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[Catholic Caucus] New York Catholic parish to celebrate ‘LGBT Mass’ during city’s ‘Pride Weekend’New York’s St. Francis of Assisi parish continues its annual liturgy celebrating ‘Pride Month,’ despite Church doctrine condemning homosexual acts as intrinsically disordered.St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Manhattan plans to celebrate its annual “United In Love Pre-Pride Festive Mass” at the end of the month to coincide with the city’s LGBT events commemorating “WorldPride” weekend.On June 28, the parish will celebrate the “Pride Mass” to commemorate “the start of ‘Pride weekend’ with a joyful liturgy affirming God’s love for all,” per the parish events calendar....

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis welcomes transgender activist ‘hermit’ ‘Brother Christian Matson’ at Vatican audiencePope Francis warmly received Nicole Matson, a transgender activist living as a ‘diocesan hermit’ named ‘Brother Christian Matson,’ at a Vatican audience, despite Matson having undergone ‘sex change’ surgery and presenting herself as a man in violation of Catholic teaching.Following one of his weekly audiences last month, Pope Francis met with the controversial gender-confused “diocesan hermit” known as “Brother Christian Cole Matson.”Despite creating an international furor and raising profound canonical questions over her claims of being “transgender,” a woman who currently lives as a male hermit was...

[Catholic Caucus] Why does Pope Francis want Fr. James Martin, Rupnik colleague in the Vatican communications office?The Vatican communications office includes one of the foremost LGBT advocates in the Church and a close collaborator of one of the most scandal-plagued priests in Rome.Fr Martin (far right) and Govekar (3rd from right) at the Dicastery for Communication, plenary assembly 2024.With the Vatican in dire need of well-directed communications as the Holy See attempts to promote the Synod and the 2025 Jubilee, the inclusion of Father James Martin, SJ and a close ally of scandal plagued Father Marko Rupnik in the Vatican’s...

[Catholic Caucus] James Martin: Synod Delegates Called Homosexual Sin Disgusting, Repulsive, Unnatural and SickHomosexual activist James Martin SJ published a propaganda article on Outreach.faith (September 18) for Francis' upcoming ex-synod. He claims to be reflecting on what he learned at the ex-synod from October 2023. His main points.- In October 2023, "many" synod delegates were opposing homosexual sins.- Martin allegedly heard "strong language" against homosexual sins. The terms "disgusting," "repulsive," "unnatural," and "sick" were regularly used in conversations.- One delegate in a plenary session referred to homosexuality as a "Western ideology".- Some delegates said that homosexual people either do not...

[Catholic Caucus] Fr. James Martin’s pro-LGBT group publishes article connecting ‘Pride Month’ to Sacred HeartAn 'Outreach' op-ed attempted to argue, in conflict with Catholic teaching, that 'the message of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Pride flag seem to me to be highly aligned.'The pro-LGBT advocacy group Outreach, run by Father James Martin, S.J., published an op-ed blasphemously arguing that the sexually immoral agenda of the rainbow “Pride Month” is compatible with the traditional devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to which Catholics have long dedicated the month of June.READ: Five things you should know about devotion to...