups of transgenders...

[Catholic Caucus] In New Book, Pope Francis Repeats Message of Welcome to LGBTQ+ PeoplePope Francis’ new book, Hope: The Autobiography released this week in the United States on Jan. 14, directly addresses the pontiff’s record on LGBTQ+ issues, reports America. The book’s front coverIn Hope the Holy Father restates his support for Fiducia Supplicans,the 2023 Vatican document allowing pastoral blessings of individuals in same sex relationships,by once again stating: “It is the people who are blessed, not the relationships.It arises from the wish not to ascribe one situation or one condition to the entire life of those who seek to...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-LGBT Kentucky bishop suppresses Latin Mass religious order, citing Traditionis CustodesBishop John Iffert of Covington, Kentucky, who said Mass for a pro-LGBT 'support group' last August, has suppressed a religious order which exclusively celebrates the Traditional Latin Mass, citing Pope Francis’ motu proprio 'Traditionis Custodes.'The bishop of Covington, Kentucky, who had previously celebrated an “LGBT Mass” for a dissident organization, has suppressed a religious order which exclusively celebrates the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), citing Pope Francis’ TLM-suppressing motu proprio Traditionis Custodes.Bishop John Iffert announced to the faithful of his diocese on Tuesday that he had suppressed the Missionaries...

[Catholic Caucus] Fr. Gerald Murray accuses Pope Francis of ‘endorsing the homosexual lifestyle’In an appearance on Raymond Arroyo's 'The World Over,' Father Gerald Murray accused Pope Francis of 'endorsing the homosexual lifestyle' and 'spouting propaganda of the homosexual interest groups' in his new memoir 'Hope.'Father Gerald Murray has accused Pope Francis of “endorsing the homosexual lifestyle” in the Pontiff’s newly released memoir.During the January 16 episode of Raymond Arroyo’s “The World Over,” Fr. Murray opined that instead of renewing the Church’s teaching on homosexuality, the Pope was in fact “endorsing the homosexual lifestyle by saying that these people have to...

[Catholic Caucus] The Jubilee, Archbishop Fisichella and La Tenda di GionataOn 24 December, with the opening of the Holy Door of St Peter’s, Pope Francis inaugurated the 2025 Jubilee. The Pope crossed the threshold of the Door and entered the Basilica to the resounding words of the Gospel of John, “I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved” and then of Psalm 117, “This is the gate of the Lord, the just shall enter into it”.Behind him was a procession of cardinals, bishops, priests and several families representing the five continents. On 26...