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Spanish Archdiocese Distances Itself After Priest Calls for Conversion of MoroccoThe Archdiocese of Pamplona and Tudela, Spain, has distanced itself on August 5 from comments by one of its priests after he called for the "reconquest of Morocco and its conversion to Christianity" following the invasion into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.In a statement, the archdiocese said Rev. Javier Aizpún's remarks were "strictly personal opinions" that "neither represent nor are shared in any way by this diocesan Church."The controversy stemmed from a post on X.com in which Aizpún, parish priest of San Juan Evangelista in Huarte and a canon of...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishops approve ERD review, after ‘broad consultation’ concernsThe U.S. bishops on Friday voted to move forward with reviewing and updating their directives for Catholic health care services, after several bishops emphasized that the process should include a “broad consultation,” including the voices of the transgender community.Bishop Daniel Flores addresses the USCCB plenary assembly June 16, 2023.The proposal to review Part Three of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services passed unanimously on a voice vote on the final day of the USCCB’s plenary assembly in Orlando.The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services...

The Credo of the Catholic DemocratsThey issue a declaration of independence from Church teaching. Rep. Ted Lieu, May 16, 2015lmost 60 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives recently released a statement declaring their “principles.” The statement is a classic illustration of modern liberalism’s one-sided conception of church-state relations: the church should never lecture the state, but the state is free to lecture the church. The statement is also a snapshot of the pitiful imbalance of power and confusion in the Catholic Church: heretics, far from fearing clerics, feel emboldened to instruct bishops on what they can and cannot...

Popular US priest urges bishops amid increasing COVID restrictions: ‘Fight for us!’ Msgr. Charles Pope mentioned nine things bishops should do to show the faithful that public worship is essential. November 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — In a blog post at the National Catholic Register, Msgr. Charles Pope appealed to the country’s bishops to fight more proactively for the right of the faithful to practice their faith publicly. He said their response to the lockdowns in the spring, as well as to continuing restrictions, have given many people the message that “[y]our physical health is more important than your spiritual health.”...