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[Catholic Caucus] Vatican LIES!To those criticizing The Remnant for publishing a report from our Italian correspondent – alleging that so-called “progressives” inside Vatican are again attempting to use fake news to create a pope in their own image and likeness – I would remind you that the Vatican has been caught attempting precisely this kind of fake news plenty of times in the past, most recently by Diane Montagna over the lies that were used to justify Traditionis Custodes.But let’s not forget the Vatican’s year 2000 fiction story for stupid children that was the supposed Third Secret of Fatima –...

ROME - A close adviser to Pope Francis criticized legislation proposed by Italy’s anti-migrant League party to require ports and other public institutions to display a crucifix, saying Wednesday that the religious symbol isn’t “a team emblem” to be shown for political ends.“If you remove the (religious) symbolism from the crucifix … it becomes a parody,” Father Antonio Spadaro, editor of the Jesuit magazine Civilta Cattolica, said during a Rome conference on the pope.A tweet Spardaro posted earlier in the day with a blunt “Hands off!” went viral. The crucifix, he wrote, “screams love to the enemy and unconditional welcome.”It...

Canadian Catholic journalist Lianne Laurence has written a profile offering new insight into the role that Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ — editor of the Italian Jesuit magazine, La Civiltà Cattolica — plays in divulging the mind of his close friend, Pope Francis. In a new interview at World Youth Day, Fr. Spadaro gives details on his relationship with Francis that help paint a picture of how attuned he is to the mind of the pope. The fortnightly journal is reviewed by the Vatican’s secretary of state before publication, and is seen as reflecting the “official” views of the Holy See....