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[Catholic Caucus] Gaga Cardinal: Talking about the Synod Is like "Talking About Sex to A Kid"Homosexual activist Timothy Radcliffe, 79, a Cardinal, giving a talk in Oxford on December 16 about the Synod on Synodality , came up with an apparently broken record in his mind: sex.He said: "The challenge of talking about the Synod is rather like that of talking about sex with somebody who's just getting to puberty."Timothy Radcliffe recalled the time when he was a pupil in a Benedictine school. An elderly monk took him aside to talk informally about "the birds and the bees"."For some reason...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Radcliffe defends controversial 2013 text on homosexual actsSpeaking to LifeSite's Vatican correspondent at the sidelines of the consistory, Cardinal Radcliffe defended his controversial 2013 text in which he likened same-sex activity to Christ's gift of self in the Holy Eucharist.Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe OP sought to clarify and defend one of his most controversial writings on homosexuality, in which he likened same-sex activity to Christ’s self-gift, and added that the Church needs to have a more general principle of “welcome” for LGBT people.Speaking in an interview with LifeSiteNews on the day before he was created cardinal December...

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Pope Francis announces 21 new cardinalsPope Francis' new cardinals will give him an incredibly strong majority amongst those who will vote in the next conclave, and include the notably pro-LGBT Fr Timothy Radcliffe.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis has announced a December 8 consistory where he will create 21 new cardinals from all around the globe, though none from the U.S.A. Synod on Synodality preacher and LGBT advocate Father Timothy Radcliffe is amongst the new cardinal voters.Ending his Sunday Angelus October 6, Pope Francis made a surprise announcement regarding the creation of new cardinals. In a consistory...

[Catholic/Anglican Caucus] Francis-appointed Synod adviser appears to defend homosexual ‘desire’ in Vatican newspaperIn an article published in L’osservatore Romano, Fr. Timothy Radcliffe claimed that homosexuals ‘rightly desire to express their affection,’ though the Church teaches that homosexual activity is mortally sinful and homosexual desires are ‘objectively disordered.’Father Timothy Radcliffe, OP, whom Pope Francis named a spiritual assistant for the October session of the Synod on Synodality, penned an article for the Vatican newspaper in which he appears to defend homosexual “desire” and claims that homosexual individuals “rightly desire to express their affection” in contradiction to Catholic teaching.“I am convinced of...

[Catholic Caucus] Ahead of synod, prominent priests publish on ‘LGBTQ issues’Just days after organizers of the second session of the Synod on Synodality in October said topics were not the focus of discussions, two prominent participants have publicly weighed in on the question of Catholics identifying as LGBTQ.Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe and Jesuit Father James Martin on Sept. 19 published personal reflections on pastoral approaches to Catholics experiencing same-sex attraction.Radcliffe, who served as a spiritual assistant at the 2023 synod assembly, has courted controversy in the past with statements on same-sex attraction. He wrote in the Sept. 19 edition of...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-LGBT Synod priest affirms his comments in support of admitting homosexuals to seminaryIn response to a LifeSiteNews question, Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP appeared to suggest that homosexuals could happily be priests providing they did not make their sexuality 'the most important part of their identity."ather Timothy Radcliffe, OP, the prominent pro-LGBT Dominican tasked with giving spiritual guidance to the Synod on Synodality, has reissued his prior defense of admitting those with homosexual tendencies to the seminary.Radcliffe made his comments to LifeSiteNews during a press briefing on October 27 and appeared to suggest also that homosexuals could happily be...

Tom Brady will be going for a sixth Super Bowl victory when his New England Patriots take on the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. But the legendary quarterback will have at least one famous face cheering against him - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. In an interview with Variety, Daniel called out Brady for his support of American president Donald Trump. In 2015, a Make America Great Again hat was spotted in Brady's locker, prompting the quarterback to declare that it "would be great" if Trump became president...

On Radcliffe Day 2018, Friday, May 25, we will award the Radcliffe Medal to Hillary Rodham Clinton. As an attorney, a first lady, a senator, a secretary of state, and the first woman nominated by a major party for the US presidency, Secretary Clinton has worked tirelessly over the course of decades in the public eye, often under unprecedented scrutiny, to make meaningful change. Radcliffe Day will feature a personal tribute to Secretary Clinton delivered by the global affairs trailblazer, former secretary of state, and 2001 Radcliffe Medalist Madeleine Albright and a wide-ranging keynote conversation between Secretary Clinton and Massachusetts...

The Harvard Crimson last week announced that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would receive the Radcliffe Medal on May 25 at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.... [snip] Lizabeth Cohen, the dean of the Radcliffe Institute, noted the award to Clinton was being made “in recognition of her accomplishments in the public sphere as a champion for human rights, as a skilled legislator, and as an advocate for global American leadership.”... [snip] Many readers, dazzled by the memory of Clinton’s recent presidential campaign, may be a bit shaky about her long history of private-sector accomplishment and public service. Here,...

Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, a new consultor for the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Claire Chretien Follow Claire Share on Facebook 1 Share on Twitter Comment on this Article 3 Share via Email Print this Page NewsCatholic Church, FaithTue Aug 15, 2017 - 1:24 pm EST Pro-gay priest slams the ‘tyranny of tradition’ that forbids communion for adulterers Claire Chretien Follow Claire amoris laetitia , catholic , catholic church , communion for remarried , homosexuality , order of preachers , timothy radcliffe BRISBANE, Australia, August 15, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A Dominican priest who previously said sodomy can express...

Pro-homosexual Father Timothy Racliffe is a featured speaker at to the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in the Philippines, that spans from January 20 through 31.* Other questionable clerics and prelates speaking at the conference include: • Father Thomas “There must be an end of exclusionary language” Rosica; • Father Piero “protégé of Annibale Bugnini” Marini; • Cardinal Peter “Climate Change” Turkson; • Cardinal Oswald Gracias, on record saying publicly to homosexuals “the Church embraces you, wants you, and the Church needs you.” • Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who applauded the “coming out” of homosexual football player Michael Sam, saying, “Bravo! …...

But critics are deeply concerned about the appointment, given the English priest’s previous doctrinal statements, especially on sexual ethics and holy Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried, which they say go against Church teaching.

ROME, May 19, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- Pope Francis has appointed radically liberal, pro-homosexual Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe as a consultor for the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The Holy Father made the appointment on Saturday, according to Vatican Radio. Father Radcliffe, an Englishman, author and speaker, was Master of the Dominican order from 1992 to 2001, and is an outspoken proponent of homosexuality. "We must accompany [gay people] as they discern what this means, letting our images be stretched open,” he said in a 2006 religious education lecture in Los Angeles. “This means watching 'Brokeback Mountain,' reading gay novels,...

CFN Intro: One cannot help but wonder if Pope Francis is a calculating enemy of the faith, or hideously incompetent due to his modernist mindset. Neither of the two are praiseworthy qualities. Francis continually manifests himself as a destroyer, particularly by his benevolent promotion of those who attack the most basic precepts of Catholic morality and natural law. Oremus - j. vennari

"Good times for dissident Dominicans: Über-liberal Timothy Radcliffe appointed by Pope Francis as Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace" The Vatican Bollettino for today reports that Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP, has been appointed by Pope Francis as Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The former Master General of the Dominican Order is a prominent supporter of the Kasperite proposal in favor of communion for the "divorced and remarried". He has also spoken out in favor of the ordination of women, if not to the priesthood, then at least to the diaconate (see this.) However...

Two World War II veterans heralded for their service in an elite commando unit reportedly died just 12 hours apart on Sunday. Mark Radcliffe, 94, and Joe Glass, 92, who both lived in Montana, were the last surviving members of the First Special Service Force, or FSSF, a legendary commando unit consisting of American and Canadian soldiers that captured more than 27,000 enemy prisoners during the war, the Helena Independent Record reported. Both men were selected in 1942 for the Plough Project, described as a "suicide mission," and underwent training at Helena's Fort Harrison, according to the newspaper. The accomplishments...

'Fear of unknown' leads to culture clash A mosque is under construction in the hills around Wilno. It's causing concern in Canada's cradle of Polish Catholicism Kelly Egan The Ottawa Citizen Monday, January 28, 2002 In the newly fallen snow, along Old Barry's Bay Road, the sacred sentinels are freshly cast in white on the edge of the woods, silently expressing a people's weathered endurance. There is a plaster Jesus, encircled with plastic lilies and sheltered in a wooden hollow, and Mary, a giant silhouette in steel, and, farther along, Mary and the baby Jesus together, in a locked glass ...

The final item in the Sept. 30, 1944 "Activity Report of Virginia Hall," American intelligence agent, was No. XV: "Were you decorated in the Field?" "No," she had typed, "nor any reason to be." The answer was typical of her matter-of-fact sense of duty. But William J. Donovan, known to a generation of spies as "Wild Bill," begged to differ. On May 12, 1945, Maj. Gen. Donovan, director of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, informed President Harry Truman that Hall was, for her extraordinary heroism, to receive the Distinguished Service Cross -- second only to the Medal of Honor....