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[Catholic Caucus] Surprise? New Preacher of Papal Household Is a Homosex ActivistFrancis' newly appointed preacher to the Pontifical Household, Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini, is a homosexual activist, reports InformazioneCattolica.it (12 November).A former Communist, Father Pasolini holds a doctorate from the Jesuit Pontifical Gregorian University and is a professor of biblical exegesis at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy in his native Milan.On 2 February 2024, Father Pasolini spoke in Varese on "Homosexuality and the Christian life" (video below). He condemned St Paul's condemnation of homosexual acts because they are defined "without too much discernment as acts that tend to be...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope says Church must ‘confront forms of paganism’ in secularismIn his meeting with his brother Jesuits in Belgium, Pope Francis call secularization a “complex phenomenon” and noted sometimes the Church must “confront forms of paganism.”Speaking to 150 Jesuits in Brussels on Sep. 28, the pontiff answered a question from a member living in Amsterdam, one of the most secularized cities in the world.In his reply, Francis noted he didn’t mean a paganism like the one in the ancient world.“We do not need a statue of a pagan god to talk about paganism: The very environment, the air we...

German Catholics Shrug at the Pope’s HeresyAbove: Pope Francis greets Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, during an audience at the Vatican June 24, 2021. CNS photo/Vatican MediaThe internet tells me that Anglophone Catholics are engaged in a heated debate as to whether or not Pope Francis has committed heresy in Singapore. I don’t claim to know what is inside the man’s mind. Usually, in such cases, I try to find a non-heretical, though certainly not acquitting, interpretation of the Pope’s words and leave the rest up to God. Some would accuse me of popesplaining, and frankly:...

Two New York men wept as a judge handed down prison time for their participation in the Capitol riot last year. Cody Mattice, 29, and James Mault, 30, both received 44 months of prison time on Friday, according to records from the Justice Department. In April, the two pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers during the Capitol riot, a Justice Department release says. After breaching the Capitol, Mattice "reached out to another rioter and grabbed a small object appearing to be a canister," the release says. "He then sprayed chemical spray at police officers." "Mault also got a second...

Facing an uproar for its support of the transgender agenda, State Farm Insurance says it is dropping its alliance with a transgender group that wanted to supply indoctrination materials aimed at children to schools and libraries. State Farm had said it would support a group called GenderCool, which was targeting children as young as 5 with books titled “Being Transgender,” “Being Inclusive” and “Being Non-Binary.” On Monday, the conservative group Consumers’ Research responded with a video titled “Like a Creepy Neighbor.” ... On Tuesday, State Farm surrendered.