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Fr. James Martin compares LGBT books for children to Jesus’ parablesThe Jesuit priest was responding to the Supreme Court's decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which sided with parents who have religious objections to explicit material in schools.Heterodox Jesuit priest Fr. James Martin compared kids reading LGBT books to Jesus sharing parables in a recent X post and in an essay at his website, Outreach. Martin did so while arguing against the rights of parents to prohibit their children from reading books in school that promote same-sex “marriage” and other content contrary to the Gospel.Martin was reacting to the Supreme Court’s...

[Catholic Caucus] Appeals Court Upholds Sentence for Homosexual Bishop Zanchetta, Friend of FrancisThe Court of Impeachment of Salta, Argentina, has confirmed the sentence of four years and six months "in prison" against Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, former Bishop of Orán.His crime was the persistent homosexual abuse of seminarians. About 20 people testified about inappropriate touching, kisses on the neck, or sexual advances by Zanchetta. The court found the testimony to be consistent and credible.Zanchetta once told his seminarians during a pizza and movie night that "he didn't have an erection that day".According to media reports, he also had homosexual pornographic...

Black Pentecostal leader urges pope to withdraw same-sex blessing documentWith some African bishops expressing concerns about the Vatican’s new same-sex blessing declaration, one prominent black Pentecostal leader is voicing his “solidarity” with African Catholics and urging Pope Francis to withdraw the guidelines. The Rev. Eugene F. Rivers III, who is the founder and director of the Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies and a minister for the Pentecostal Church of God in Christ, wrote an open letter to Pope Francis to “condemn your decision to bless homosexual [couples]” and say that “your black Pentecostal brothers in the United...

[Catholic Caucus] Belgian Cardinal and Bishops Approve Liturgy for “Same-Sex Unions” Archbishop Léonard, of Brussels-Mechlin, was one of the most conservative voices of the Church in Europe. That was enough for the petty, vengeful, small little man currently occupying the throne of Peter to not only not make him a Cardinal, but accept his retirement (unusually for a major Archbishop) as soon as he reached 75. For his place, Francis named an extremist liberal, a disciple of one of the greatest perverts ever to occupy a European see (Danneels), Jozef de Kesel. And, of course, Francis created him Cardinal...

[Catholic Caucus] New cardinal doubles down on dissent from Church teaching on homosexual civil unionsBrazilian Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., insists that homosexual civil unions are merely a matter of financial security, not a question of moral theology, and that Catholic moral teaching cannot be imposed on non-believers.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — New Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., has again defended civil unions for homosexuals, claiming the question is merely a matter of financial security, not a question of moral theology, and that Christians cannot impose their morality on non-Christians.The comments from the secretary general of the National Confederation of Bishops...