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[Catholic Caucus] Fr. Murray condemns Fiducia Supplicans: ‘Pope Francis has not upheld the Catholic faith’‘Catholic bishops and faithful of the world have to tell the Holy See, 'We do not believe that immorality is blessable, and therefore we reject this innovation,’’ the New York priest said. ‘This innovation of a blessing of what’s immoral will not stand.’Fr. Gerald Murray strongly rebuked Pope Francis’ document endorsing homosexual “blessings” and encouraged Catholics to “reject this innovation” on Raymond Arroyo’s The World Over on Thursday.The respected canon lawyer and New York pastor said that Fiducia Supplicans, authored by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect...

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Bishops will not offer blessings of homosexual ‘couples’ anywhere in AfricaCardinal Ambongo’s letter declared that none of the Catholic bishops in Africa and Madagascar will offer blessings to homosexual couples.ACCRA, Ghana (LifeSiteNews) — The president of the episcopal conferences of Africa and Madagascar has declared that the Catholic bishops in the continent will not be implementing Fiducia Supplicans’ blessing of same-sex couples, as to do so would contradict African culture which is “deeply rooted in the values of the natural law regarding marriage and family.”In a letter dated and issued January 11, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo presented the...

[Catholic Caucus] Byzantine Catholic bishop: The Church ‘can never’ bless same-sex relationships'Important to note is that, in our society, the word ‘couple’ has come to be understood as two people who have entered a relationship that is either one of dating, engagement, or marriage,' Byzantine Catholic Bishop Robert Pipta stated. The new bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, which covers part of the American Midwest, has said that the Church cannot bless same-sex “couples.” In a recent online communique, Bishop Robert Pipta discussed Pope Francis’ new declaration Fiducia Supplicans and stated that the Church cannot bless romantic relationships...

[Catholic Caucus] Spanish cardinal vows to ‘fully apply’ Fiducia Supplicans, cracks down on priestly oppositionSpanish priests involved in a petition asking Pope Francis to revoke Fiducia Supplicans ‘have been seriously admonished, they have been asked if they have anything against the Pope,’ Cardinal José Cobo said.MADRID (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal José Cobo of Madrid has moved to quash opposition to Fiducia Supplicans, warning his priests that “we are going to fully apply the Pope’s doctrine” on same-sex “blessings.”Speaking to Religión Digital on January 8, Cobo expressed his full support of the December 18 text Fiducia Supplicans, which purports to open the...

[Catholic Caucus] German theologian: Fiducia Supplicans breaks with Scripture, pushes Church into ‘free fall’Hubert Windisch joins a growing group of Catholic scholars who have publicly condemned Fiducia Supplicans, a heterodox document that allows for the 'blessings' of same-sex couples under certain conditions.A German theology professor has said that the Vatican’s controversial declaration Fiducia Supplicans “represents an unprecedented increase in Vatican depravity” and is “a break with Sacred Scripture and the Tradition.” Hubert Windisch, a Catholic professor emeritus of pastoral theology, formerly of the University of Freiburg in Germany, wrote in a statement that Fiducia Supplicans “is both harmful and disgraceful”...

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but America is not a Christian nation by any stretch of the imagination. As much as I would like to see this nation turn from her collective blasphemy, I simply do not see it happening. Collectively, America is nothing more than a modern-day version of Sodom and Gomorrah, replete with the exact same sins that sent judgment on those two cities and deserving of the same fate. I was recently pointed to a commercial for TurboTax. I use TurboTax to file my own taxes and have done so nearly my entire...

[Catholic Caucus] Fiducia Supplicans and Diabolical LogicWe have already written about the diabolical logic (or sophism).[1] We explained how the modernists do not use logic, but sophism (cunning fabrication) and based on false premises, they reach false conclusions in order to deceive people. That is why sophism can rightly be called diabolical logic. Declaration Fiducia supplicans,[2] published on 18 December 2023 right before Christmas, in which the possibility of blessing same-sex couples and couples in irregular relationships is opened, is another example of sophism. Of course, many recognized it immediately, and it is no wonder that it caused a real...

[Catholic Caucus] Fiducia Supplicans: Its inevitable effect and true intentThe big buzz in Catholic circles these days concerns the new DDF Declaration, Fiducia Supplicans, allowing for “the possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples.”Here, I will touch on those portions of the text that reveal its true intent. [HINT: It’s not what its authors are claiming.]In the preface, Cardinal Tucho “Mouth Healer” Fernández, Prefect of the DDF, immediately makes clear that the text of the declaration “was submitted to the Holy Father [sic] for his review, and he approved it with his signature.”He tells us that the...

[Catholic Caucus] My Advice? Step DownSuppose you’d been asked by Cardinal Manuel Fernandez, Prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith, to assist him in putting together an official statement on the possibility of blessing same-sex couples. He’s all in, of course, but would like it if you climbed on board as well. And never mind why he’s asked you in the first place; the point is, he did, so what do you tell him? To go stuff it? No, that clearly will not do. Ok, so you try and say it less rudely, as in, “Thank you for...

German cardinal says Pope Francis’ same-sex blessings declaration ‘never would have happened’ under BenedictA German cardinal in the Catholic Church remarked that Pope Benedict would never have approved Pope Francis' recent edict allowing priests to bless people in same-sex relationships.Cardinal Gerhard Mueller made the comment to Reuters while attending an event marking the one-year anniversary of Pope Benedict's death on Sunday. "It never would have happened [under Benedict] because it was so ambiguous," Mueller told the outlet of Francis' decision. Mueller had served as the Church's doctrinal chief under Benedict, a post he lost upon Francis' ascension.

Chris Christie ties his shift on gay marriage to Vatican ruling on same-sex blessingsRepublican presidential candidate Chris Christie, once an opponent of same-sex marriage, said Thursday his views on the matter have shifted, citing the Vatican’s recent document on same-sex blessings as evidence that “even the Church is changing.”“And so you know for me, it’s still, it was a process I had to go through to change the way I’ve been raised both from a family perspective and what my mother and father taught me and felt and also from a religious perspective and … what my Church taught me...

[Catholic Caucus] Fiducia supplicans appears to have failed spectacularlyThat the strongest resistance is coming largely from the global south and the developing world only reinforces the already powerful impression that Pope Francis’s solicitude for “the peripheries” is only so much talk.It isn’t every day that the top papal lieutenant goes on the record to discuss something about which he’d just said there would be no further clarification, but that’s what just happened in an interview published by The Pillar with the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.That’s one of the things that happened, at any rate,...

[Catholic Caucus] Bergoglio's Method is "Dissimulation" - Argentinian ArchbishopThe Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith has become a Dicastery of confusion, wrote Archbishop Héctor Aguer, 80, formerly in La Plata, on December 23.He calls it "scandalous" that Tucho contradicts what two years ago the very same Dicastery affirmed with a document signed by Cardinal Ladaria [which gives the statements of the dicastery the authority of a weather forecast].In Ladaria's statement it was said that a homosexual couple cannot be blessed because God cannot bless sin. “That is the truth”, comments Aguer.His key phrase: "Fiducia supplicans lets us see where...

[Catholic Caucus] Pharisaical Word-Games from the US BishopsThe Catholic Church has always had blessings for people and items. Blessings for people are usually for individuals, but occasionally a priest may bless groups living in a vocation designed by God (like a family.) Blessings for items can be anything from a vehicle to a crucifix.But there is a new heretical document from Cdl. Fernandez that reads: “III. Blessings of Couples in Irregular Situations and of Couples of the Same Sex. 31. Within the horizon outlined here appears the possibility of blessings for couples in irregular situations and for couples of the...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider on Fiducia Supplicans: “A Mockery of the Natural and Revealed Law of God”As a strong and steady backlash to the Vatican’s declaration on blessings for same-sex couples continues to flow in from Catholic Bishops around the world, Bishop Athanasius Schneider is referring to the document as “a mockery of the natural and revealed law of God.” In his first print interview since the December 18 release of Fiducia supplicans by the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan contends the declaration “clearly, albeit...

[Catholic Caucus] German church plans formal ‘ceremonies’ for blessing same-sex couplesGerman bishops will continue to work on a handout for 'blessing ceremonies' to give to priests while the vice president of the Central Committee of German Catholics expresses hope that a change in church doctrine on sexual morality follows.BERLIN (LifeSiteNews) — Birgit Mock, the vice president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZDK), announced that in light of Rome’s permission to grant blessings to “couples” in irregular unions and same-sex “couples” the German bishops will continue as planned to work on a handout for “blessing ceremonies” to give to...

[Catholic Caucus] Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (2nd largest church in Catholic Church) Rejects Francis’ Gay Declaration as Inapplicable to Eastern Catholic Churches: "A blessing can in no way contradict Church teaching on family as faithful, indissoluble, and fruitful union of love between a man and a woman."COMMUNIQUÉregarding the reception by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of the declaration of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith "Fiducia Supplicans" on the pastoral significance of blessings, signed by the Father and Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Sviatoslav.Kyiv On December 22, 2023In response to numerous appeals from bishops, clergy, monastics, church...

[Catholic Caucus] SSPX on Declaration allowing “Blessings” of Same-Sex “Couples”: A Scandal and Perjury Legitimizing SinRome: The DDF Authorizes the Blessing of Same-Sex or Unmarried CouplesOn Monday, December 18, 2023, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) published a Declaration signed the same day by Pope Francis, authorizing, for reasons of pastoral charity, the blessing of couples “in irregular situations”—in other words, unmarried or divorced and remarried couples, as well as same-sex couples.In this rather long text, the DDF justifies this decision by relying on the teaching of Francis, and in particular on the response he gave to...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò: Bergoglio’s ‘blessings’ for homosexual couples show he is a ‘servant of Satan’Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò says the Vatican’s newly approved blessings for homosexual ‘couples’ show that the ‘Bergoglian hierarchy’ are ‘servants of Satan and his most zealous allies.’When the devil tries to persuade us to sin, he emphasizes the supposed good of the evil action he wants us to do, while overshadowing the aspects that are necessarily contrary to God’s commandments. He does not say to us: Sin and offend the Lord who died for you on the Cross, because he knows that a normal person...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis and Fernández: Is the Roman Curia Now furious?Caminante-Wanderer.blogspot.com commented on 19 December on the recent homosex-propaganda text by Francis and Fernández that "allows" a "blessing" of practised homosexuality, which is a mortal sin. His main points.- The scribble was written by Fernández and Bergoglio and published without going through the usual channels, allegedly infuriating the Roman Curia. Only two years ago, Tucho's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said the opposite, and the theologians who work there are still the same people.- Caminate-Wanderer believes that Cardinal Parolin "must be furious" because a few weeks ago he...