https://freerepublic.com/tag/yourenotcatholic/ en-us Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:12:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4398146/posts [Catholic Caucus] Heterodox cardinal says ‘entire Tradition’ must be read ‘in light of’ Vatican II 'The Council was not a departure from Tradition. It was a return to that current of Tradition which is the oldest and establishes the measure,' claimed Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś.A heterodox Polish cardinal said that Catholics should read the “entire Tradition of the Church in light of” the Second Vatican Council.On October 3, Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, archbishop of Kraków, made a series of striking remarks on the relationship between Tradition and Vatican II during an interview with Dr. Konstanty Pilawa at a session of the Jagiellonian... LifeSite News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4398146/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:12:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4398144/posts [Catholic Caucus] German bishop to share gay couples’ ‘experiences’ at Leo’s Amoris Laetitia summit Bishop Heiner Wilmer's stated intention to bring those experiences with him to the Vatican meeting signals a continued movement toward normalizing homosexuality within the Catholic Church.The president of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) promised to bring the “experiences” of homosexual couples with him to Rome for the Vatican’s upcoming conference on Amoris Laetitia.Bishop Heiner Wilmer, the DBK president, said that he prepared for the Vatican summit by meeting with a wide variety of couples – including same-sex couples and those living in a second civil marriage... LifeSite News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4398144/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:01:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4398209/posts [Catholic Caucus] Bishop Mutsaerts: Go to Latin Mass instead of trying to fix your own parish 'If there's a bad Novus Ordo Mass, you can't improve those priests, I'm afraid. So just go anywhere else,' Mutsaerts told LifeSite at the Catholic Identity Conference.Bishop Robert Mutsaerts said that Catholics who attend parishes with irreverent Novus Ordo Masses should find a Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) or another reverent liturgy instead of attempting to transform their home parish.During a brief October 3 interview with LifeSite after his talk at the 2026 Catholic Identity Conference (CIC), Mutsaerts responded to a question about whether the... LifeSite News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4398209/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2026 22:26:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4398043/posts [Catholic Caucus] Leo: The Church Should be an “Open House” that “Listens Without Judging” The Church as founded by Christ listens only to God, not to man, but the Bishop of Rome has a different idea. Pope Leo has said that he wants the Church to be an “open house” that “listens without judging.” In his prayer video for October 2026, he said:“May your Church be an open house, a safe space where everyone has a place — a community that accompanies and never excludes; that listens without judging; and that draws near without fear.”Unfortunately, Leo has erred again. This... The Daily Knight https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4398043/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2026 20:34:48 GMT