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[Catholic Caucus] Doctrinal Confusion & the Magisterium: a Concise Guide for Catholics“And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it”— John 1:5Amidst this dead of night within the Church — wherein all seems obscured by a disorienting darkness; by mists and shadows; by strange and unfamiliar shapes and sounds that unsettle our senses, challenge our confidence and shake the very foundations of our faith — I want to affirm that the Church’s Magisterium, nevertheless, remains a stalwart and immovable guide. The Magisterium of the Church is and always will be a light in the darkness. It...

[Catholic Caucus] Fr. Heimerl: Pope Francis leads a ‘magisterium of lies and heresy’ with his ‘Pseudo Synod‘In a nutshell, what Francis calls 'synodality' is just a complex system of lies, and the 'Synod on Synodality' was already a lie in itself. It was not a true 'Synod' because a quarter of the participants were not bishops, but lay people.(LifeSiteNews) — Perhaps you were also surprised when Pope Francis first claimed that “synodality” is part of the essence of the Church. After all, to this day, nobody knows what he means by this term, and it does not appear anywhere in...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Zen: Pope Francis uses synods in attempt to ‘change Church’s doctrinesIn a recent article published in multiple languages, Hong Kong’s emeritus Cardinal Zen once more delivered a strident criticism of the recently concluded Synod on Synodality.Cardinal Joseph Zen has issued a renewed critique of the Synod on Synodality, saying that Pope Francis uses synods in an attempt to “change the Church’s doctrines or disciplines.”In a recent article published in multiple languages, Hong Kong’s emeritus Cardinal Zen once more delivered a strident criticism of the recently concluded Synod on Synodality. In the company of a number of vocal...

[Catholic/Anglican Caucus] Did the Synod on “Synodality” End Smoothly?On October 27, the XVI Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops announced its closing. The Pope immediately approved of the document adopted by the Synod and said he would not write a Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation. All parties found this to be a completely “innovative” approach, but it seems that few have pointed out that this approach was rather problematic. I felt that way, but didn’t dare to raise it publicly. I feared that my pessimistic mindset may have led me to wrong judgments. But, then, after reading three articles, I now...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland slams Synod on Synodality: ‘I reject’ it, ‘it’s not Catholic’During LifeSite's election coverage, Bishop Strickland said, 'There are threats on the horizon. This Synod on Synodality, I reject, because it's not Catholic. Many voices have already said this is not the Catholic Church.'Bishop Joseph Strickland has issued a stinging rebuke of the Synod on Synodality while calling on Catholics to oppose those who follow in the footsteps of Judas Iscariot. “There are threats on the horizon. This Synod on Synodality, I reject, because it’s not Catholic. Many voices have already said this is not the Catholic...

[Catholic Caucus] Leading African cardinal claims Catholics are ‘morally obligated to support’ Synod decisionsCardinal Cristóbal Romero made a stunning statement that a consensus decision by the Synod is 'morally' binding on those who oppose it.RABAT, Morocco (LifeSiteNews) — The president of the Northern African bishops’ conference welcomed the Synod on Synodality’s conclusions as a “prophetic sign” for the world, adding that opponents of its decisions are “morally obligated to support” them.“Synodality is a prophetic sign that can enlighten the world because it is not just about bringing democracy to the Church, as many have stated, but it goes much further,”...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Eleganti: Synod-backed decentralization of Church teaching would end its ‘catholicity’The word 'catholic' means universal — thus, the 'regionalization of teaching and discipline' would indeed undermine the universality of the Church.Swiss Bishop Marian Eleganti warned that the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality’s hoped-for decentralization of Catholic “teaching and discipline” would “be the end of the catholicity of the Church.”In a recent piece published on Eleganti’s website, he highlighted the fact that, as Pope Francis and the Synod’s leading clerics have signaled many times, one of the desired outcomes of the Synod is a “cultural regionalization of teaching and discipline”...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Burke: Synodality is not a ‘mark of the Church,’ final proposals are ‘dangerous’In response to the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Raymond burke said Catholics 'should be devoting our energy to the proclamation of the truth about human life, about human nature, human sexuality, marriage, the family, religious freedom.'Cardinal Raymond Burke has stated that the proposals of the Synod on Synodality’s final document are “extremely troublesome and dangerous.”In a World Over interview with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo October 31, Burke opined briefly on the final text which has emerged from the recently concluded Synod on Synodality.READ: Synod final text...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal-Elect Timothy Radcliffe Reveals the Synod’s Revolutionary DNAMost faithful Catholics fortunately have little reason to know much about Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, even though Francis recently named the pro-LGBTQ Dominican priest on the list of Cardinals to be created at the December 8 consistory.However, it is worth examining Radcliffe’s October 21 meditation delivered to the participants on the ongoing Synod on Synodality because it offers us one of the most honest and accurate statements of what is truly going on in Rome today. We can get a clear picture of how the Synodal Church differs from the Catholic Church...

[Catholic Caucus] Synod members look at how synodality relates to papal primacyEncouraging greater “synodal” practices in the Catholic Church should help the church find a greater balance between the power of the pope and the power of local bishops in their dioceses, said theologians participating in the Synod of Bishops.The balance between the authority and jurisdiction of the pope as the bishop of Rome and the authority of local bishops — a balance that would allow for greater diversity within the universal church — also would benefit efforts to restore Christian unity since for many other Christian churches, the way...

Synod proposal could give ‘doctrinal authority’ to local bishops’ conferencesBishops' conferences could essentially become the doctrine makers of their own local churches, thus completely undermining the unity of the Church.Synod members are discussing a proposal that would give bishops “doctrinal authority,” essentially having the Catholic Church break up into numerous different, often contradictory bodies.As the 300-plus members of the Synod on Synodality’s second session gather in the Paul VI Audience Hall, they began today the fourth of five modules of discussions that form part of the monthlong event.Between October 2 and October 27, the members are working through the Instrumentum...

[Catholic Caucus] Synodality is the common thread linking the many controversies of the Francis pontificateAs Cardinal Joseph Tobin stated in 2021, 'synodality is, in fact, the long-game of Pope Francis.' The process of 'listening and dialogue' leading to doctrinal revolution and relativism is the string which ties together not just previous synods, but the last 11 years.Through the process and style of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis appears to be subtly but firmly trying to irreversibly implement the more controversial focus points of his papacy.“The Synod on the Amazon has opened the path for the Synod on Synodality,” Cardinal...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Müller Is Back: Not a Synod but a SymposiumCardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller took part in the ex-synod for the first time on 14 October. He had been unable to attend the first two weeks of the meeting for hernia problems.Nd.nl learnt that Müller immediately took the floor to make it clear that the symposium was "not a real synod".He criticised the fact that priests, deacons, religious and lay people were also allowed to vote alongside the bishops.In an earlier statement, Cardinal Müller had said that it was not a synod, "but a symposium".Müller was dressed as a...

[Catholic Caucus] Liberal nun tells Synod reporters some women ‘feel the call’ to the priesthoodSpeaking to Synod reports Monday, Sister Mary Theresa Barron claimed, 'Is the spirit calling women? Because some women do sense a call to priesthood or diaconate.'Sister Mary Theresa Barron, OLA, president of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), told journalists at a Synod on Synodality press conference Monday that some women “feel the call” to the male-only priesthood and thus, the Church ought to listen to them. During a press conference Monday, Barron took a question from a journalist who asked her to describe ways...

[Catholic Caucus] Can Papal Primacy and a Synodal Church actually coexist?As the second week of the Synod on Synodality continues, an article published in La Civiltà Cattolica on 8 October has revealed more of Pope Francis’s vision of the role of synodality in the Catholic Church today. It also highlights some of the inherent tensions between the use of synods and the power of the papacy in modern Catholicism.The article recounts the Pope’s meeting on 28 September with 150 of his fellow Jesuits in Brussels, during his recent visit to Belgium, when Francis discussed how Eastern Christians have not lost...

The Synodal Comedy: Act IIIn the Synodal Sessions, the Faith's majesty is trampled upon, then traded for the cheap trinkets of the best psychobabble money can buy.Assaults on the city of Rome, the See of Peter, have not been infrequent over the course of the millennia. Attila attempted. But he failed when he came into the formidable presence of Leo, called “the Great,” resulting in a dramatic volte-face. Napoleon conquered Rome in 1809. The Italian Nationalists of the Risorgimento mounted attacks upon Rome in 1848, forcing Blessed Pius IX to flee in a simple black Roman cassock to Gaeta in...

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Cardinals attend Fr James Martin’s LGBT Synod event promoting expression of homosexual ‘love’The LGBT briefing event for members of the Synod on Synodality was hosted by Father James Martin and attended by a number of cardinals.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — A number of cardinals and other members of the Synod attended a pro-LGBT event hosted by Fr James Martin S.J. and his Outreach group in Rome today, during which a same-sex “married” man called for “love to be expressed.”“Get to know the real people behind the ‘mask’ who are trying to live a Catholic life,” said Christopher Vella...

[Catholic Caucus] Ex-Synod Has Become an Image of a Dying ChurchFrancis' ex-synod continues "in the midst of general indifference", writes Specola (InfoVaticana.com, 6 October).At a recent press conference of the ex-synod, there were more speakers than journalists, so to speak.The ex-synod is turning out to be "a series of monologues that are not even interesting as jocular entertainment"."The sight of a few hundred brainy Synod mothers and fathers at a kind of sterile wedding banquet is sad and is the living image of a Church that is dying out".The obsessively repeated term "synodality" has become like those political slogans such...

[Catholic Caucus] Synodality, an antidote to polarization, helps mission, cardinal saysAt the end of a multiyear process of listening, praying, discussing and discerning, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said he hopes the Synod of Bishops can give Catholics four practical suggestions for being a more “synodal” church.“What four things? I can’t tell you right now, but I sure wish we could give four pieces of guidance to the people of God across the world,” the cardinal told Catholic News Service Oct. 4.In a message to the people of his archdiocese, Cardinal Tobin said synodality — which involves...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Grech: Every Catholic is invited to weigh in on synod study groups’ deliberationsThe Vatican newspaper has reported that Cardinal Mario Grech, the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, said that every group in the Church—and every individual Catholic—may offer “contributions, observations and proposals” to the ten synod study groups created by Pope Francis in February.L’Osservatore Romano reported on October 3:Yesterday afternoon, the Secretary General of the Synod, Cardinal Mario Grech, announced that pastors and ecclesial leaders, but also and above all every faithful, man or woman, and every group, association, movement or community, will be able...