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Cardinal Vesco says Catholic Church is ‘not there to convert’ in interview on evangelisation Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco has said the Church is “not there to convert”, arguing that proselytism is “poison” and that Christians should approach other religions through fraternity rather than seeking conversionsCardinal Jean-Paul Vesco has said that the Catholic Church is “not a proselytising Church, not a Church that is there to convert”, arguing that its role is to form part of Algerian society rather than seek religious conversions.In an interview with Belgian Catholic media outlet CathoBel on 23 October, the Archbishop of Algiers said: “We are the...

Quran is "Word of God" and Muhammad "chosen by God" - says Italian bishops’ school material. The publication, Schede per conoscere l’Islam (“Sheets for Understanding Islam”), was prepared by the CEI and the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI). It comprises 11 teaching sheets intended for use in Catholic religious instruction in Italian schools. They were presented at Palazzo Borromeo in Rome on October 21, at an event attended by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi.Sheet 2 describes Muhammad as “chosen by God to carry His message and to establish and guide the new community of believers.” It also presents him...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Cupich awards Democrat billionaire who funds abortion Billionaire Democrat Michael J. Sacks donated $600,000 toward Illinois’ ‘abortion access infrastructure,’ and has served as a board member of the Obama Foundation.Cardinal Blase Cupich is honoring Michael J. Sacks, a major abortion funder, in Chicago next week.Sacks is receiving the Nostra Aetate award from the Archdiocese of Chicago despite his publicized, direct financial support of abortion. An announcement from Mundelein Seminary, published by the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, lists Sacks as a recipient of this year’s award from the archdiocese.“Join His Eminence Blase Cardinal Cupich and...

Tucho’s New Document Identifies the Crisis… and Makes it Much Worse Rome knows the Catholic faith is in crisis. But in "Venite ad Me", Tucho’s new document offers a diagnosis that ignores the Vatican II revolution, and remedies that make matters worse. Robert Morrison examines the contradictions, the surprising passages on traditional liturgical sensibilities, and what the Church’s own perennial teaching says about the way forward.“Today, a specific investigation into the sudden decline of Catholicism in countries where it was deeply rooted is necessary to understand its causes and develop an appropriate pastoral response.” (Paragraph 119 from Venite ad Me)On...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV-appointed nun again says women ‘may hear the call to priesthood’ ‘Who am I to say whether the door is open or closed (to ‘women priests’)?’ Sister Mary Teresa Barron scandalously told EWTN News.Sister Mary Teresa Barron, NSA, who Pope Leo XIV recently appointed as adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, has again suggested that women may be called to be “ordained” as priests, contradicting Catholic teaching.The nun, who is currently the superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, during an October 20 interview with EWTN News, stood by the previous erroneous...

[Catholic Caucus] Tucho’s new document contradicts John Paul II. Today, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, headed by the soft-porn author and Cardinal Víctor “Tucho” Fernández, has published Venite ad Me (“Come to Me”), a document on transmitting the Catholic faith. He disclaims “terminological precision and systematic treatment,” instead adopting a more discursive approach.Tucho creates a contrast between faith and its doctrinal formulations. Paragraph 29 of the document states: “The faith is not transmitted primarily as a body of doctrinal content or religious information, but as a form of ecclesial life into which the believer is gradually...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop bans St. Michael prayer at the end of Masses The St. Michael the Archangel prayer ban at Masses comes a year after Bishop Mark Beckman limited the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass in the Diocese of Knoxville.Bishop Mark Beckman of Knoxville, Tennessee, banned the praying of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel at the end of masses in his diocese.In a statement to members of the Diocese of Knoxville published Friday, Beckman lamented that as he has traveled throughout his diocese, he “noticed that in some of our parishes additional prayers, including the Prayer to...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Amoris laetitia synthesis report to address Communion for divorced Catholics, but issue ‘not the centre’ A member of the committee responsible for the final synthesis report on Amoris laetitia has confirmed to AdVaticanum that the document will address Communion for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, but insists the issue was “not the centre” of discussions, with Pope Leo XIV to review the report before its publicationA member of the committee responsible for reviewing the final report on the tenth anniversary of Amoris laetitia has confirmed to AdVaticanum that the document will address Holy Communion for divorced and...

[Catholic Caucus] Roche falsely claims Summorum Pontificum’s goal was SSPX ‘returning’ to Church Pope Benedict XVI has said it is ‘absolutely false’ that the ‘reauthorization’ of the Latin Mass was ‘primarily a concession’ to the SSPX.Anti-traditionalist Cardinal Arthur Roche has repeated the false claim that Pope Benedict XVI issued Summorum Pontificum to “smooth the way” for the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to “return to the Church.”The prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship told AdVaticanum in an interview published Tuesday that “Summorum Pontificum was created to accommodate, and also to smooth the way for, the Society of Saint...

<[Catholic Caucus] Inclusion of adulterers and “persons identifying as LGBTQ” called for at the current Vatican meeting on Amoris Laetitia. Inclusion of adulterers and “persons identifying as LGBTQ” called for at the current Vatican meeting on Amoris Laetitia.American Catholic moral theologian Prof. Julie Hanlon Rubio addressed the Vatican’s meeting marking the tenth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia on October 12.Rubio recounted the case of an elderly woman with dementia who refused Communion because her husband had previously been married. The woman, she said, remembered that “she was not worthy to receive the Body of Christ.” Rubio presented the story as evidence...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Ferrão defends controversial Amoris Laetitia remarks on changing family structures Ambiguous remarks by the Cardinal of Goa likely to further confuse the faithful, much like original Amoris Laetitia documentCardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão has defended his Amoris Laetitia speech suggesting that the Church must discern how it should change in response to evolving family structures, after questioning over the speech in which he referred to “changing understandings of gender.”The President of the Conference of Bishops of India made the remarks at Pope Leo XIV’s meeting marking ten years since the publication of Amoris Laetitia on 8 October....

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican theologian urges ‘new ways of being’ family, Church at Amoris summit Professor Vincenzo Rosito of the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences praised the 'spirit' of Amoris Laetitia and the 'changes' within the Church and family. Professor Vincenzo Rosito, the Vice Dean of the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences, asked attendees in an address to the ongoing Amoris Laetitia Summit, which praised the 10-year spirit of Pope Francis’ 2016 document, to ponder what is needed to learn new ways of “being a family” and “being a...

Pope Leo Praises Lutherans: Has Rome Abandoned Trent? Pope Leo XIV has praised the landmark Catholic-Lutheran agreement on justification. While the document's claims about faith, grace, and the Council of Trent raise serious questions about Rome's ecumenical project, the contrast with its treatment of the SSPX is impossible to ignore.In his October 1, 2026 address to the Delegation of the World Lutheran Federation, Leo XIV praised a 1999 joint declaration of the Lutheran World Foundation and the Catholic Church regarding justification:“I am pleased that the Lutheran-Catholic relations have matured both spiritually and theologically over the decades. The international dialogue, now...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal notes “changing understandings of gender,” says Church must discern how to change. At Leo XIV's meeting marking ten years of Amoris Laetitia on October 8, Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão delivered a speech on the challenges facing families in Asia. He is the President of the Conference of Bishops of India.Discussing changes in the “identity, nature and composition of the family,” the cardinal observed that “new forms of partnership and cohabitation are emerging, amid changing understandings of gender and relationships in urban settings.”Reflecting on what the Church has learned from its pastoral work, Ferrão declared: “Pastoral work is...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Schneider says Amoris Laetitia is ‘against divine law’, must be ‘explicitly correctedAs the Pope gathers prelates to the Vatican to discuss Amoris Laetitia, Bishop Athanasius Schneider has expressed his concerns that the text is a practical “denial of the divine truth of the indissolubility of marriage” and an attack on the “ineffable sanctity of the Holy Eucharist”. The prominent prelate, auxiliary of Astana in Kazakhstan, gave a wide-ranging interview to the Catholic Herald recently, discussing issues such as the Society of Saint Pius X, the traditional Mass, Amoris Laetitia (AL), the recent document commemorating Nostra Aetate...

[Catholic Caucus] In the Synodal Church Every Month is Pride Month From Fiducia supplicans to Pride pilgrimages in St. Peter’s Basilica, by their fruits you shall know them.And their fruits are antichrist.As June unfolds and the secular world celebrates Pride Month, Catholics are reminded that for a long time the post-conciliar, synodal Church has not only accommodated the LGBT movement but is actively participating in its advancement.The evidence is not confined to isolated incidents or fringe personalities like ”Fr” Jimmy Martin, but across Germany, Italy, and the United States, clergy, religious, and diocesan structures are increasingly flaunting and celebrating the...

[Catholic Caucus] Heterodox cardinal says ‘entire Tradition’ must be read ‘in light of’ Vatican II 'The Council was not a departure from Tradition. It was a return to that current of Tradition which is the oldest and establishes the measure,' claimed Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś.A heterodox Polish cardinal said that Catholics should read the “entire Tradition of the Church in light of” the Second Vatican Council.On October 3, Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, archbishop of Kraków, made a series of striking remarks on the relationship between Tradition and Vatican II during an interview with Dr. Konstanty Pilawa at a session of the Jagiellonian...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis-era progressives dominate Pope Leo’s Amoris Laetitia summit The Vatican’s 8-day summit marking 10 years of ‘Amoris Laetitia’ will feature prelates and experts closely associated with Pope Francis’ synodal and pastoral vision.The Vatican’s newly published program for Pope Leo XIV’s eight-day summit marking ten years since Amoris Laetitia gives prominent roles to a series of prelates and experts closely associated with Pope Francis’ synodal and pastoral vision for the Church.On October 3, the Vatican released the official schedule for Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming conference in the Paul VI Hall from October 7 to 14, exposing a tightly controlled...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo seeks status update of Francis’s divisive look at divorced and remarried CatholicsROME — Ten years after Pope Francis sent shock waves through the Catholic Church with his outreach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, Pope Leo XIV is inviting church leaders to Rome next week to understand how Francis’s document has been implemented.Vatican officials on Friday stressed that Francis’s 2016 text Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”) isn’t up for rewriting, amending or scrapping. Rather, the weeklong closed-door conference starting Wednesday is meant to understand how bishops have incorporated the document’s teaching into their local communities.Francis’s...

[Catholic Caucus] What will happen at the Vatican’s ‘Amoris’ meeting? America scores most personal papal invites to the conference that definitely isn’t a synod.Four of the 22 people personally invited by Pope Leo XIV to attend a major week-long Vatican meeting on Amoris laetitia are from the United States.The four who will join U.S. bishops’ conference president Archbishop Paul Coakley at the Oct. 7-14 event called “Ten years after Amoris laetitia: proclaiming the Gospel with families today” are Cardinal Blase Cupich, Cardinal Robert McElroy, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, and Bishop Daniel Flores.The U.S. is the only country with four participants personally...