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[Catholic / Devotional Caucus] The Conversion of Two Death-Row Prisoners (1944) Editor’s Note: These two conversion stories have been taken (and edited) from the booklet, The Miraculous Medal, by the Militia Immaculata of Traditional Observance.The Conversion of Claude NewmanClaude Newman, an African American man, was born in 1923 in Arkansas, but lived most of his life with his beloved grandmother, Ellen, in Mississippi. In 1939, she married a man named Sid Cook, who soon became abusive toward her – which deeply angered Claude. In 1940, Claude began working as a farmhand on a local plantation where Sid had been born...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Amoris laetitia synthesis report to address Communion for divorced Catholics, but issue ‘not the centre’ A member of the committee responsible for the final synthesis report on Amoris laetitia has confirmed to AdVaticanum that the document will address Communion for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, but insists the issue was “not the centre” of discussions, with Pope Leo XIV to review the report before its publicationA member of the committee responsible for reviewing the final report on the tenth anniversary of Amoris laetitia has confirmed to AdVaticanum that the document will address Holy Communion for divorced and...

[Catholic Caucus] Roche falsely claims Summorum Pontificum’s goal was SSPX ‘returning’ to Church Pope Benedict XVI has said it is ‘absolutely false’ that the ‘reauthorization’ of the Latin Mass was ‘primarily a concession’ to the SSPX.Anti-traditionalist Cardinal Arthur Roche has repeated the false claim that Pope Benedict XVI issued Summorum Pontificum to “smooth the way” for the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to “return to the Church.”The prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship told AdVaticanum in an interview published Tuesday that “Summorum Pontificum was created to accommodate, and also to smooth the way for, the Society of Saint...

[Catholic Caucus] Examining the role of Vatican's liturgy secretary in developing the ‘Mayan rite’ Bishop Macías participated with the bishops in Mexico as they formulated the Mayan Rite which was later approved by RomeOn October 10, Leo XIV appointed Bishop Aurelio García Macías as the new secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship. His promotion came following the move of former secretary Archbishop Viola to the role of Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica. Ordained in 1992 for the Archdiocese of Valladolid, Macías joined the Dicastery for Divine Worship (DDW) in 2015. He was called to the DDW by Cardinal Robert...

Murr explains the unsettling Bugnini case: “Look, Your Holiness, you have a Freemason in charge of the new liturgy and all the sacraments” Of the two-hour conversation that Father Charles Theodore Murr held with Pedro Buerbaum on WORLDCA$T, which InfoVaticana already reported in its chronicle on the death of John Paul I, there is a passage that deserves separate reading. It is the one dedicated to Monsignor Annibale Bugnini, the Vincentian religious who designed the post-conciliar liturgical reform and who, according to the testimony of the former collaborator of Archbishop Édouard Gagnon, was the spark that ignited Paul VI’s major...

[Catholic Caucus] Amoris Laetitia summit speaker falsely claims divorce, ‘remarriage’ is a ‘vocation’Rather than call for the repentance of those living in grave sin, Professor Julie Rubio lamented their ‘marginalization.’A theologian on Monday lamented the exclusion of those living in adultery from Holy Communion in an address delivered at Pope Leo XIV’s Amoris Laetitia summit.Professor Julie Hanlon Rubio on Monday delivered a talk titled “In the difficulties of life: accompanying and supporting — Walking with families in complex situations,” during the Vatican summit marking the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, which claimed the divorced and remarried may receive Holy Communion...

Exclusive interview: Cardinal Roche to traditionalists: ‘You are edging yourself away from the centre of Catholicism’ In an exclusive interview with AdVaticanum, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship speaks about his dicastery, the controversy over an Islamic chant at a Belgian university Mass, the future of Traditionis Custodes, the validity of SSPX sacraments and whether there was an appetite among bishops for change from Summorum PontificumCardinal Arthur Roche is one of the most senior churchmen in the Vatican. He served as Secretary of the then Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments for almost a...