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[Catholic Caucus] US bishop compares LGBT group New Ways Ministry’s activism to PentecostBishop John Stowe also scandalously compared the leaders of New Ways Ministry, which supports homosexual ‘marriage’ and ‘gender transitions,’ to St. Paul, St. Francis of Assisi, and Mother Teresa.Kentucky Bishop John Stowe inaugurated the new podcast of heretical LGBT group New Ways Ministry on Thursday and compared the group’s activities to Pentecost in blasphemous comments.The bishop also compared the leaders and supporters of New Ways Ministry, which promotes homosexual “marriage” and “gender transitions,” to St. Paul, St. Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, and other Catholic figures.Stowe, who is...

[Catholic Caucus] Italian bishop calls for ‘full integration’ of ‘LGBT Catholics’ during vigil against ‘homotransphobia’Bishop Vincenzo Viva expressed hope that 'LGBT' Catholics will not only be welcomed into the Church but fully recognized as they are without calling for their repentance.During the Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano’s first-ever prayer vigil for overcoming “homotransphobia” at the parish of Santa Maria della Stella last weekend, Bishop Vincenzo Viva called not only for “welcoming” Catholics who identify as “LGBT” but their “full integration” without calling them to repentance.In remarks for the May 16 prayer service organized by the heterodox “La Tenda di Gionata” (“The...

[Catholic Caucus] AUDIO EXCLUSIVE | The strong man of the Doctrine of the Faith for abuses: «We have to try to protect the Church from scandal»Previously unreleased audio recordings of the apostolic commissioner of the Sodalicio reveal the logic with which part of the Roman apparatus continues to handle sexual abuse cases: the Church’s institutional priority above the victims. Bertomeu himself even compares this principle to “the law of the Third Reich”.InfoVaticana today publishes two audio recordings of Mons. Jordi Bertomeu, an official of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and one of the principal instructors of sexual...

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Vatican releases new document on implementing the SynodA new Vatican document says that final reports of Synod study groups should be ‘integrated as far as possible,’ despite intense backlash over a recent pro-LGBT Synod report.The Vatican on Wednesday released a new document on “the path of the implementation” of the highly controversial Synod on Synodality.The text focuses on preparation for the 2027–2028 “Synodal Assemblies,” which it says “constitute a decisive step in the implementation of the Synod.”This so-called implementation phase “invites communities to experiment with more synodal practices and forms of ecclesial life, to assess their fruits,...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Grech claims heterodox German ‘Synodal Way’ was inspired by the ‘Holy Spirit’Grech, the leader of the Vatican’s Synod, scandalously praised the German ‘Synodal Way’ despite its rejection of Catholic teaching on homosexuality and other issues.Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, recently praised the heterodox German “Synodal Way” as inspired by the “Holy Spirit.”During the annual “Catholics Day” festival and conference, Katholikentag, Grech participated in a roundtable on synodality, a natural fit given his position as leader of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality.“Answering the question of whether the (German) Synodal Path had been a...

The Obscene Reality of the Sin-nod Report #9Lest we forget the bawdy, blasphemous and x-rated funeral of Trannie Activist Cecilia GentiliShare“The aim is to discern, with God’s grace and the contribution of all, “what the Spirit is saying to the churches” (Rev. 2:7), listening for what is true and good by attending to questions that not just theoretical but emerge from the reality of lived experiences.” ~Synod Study Report Group #9 p.4James Martin, S.J. rolled out his breathless and fawning media statement in response to the newly released Synodal Study Group #9 regarding the issue of LGBTQ++ in the Church....

[Catholic Caucus] US Catholic converts are tuning out their liberal, heterodox bishopsPope Francis' brand of Catholicism, now continuing under Pope Leo XIV, is a politicized version of the faith that prioritizes wokeness and social justice over doctrinal fidelity.Viral coverage in religious and secular media of the record number of American adults entering the Catholic Church this past Easter included an article in The Federalist titled “America’s Catholic Renewal Is a Rejection of Liberal Modernity.”American bishops and prelates, John Daniel Davidson wrote, mostly embrace “the Catholicism of Pope Francis, marked by a disdain for the Latin Mass, an embarrassment at ritual...

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic boy denied confirmation for calling LGBT ideology ‘nonsense’Bishop Robert Mutsaerts gave the Dutch youth the sacrament elsewhere after he was rejected by a church that flies the rainbow flag.A boy was denied the Sacrament of Confirmation at an “inclusive” church for calling an LGBT event “nonsense.”According to Bishop Robert Mutsaerts, the auxiliary bishop of the Dutch diocese ’s-Hertogenbosch, a Catholic boy was asked to withdraw from the preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation because he said that Purple Friday (a pro-LGBT event in the Netherlands) was “nonsense.”On Bishop Mutsaerts’ blog, he described an incident that occurred at...

[Catholic Caucus] 'Emergency In The Church’: Catholic Leaders Decry Vatican Report That Pushes Homosexuality Father Gerald Murray called the ‘Vatican-sponsored’ report a ‘full-fledged endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle.’The Vatican’s decision to publish a synod study group’s report that includes testimonies of two men in same-sex “marriages” who claim to have been wounded by the church’s teaching that homosexuality is “contrary to the natural law” is drawing outrage among faithful Catholics.Earlier this month the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod published the 32-page report, prepared by Study Group No. 9 — one of those initiated by Pope Francis in 2024.While originally...

[Catholic Caucus] Fr. James Martin: The “Mastermind” Behind the Two Testimonies in the Vatican’s Synod Report on HomosexualityThe “plot” behind Study Group No. 9’s final report comes to light as the author of Testimony 1 is identified.ROME, 14 May 2026 — Jesuit Father James Martin was a key figure behind the inclusion of two testimonies in the Study Group No. 9 report on homosexuality, released earlier this month by the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod.In an article published today in the Spanish-language online publication Página Católica (reproduced below in English), the author of Testimony 1 — a Portuguese layman...

[Catholic Caucus] Toward a Religion with No Doctrinal or Moral PrinciplesHow does it feel?How does it feel?To be on your ownWith no direction homeLike a complete unknownLike a rolling stone?i> — Bob Dylan, 1965They do not call it “change.” They call it a “paradigm shift.” This is what someone says when they want to make you think that nothing is changing, when in fact everything is going to be different. I am talking about the “Final Report” of Study Group 9, released May 5, 2026. In response to the Synthesis Report of the First Session of the XVI Ordinary Assembly...

A retired Baptist minister has been criminally convicted for preaching the Gospel near a Northern Ireland hospital that performs abortions.Pastor Clive Johnston, 78, a former president of the Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland, was found guilty on May 7 at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court on two charges under Northern Ireland’s Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act 2023 for preaching on John 3:16 near the abortion buffer zone located outside of Causeway Hospital.Pastor Johnston must pay a fine of £450 (approximately $600) and now has an official criminal record, according to The Christian Institute, which has supported his legal defense.The Abortion...

A Catholic diocese in New Mexico is challenging an effort by the Trump administration to seize part of its southern border property through eminent domain for the construction of a border security wall. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces filed a complaint against the federal government over plans to acquire roughly 14 acres of diocesan land for border security purposes. Filed last week, the lawsuit argues that the proposed land seizure would interfere with access to Mount Cristo Rey, a popular pilgrimage site featuring a 29-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ overlooking the border region. Located near the borders of...

So my burden is to join forces with the Bible (as I understand it), and millions of faithful Christians, to encourage and nurture a faithful Christian identity that will survive and thrive with faith and hope and joy and love and purity, whether America survives, or Brazil survives, or Britain survives, or China survives, or Russia survives, or India survives — or not. Jesus said to Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world… From which I infer that we’d better be very, very careful before we undertake any processes that involve force or coercion to put the kingdom of...

Leading Catholic convert says Vatican Synod’s pro-LGBT move mirrors Anglican ‘schism’A former Anglican chaplain to the Queen said the pro-homosexual Synod report strikingly echoes the Anglican Church’s embrace of sexual depravity and descent into schism.A Catholic convert and former Anglican chaplain to the Queen said the Vatican Synod on Synodality’s recent pro-LGBT final report mirrors the Anglican Church’s descent into relativism and “schism.”Gavin Ashenden on Tuesday published a piercing critique of the Vatican’s Study Group 9 report on “doctrinal, pastoral and ethical issues” that scandalously gave the impression of condoning the grave sin of homosexual acts. Referencing the testimony of...

[Catholic Caucus] On Sanctifying SodomyIs sodomy no longer a sin? Are instances of same-sex attraction among those inclined to commit it no longer to be viewed as a disorder? Will the sacrament of marriage soon be administered to couples in committed homosexual relationships? Has the Church, in other words, changed her mind on the subject of sexual perversion, no longer insisting sodomites cease and desist from a practice that, until quite recently, she had unequivocally condemned? One might certainly think so, judging from the latest document coming out of the Office of the Synod of Bishops, in which the Church’s...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-LGBT cardinal slams Church teaching on homosexuality in preface to heterodox bookCardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algiers, Algeria, writing in 'Gays and Catholics: The Church Put to the Test of Reality,' praised Pope Francis' efforts to end the 'judgment' of homosexuals.Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., the French-born archbishop of Algiers, Algeria, in a preface for the newly released heterodox book Gays and Catholics: The Church Put to the Test of Reality, lamented that the Church is still struggling to accept homosexuals as they are and praised the efforts of Pope Francis to end the “judgment” of homosexuals.In his preface, published...

SSPX Superior publishes "Declaration of Catholic Faith", addressed to Pope Leo XIVDeclaration of Catholic Faith addressed to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV by Fr. Davide Pagliarani Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius XMay 14, 2026Most Holy Father,For more than fifty years, the Society of Saint Pius X has endeavoured to set before the Holy See a matter of conscience in the face of the errors that are destroying Catholic faith and morals. Regrettably, all the discussions entered into have remained without result, and none of the concerns expressed have received any truly satisfactory response. For more than...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican’s pro-LGBT Synod report used another friend of Fr. James Martin for testimony: reportThe likely author of the first testimony in the Vatican’s pro-homosexual Synod report is a Portuguese man in a homosexual ‘marriage’ who previously met with Fr. James Martin, according to a report.The author of the first testimony of the Vatican Synod on Synodality’s final report on “doctrinal, pastoral and ethical questions,” which falsely suggested that homosexual relationships may not be sinful, has been revealed as a Portuguese man in a homosexual “marriage” who previously met the heterodox Father James Martin, per a Thursday report.A May...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider: Synod report on homosexuality ‘crossed the line from orthodoxy into heresy’Bishop Schneider warned that the report's call to go 'beyond' current Church teaching usurps God's authority and mirrors the serpent’s temptation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said that a Vatican Synod on Synodality report suggesting homosexual “relationships” may not be sinful echoes the serpent in the Garden of Eden and has “crossed the line from orthodoxy into heresy.”In an interview with Vatican journalist Diane Montagna, Schneider commented on the final report of Study Group 9, published May 5...