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Republican congressional leaders to join pro-abortion Biden for pre-inauguration MassWASHINGTON, D.C., January 19, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Republican congressional minority leaders Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy will be joining incoming Democrat President Joe Biden and their Democrat counterparts Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi for a Catholic Mass, despite Biden’s (and Pelosi’s) longstanding rejection of key Catholic teachings. While McConnell and McCarthy are Baptists, Schumer is Jewish.All four leaders have accepted invitations to join Biden at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., The Hill reports, ahead of Biden’s inauguration as the 46th President of the United States. Outgoing...

Petition to Pope: Dump ‘Darth Vader’ MangerVatican crib drops politically incorrect figures of blindfolded Jew, MuslimVATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Italian Catholics are petitioning Pope Francis to "bring back the traditional statues of Jesus, Mary and Joseph" after a universal tsunami of scorn and mockery swamped the Vatican's modernist manger in St. Peter's Square.Pope Francis has a more traditional manger in his library Social media commentators and even mainstream media — the latter normally sympathetic to Pope Francis — ridiculed the "monumental monstrosity of a manger," comparing the ceramic crib characters to Darth Vader from Star Wars and labeling it "a...

Prelates Back Biden Communion BanArchbishops Samuel Aquila, Charles Chaput speak outDETROIT (ChurchMilitant.com) - A pair of U.S. prelates are warning that Joe Biden should be denied Holy Communion.On Saturday, Abp. Samuel Aquila of Denver tweeted his support for Abp. Charles Chaput, former head of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, who called last week for the former vice president to be barred from receiving the Eucharist."Archbishop Chaput speaks the truth for the salvation of souls," Aquila declared. "The scandal & confusion are real & when we don't treat the Eucharist with love & reverence our faith is weakened in the real presence."In...

[Catholic Caucus] Spanish bishop apologizes to spouses refused Communion on tongue A deputy wrote to the couple that the bishop 'communicated with the rector of that church so that something similar does not happen again.' September 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A Spanish Catholic who was refused Holy Communion on the tongue, together with his wife, has received a formal letter of apology from his local bishop, who confirmed that whatever sanitary recommendations are in place for the prevention of the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, receiving the Host directly in the mouth cannot be forbidden. The incident took place on...

[Catholic Caucus] The True Story of Communion in the Hand Revealed Don Federico Bortoli is presently the pastor of the parish of Sant’Andrea Apostolo in Acquaviva in the Diocese of San Marino Montefeltro. He is also diocesan chancellor, judicial vicar, and ecclesiastical counselor for the Unione Cristiana Imprenditori Dirigenti (Christian Union of Entrepreneurs and Executives). He is the defender of the bond at the Flaminio Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Bologna. His book, published last February 22, La distribuzione della Comunione sulla mano (The Distribution of Communion In the Hand), is his doctoral dissertation in Canon Law. We interviewed him on this...

[Catholic Caucus] Holy Communion for Cohabitors? FRESNO, Calif. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Despite requests from a Knights of Columbus Council, a pastor in California is not retracting his offer of the Holy Eucharist to "couples that are not usually able to receive Communion" according to Church teaching. Fr. John Fluetsch In a letter copied to the bishop, Knights of Columbus Council 2384 asked Fr. John Fluetsch to publish a formal retraction for posting a scandalous entry in the June 21 parish bulletin of St. Patrick's in Merced, California — an entry in which the pastor offered Holy Communion to the "civilly divorced and...

Bishop bans traditional community from distributing Communion on tongue Catholics in Birmingham are instructed to stretch out their arms as far as possible to receive Holy Communion in their hands. BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, August 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The Birmingham Oratory, a Catholic community in England celebrating Mass in Latin and English, has been ordered by the local archbishop no longer to distribute Holy Communion on the tongue. “The Fathers are very distressed to have to tell you that His Grace the Archbishop of Birmingham has forbidden us to distribute Holy Communion on the tongue, for the present,” the community...

Why priest is wrong in describing Communion on tongue as Gnostic and Calvinistic One barely knows where to begin taking apart such a tangled web of misinformation and fantasy' James Tissot, The Communion of the Apostles. uly 31, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The internet exposes the most breathtaking ignorance to full public display. It’s like a form of intellectual nudism. I suppose this is a good thing, as the errors and vices of the postconciliar Church can no longer hide, like creepy-crawly things in dark swamps, but are being exposed for what they are in broad daylight. This is not to...

Communion Wars: Vatican Shuts Seminary Argentine bishop punishes seminarians for communion on tongue VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Outraged laity have published a stinging letter excoriating the Holy See's decision to shut down a conservative seminary in Argentina after its rector and clergy disobeyed the bishop's diktat to administer communion in hand only. Eduardo María Taussig, bishop of San Rafael, announced Monday in a press statement the seminary of Santa María Madre de Dios would shut at the end of 2020 "following precise instructions issued by the Holy See." Chapel of Santa María Madre de Dios seminary in San Rafael Taussig named Peruvian...

Bishop Athanasius Schneider Launches International Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation (includes original prayer) Bishop Schneider “In the current so-called ‘COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency,’ horrible abuses of the Most Blessed Sacrament have increased still more,” he adds. “Many dioceses around the world mandated Communion in the hand, and in those places the clergy, in an often-humiliating manner, deny the faithful the possibility to receive the Lord kneeling and on the tongue, thus demonstrating a deplorable clericalism and exhibiting the behavior of rigid neo-Pelagians.”In his statement, Bishop Schneider also denounces the practice — decreed by the Italian government in consultation with the Italian Bishops...

[Catholic Caucus] Minneapolis parish advertises ‘take-away’ Communion in plastic bags Parishioners are to consume the Eucharist in their cars, according to the video. A woman takes pre-packaged Holy Communion out of Pax Christi parish and consumes it in her car during a parish promotional video Update July 20, 2020 6:09 p.m. EDT: Pax Christi parish deleted the second video mentioned in this article. LifeSiteNews saved a copy of it, which can be viewed here. EDEN PRAIRIE, Minneapolis, July 20, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has published a YouTube video instructing laity to collect...

[Catholic Caucus] Church scholar: Proper understanding of Mass requires Communion on tongue Fr. Lanzetta emphasized the importance of receiving Holy Communion on the tongue to bring back the rightful reverence due to the Holy Eucharist. July 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — As part of today’s conference on the importance of receiving Holy Communion on the tongue, a Franciscan theologian emphasized the importance of understanding theological reasons for receiving Holy Communion in this manner.  Recently, churches and bishops have requested the faithful receive Holy Communion only in the hand or, in some cases, have outright banned the reception of Holy Communion on...

[Catholic Caucus] Communion Order Shocks Argentine Faithful Bishop yields to government, compels reception in hand BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (ChurchMilitant.com) - Diocesan priests and laity are questioning the leadership of their bishop, who has ruled in accordance with the civil government's Wuhan virus guidelines that Holy Communion may be received only in the hand. Gov. Rodolfo Suárez After weeks of government prohibition of public celebration of the Mass throughout Argentina, the two bishops of Mendoza province asked Gov. Rodolfo Suárez for relief.  Suárez told Bp. Eduardo Taussig of San Rafael and Abp. Marcelo Debenedictis of Mendoza's capital that they could resume public celebration of the Mass but must limit the number of faithful to just 30 in each instance. They both complied with the government order. Local media quoted Abp. Debenedictis, who said: "When entering the churches, people...

When receiving Communion in the hand can be sinful July 2, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Many bishops around the world are attempting to compel Catholics, who are in the right dispositions to approach the Holy Eucharist, to receive Our Lord in the hand, contrary to their well formed consciences about the risks involved in that method and contrary to their canonical rights to receive on the tongue. I have received many questions from worried Catholics asking if the bishops really have such authority and if it is ever right for the faithful to go along with such decrees. Here, I present...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-Gay Cardinal Tobin Approves Pride Mass Pro-Gay Newark Cardinal Joseph Tobin, USA, allowed the third-annual so-called “LGBT Pride Mass” to occur again at Our Lady of Grace parish in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 28.The parish is run by the gay activist Father Alexander Santora. Pride is one of the seven deadly sins.At his 2019 Gay Mass, Santora said that the Cardinal not only knew about the event but also blessed it.ChurchMilitant.com reports that a woman complained about the Gay Mass. Tobin responded to her hypocritically, “What can I do about it?”In 2017, Tobin welcomed a group of...

Archbishop tells bishops they’ll ‘end up in hell’ for forcing faithful to receive communion in hand Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga said he is 'calling on them to stop, or they’ll end up in hell for doing this' PETITION: Urge U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference to defend Catholic heritage and statues! Sign the petition here. POLAND, June 25, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A retired Polish archbishop warned his brother bishops and fellow priests that they’ll “end up in hell” for forcing the faithful to receive Holy Communion only in the hand in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga did not mince...

[Catholic Caucus] German archdiocese celebrates Corpus Christi with photos of monstrance in profane places Photos showed the monstrance in a playground, on a trophy room shelf, and on a park bench. MUNICH, Germany, June 15, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In a new publicity stunt for the feast of Corpus Christi (where Catholic celebrate the body of Christ in Holy Communion), the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, headed by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, is promoting photos of a monstrance with a non-consecrated host in profane places like a playground, a trophy room, and a park bench.  The photos are accompanied by short texts without...

[Catholic Caucus] Priest in Germany tells laity to say Mass prayers over bread and wine at home 'I deliberately inserted the communion part and asked the people at home to take a piece of bread' WÜRZBURG, Germany, June 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Several parishes in the German diocese of Würzburg are publishing texts for worship services at home that include having the laity say words of “consecration” over bread, an action that is strictly reserved for priests. As churches begin to open up, the same parishes are having laity bring bread in a “lunch box” that they will hold in...

Why Distributing Holy Communion With Masks and Disposable Gloves Is Seen as Grave and Revealing of Crisis in the Church ROME, Italy — The anti-coronavirus rules jointly signed by Italy’s bishops and government in early May that led to the resumption of public Masses in the country were not universally well received, with at least one major protest and accusations that some measures are sacrilegious.Of particular concern was the instruction that priests distribute Holy Communion with disposable gloves and masks — a reflection, liturgists and others argue, of poor formation and the extent of the crisis of faith in today’s...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Sacrilegious’ to distribute Eucharist with gloves: Vatican theologian 'Who would bring a plate of soup to the table with latex gloves? It would create suspicion in the eaters.' May 27, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Distributing Holy Communion with gloves amid the coronavirus pandemic is “sacrilegious,” according to Msgr. Nicola Bux, a theologian who worked as a consultor to the Vatican for many years. While many dioceses across the world are slowly beginning to have some faithful present for public Masses again, the question of the sanitary distribution and reception of the Eucharist has been raised. In his short statement...