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[Catholic Caucus] Francis Appoints Another Homosex Activist to Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithFrancis named Don Maurizio Chiodi on September 23 among a long list of new "advisors" to the Congregation against the Doctrine of the Faith.Chiodi is a homosexual activist who believes that homosexual acts and contraception can sometimes be "morally good" (sic). In his words: Homosexual sins can be "the most fruitful way" for homosexuals "to enjoy good relationships".Don Chiodi is a priest of the Diocese of Bergamo, Italy, and member of the Pontifical Academy Against Life since 2017.

[Catholic Caucus] Pontifical Academy for Life priest says ‘we have to rethink’ teaching on homosexuality, contraceptionHeterodox Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) member Fr. Maurizio Chiodi has repeated his dissent on Catholic teaching, stating that “we have to rethink” traditional teaching on homosexuality and contraception. Chiodi, known for his heterodoxy regarding the Church’s teaching on sexuality, was appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the PAV in 2017 and recently named a member of the Vatican study group on “Theological criteria and synodal methodologies for shared discernment of controversial doctrinal, pastoral, and ethical issues.” In an interview with the news...

[Catholic Caucus] Theologian at Academy for Life Claims One May Dissent From Church Teaching on ContraceptionThe Pontifical Academy for Life has published an interview with a theologian who says Catholic teaching on contraception is open for “theological discussion, within the Church, and even the possibility of dissent.”The interview with Father Maurizio Chiodi, a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life since 2017, was published in Italian and English and shared on the pontifical academy’s Twitter page. It was conducted by Fabrizio Mastrofini, the communications and social media manager of the Pontifical Academy for Life.The Pontifical Academy for Life presented the...

[Catholic Caucus] Official: Vatican Justifies (Artificial) ContraceptionIf "practical circumstances" make “the choice to generate irresponsible”, one may resort to contraceptive techniques, Prelate Gilfredo Marengo writes in Theological Ethics of Life, a book collecting talks giving at a conference organised by the Pontifical Academy "for Life" and published July 1 by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican's official publishing house.Lima's Pachamama-Archbishop Carlos Castillo writes in his contribution that “it is not healthy for mankind to always have 'swords of Damocles,' threatening damnation, whenever norms are neglected” referring to artificial methods of contraception, not to the Roman Rite which Francis tries to...