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How Pope Francis Is Inadvertently Developing the Doctrine of the PapacyBy his abuse of Catholics’ already-unhealthy overemphasis on the papacy, Pope Francis is leading many of them to now look more closely at the underlying official teaching.Not long ago Pope Francis, in lamenting the existence of “backward-looking” American Catholics, said that “doctrine evolves…doctrine also progresses, expands and consolidates with time and becomes firmer, but it is always progressing.” The pope was essentially arguing that Catholics should not be upset about potential changes to doctrine, because doctrine is not static, but always developing. Well, yes and no. Development of doctrine is...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis at WYD Stations of the Cross: ‘Jesus Wipes Away Our Hidden Tears’For each of the 14 stations, a performance troupe acted out choreography from the top of the stage’s high scaffolding, at times performing aerial stunts while hanging from ropes, as the World Youth Day cross was passed around the stage.

[Catholic Caucus] Replying to JD Flynn (Pillar): Traditionis Custodes and the Authority of the PopeIn the Pillar, JD Flynn criticises ‘the siren voices calling for disobedience, or casting into doubt the authority of the Vicar of Christ’. He has earlier quoted Cardinal Raymond Burke, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, and Bishop Robertus Mutsaerts, but he leaves it to his readers to connect what he quotes them as saying with ‘calls for disobedience’ and ‘casting into doubt the authority of the Vicar of Christ’. This seems on the face of it a serious injustice, and a failure to give these individuals the respect...

New Creed: “I Believe In Pope Francis” St Augustine parish in San Agustín, Jalisco, Mexico, recited on Sunday, October 25, after the announcements a second creed dedicated to Francis (NovusOrdoWatch.org, video below).Here is the text:“I believe in Pope Francis as the legitimate Successor of the Apostle Peter.I believe that the Holy Spirit speaks to the Church through him.I believe that he guides the Catholic Church as a true Pastor.I believe that he is diligently concerned with all of humanity, because we are all brothers and sons of God.I believe in his magisterium, which is in perfect harmony with the faith...

Anti-Francis Seminarians Need Not Apply CA bishop's rebuff typifies 'seamless garment' heterodoxy A California prelate is suggesting that archdiocesan seminarians displeased with Pope Francis should become Protestants. LOS ANGELES (ChurchMilitant.com) - A California prelate is suggesting that archdiocesan seminarians displeased with Pope Francis should become Protestants. St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California "I'm incensed and I need to give voice to why I am angry," said Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Edward Clark recently in a social media post. "I recently learned that there are seminarians at our archdiocesan seminary who are vocally anti-Pope Francis." Clark was referring to St. John's...

[Barf Alert] Does Cardinal Burke think Francis is an antipope? Yes, this is a serious question, and I don’t ask it lightly.Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke just stated his love for and fidelity to Pope Francis—so how can one even suggest he thinks Francis is a false pope?I am not engaging in idle speculation, neither do I intend an attack on Cardinal Burke. But the evidence strongly suggests that Cardinal Burke strongly doubts the legitimacy of Francis’s papacy. Indeed, my sincere hope and prayer is that I am wrong, and that the cardinal will clarify the situation by publicly affirming his...

(Rome) The Vatican's news portal, active since December 2017, VaticanNews, has repeatedly described Pope Francis as the "successor of Christ".  VaticanNews spokespersons can make a “Freudian" slip. Is such a lapse underlying that which VaticanNews has repeatedly undermined? The fact is that Vatican News, the Holy See's news agency, falsely referred to Pope Francis not as the successor to Peter or vicar of Christ on earth, but as the "successor of Christ," a name previously unknown to the Church and theologically meaning hyperpapism. The article published on Tuesday about the papal celebrations in the coming three months of November-January...

Voris suggests Pope Francis' La Cage aux Folles is being brought to us from Jorge Bergolio, the man. Flat.Out.Wrong. Oh come on. I'm going to explain why splitting a pope into two personalities to excuse his spiritual misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance is a fools errand, but first, a little history: Michael has a long history of taking the position that criticism of a Pope's spiritual malpractice is a disservice to Christ's Church. His position is not without controversy. Michael's apostolate pitches itself as a vortex where 'lies and falsehoods are trapped and exposed'. With the exception of the Pope, he's...

A Vatican administrator disagrees with the action taken by the four Cardinals who asked Pope Francis for clarification about certain aspects in Amoris Laetitia regarding the sacraments for remarried divorced Catholics. “As the Pope’s humble collaborator, I feel I have a duty to loyally tell him what I think when a decision is being taken — Once it is taken, I obey the Holy Father fully,” Archbishop Angelo Becciu, the Minister of Internal Affairs, said in an interview with Vatican Insider. Becciu, who was appointed to his office by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2011, commented that the Pope is...

Rorate is pleased to publish, for the first time, a memorandum that was written by the late traditional Catholic publisher Neil McCaffrey in February 1976. Addressed to Fr. Edward J. Berbusse, S.J. (first chaplain of Christendom College), Fr. Robert Bradley, S.J., Fr. Vincent P. Miceli, S.J., Dr. & Mrs. Dietrich von Hildebrand, and Dr. & Mrs. William A. Marra, this memo reduces to shreds the "papolatry" that has become such a characteristic feature of neo-Catholicism. Though written almost 40 years ago, it is perhaps more pertinent today than ever. (Published with permission of Roger A. McCaffrey.) February 25, 1976 Memo...