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[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Blasphemy: Pope’s New Preacher Should be ExcommunicatedAccording to Father Pasolini—the Pope's new appointment to "Preach of the Papal Household"—Scripture contains no unequivocal condemnation of homosexual relationships. More gravely, he left open the possibility of homosexual relationships between Jesus and his disciples, or between Jesus and Lazarus, appealing to Christ's "mercy" to justify such hypotheses.The Troubling Statements of Father Roberto PasoliniThe recent appointment (November 9, 2024) of Rev. Father Roberto Pasolini, O.F.M. Cap., as Preacher of the Papal Household by Pope Francis has sparked scandalized reactions. Father Pasolini, a professor of Biblical Exegesis at the Northern Italy Theological...

[Catholic Caucus] New preacher to Papal Household promotes homosexual reading of Scripture and ChristFather Roberto Pasolini stated that there is no Scriptural judgement 'on the homosexual condition or orientation...on people who are experiencing something on an emotional, psychological level from which they cannot and do not want to find a distance.'VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The newly appointed preacher to the papal household has a record of downplaying the Church’s teaching on homosexuality, saying that the Bible condemns homosexual acts only because the Scriptural authors could not view homosexuality as an “orientation,” a concept that did not exist “in the culture...

[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] Cardinal Roche and the Trad View of the New MassAbove: the Catholic Church known as Die Wotrubakirche in Vienna. Photo by Stefano Perego.Cardinals Arthur Roche and Raniero Cantalamessa indirectly acknowledged (perhaps unintentionally) what critics of Paul VI’s Novus Ordo Missae have said for over fifty years: The new rite corresponds to a new theology that “represents, both as a whole and in its details, a striking departure from the Catholic theology of the Mass as it was formulated in Session XXII of the Council of Trent.”[1]On March 19, 2023, when British compatriots on BBC radio questioned the restrictions...

Papal preacher claims ‘clericalization’ prevented Latin Mass from being ‘truly a liturgy’Cdl. Cantalamessa criticized the traditional Mass for allegedly having not been true to the Church's early liturgy, something which he said Vatican II fixed.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Delivering a homily to Pope Francis and the Vatican curia, the Papal preacher recently attacked the traditional liturgy, arguing that “clericalization” had prevented the Church from having a proper liturgy for over 1,500 years.Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM, made his comments as part of his fourth Lenten sermon of 2023, preached to Pope Francis along with assembled clerics and staffers from the Vatican....