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[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV, Parolin, and China: A Silence That Grows After One Year of PontificateOne year after the election of Leo XIV, the Vatican continues to fail to clarify what the future holds for the controversial agreement signed with China on the appointment of bishops. While Cardinal Pietro Parolin continues to control the Secretariat of State and maintain the diplomatic line inherited from Francis’s pontificate, doubts are growing within the Church about a policy toward Beijing that has not halted the persecution of Chinese Catholics.A silence in crescendoA recent analysis published by La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana once again focuses...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider: Synod report on homosexuality ‘crossed the line from orthodoxy into heresy’Bishop Schneider warned that the report's call to go 'beyond' current Church teaching usurps God's authority and mirrors the serpent’s temptation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said that a Vatican Synod on Synodality report suggesting homosexual “relationships” may not be sinful echoes the serpent in the Garden of Eden and has “crossed the line from orthodoxy into heresy.”In an interview with Vatican journalist Diane Montagna, Schneider commented on the final report of Study Group 9, published May 5...

[Catholic Caucus] SSPX statement: Vatican inaction on Germany’s same-sex ‘blessings’ has created a crisisTo fully understand the issue of blessings for same-sex couples promoted by the German Bishops' Conference, it is necessary to trace its history within the context of the Synodal Way.(FSSPX) — The launch of the Synodal Way, the history of which can be found on this site, immediately provoked reactions from Rome. But these rarely went beyond warnings or reprimands, leaving the process unimpeded to this day, and allowing the German episcopate, supported by lay people, to advance decisively along unorthodox paths.To fully understand the issue of...