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Anglican Priestess "concelebrates" Catholic Mass? A Case Study in SynodalityIt seems that one of Mackinlay's priests has allowed an Anglican priestess to feign the concelebration of a Catholic Mass during which she also received Holy Communion. The woman, a known lesbian and LGBT-rights advocate, was one of two Anglican women who were dressed in vestments and remained near the altar throughout the Mass. Although the 'Canon' did not speak, she attempted to read the Gospel and helped herself to a chalice containing the Precious Blood.It is fairly common to hear that the definition of Synodality remains a mystery, even years...

[Catholic Caucus] The Sham of SynodalityThe selective listening of our bishops is on full display.Catholic commentator Dr. Larry Chapp nailed it in his recent column reacting to Cardinal Cupich’s ban on kneeling to receive communion said it well:[The] letter from the Cardinal shows us is that for all the talk about a more “inclusive” and “listening” and “synodal” Church, and for all the agitprop pontifications from folks like Cupich about how in a synodal Church the “people of God” are “finally” getting their say, all the rhetoric surrounding the Synod about listening to all voices is an empty sham.Chapp’s article...

[Catholic Caucus] At Synod ecumenical vigil Pope emphasizes link of ‘unity and synodality’Marking the anniversary of Vatican II's opening, Pope Francis led Synod participants and ecumenical delegates in a prayer vigil at the Vatican, during which the link between Synodality and ecumenism were emphasized.Pope Francis joined with ecumenical delegates and participants of the Synod on Synodality in an ecumenical prayer vigil at the Vatican this evening, during which the link between ecumenism and synodality were once more affirmed.Closing the full day of Synod meetings Friday, October 11, the participants took part in a highly anticipated ecumenical prayer vigil in the...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis' Synod: Lesbian Fury Shouts at CardinalMan was created by God as male and female so that there could be a spiritual and physical love relationship between the two.This truism was proclaimed by the outgoing Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, at the European meeting of the Francis Synod in Prague on 6 February.Ouellet called on the Synod participants to base their deliberations and decisions on the anthropology of the Bible. He warned against "interpreting the Word of God in a way that contradicts what it actually says".The meeting in Prague began on Sunday. Each...

From Santa Marta an Order Has Gone Forth. But Cardinal Bassetti Is Not Obeying Italy is Pope Francis’s backyard, in addition to being his country of origin. And so it comes as no surprise that he should take a strong interest in the who and how of leadership at the CEI, the Italian episcopal conference.This has been seen since 2013, when Francis imposed as secretary general of the organism the semi-unknown Nunzio Galantino, who essentially took over - strong as he was with the authority of his backer, the pope - for the president of the CEI at the time,...

Anything but a synodal Church. After extolling “synodality” as the preeminent fruit of last October’s synod of bishops, and after promising since 2013 more autonomy and powers for the episcopal conferences, including some “authentic doctrinal authority,” Pope Francis has dismembered the agenda of the plenary assembly of one of the biggest episcopates in the world, that of the United States, which has been meeting in Baltimore since Monday, November 12. And at the same time he has abandoned to themselves, in China, those bishops who are not part of the secret accord signed at the end of September between the...