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[Catholic Caucus] World Youth Day’s ‘DJ priest’ defended sodomy as ‘strengthening love’ in resurfaced interviewKnown as ‘Padre DJ,’ Fr. Guilherme Peixoto has stirred controversy after being questioned about libidinous acts and their compatibility with Catholic doctrine.The “DJ priest” who played techno music before the final papal Mass at this year’s World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, faces further scrutiny after archived footage surfaced showing him defending sodomy and providing ambiguous comments on the practice of masturbation.During an interview on the “Maluco Beleza” podcast in Portugal on September 23, 2020, Father Guilherme Peixoto played down sexual acts committed outside of marriage,...

[Catholic Caucus] Bergoglian WYD: Just as expectedBy now, most readers have read the horrifying reports out of Lisbon detailing the various sacrileges and profanations that took place at World Youth Day. With Jorge Bergoglio (stage name, Francis) starring as both host and headliner, who could have expected anything less? After all, this is the Pachamama Pontiff, the same man-in-white who for years has obstinately refused to genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament [alleged] on the Novus Ordo table, but who eagerly drops to his knees whenever a timely photo-op presents itself. The list of offenses that took place at World Youth...

[Catholic Caucus] World Youth Day Pilgrims Were Submitted To Carbon SpyA de facto mandatory App for World Youth Day pilgrims included a "carbon tracking" system.All information concerning organisation, last-minute changes, events, services like catering, drinking fountains, bathrooms, health posts, and also spiritual content, was available through this app.The carbon footprint calculator showed a "commitment" [= submission] to the UN's false "sustainability" ideology.It measured the “carbon consumed by each pilgrim” including the journey to Lisbon, “encouraged” the pilgrim daily to adopt more "sustainable" behaviours and allowed the mitigation of its initial result.

[Catholic Caucus] WYD Blessed Sacrament Scandal: Woman in White Received No AnswerThe young woman in white who adored the Blessed Sacrament stored in plastic boxes at World Youth Day, has identified herself on social media as Savannah Dudzik, 23, a pro-lifer from Florida.Savannah saw the boxes on the evening of August 5 and was told that “Jesus is in there.” She got angry, “How dare they disrespect our Lord?”Then, she started praying the rosary in reparation. In her post, Dudzik calls the plastic boxes an “absolute disgrace,” “unworthy containers”, “incredible shame”. The priests she spoke to at WYD, agreed with...

[Catholic Caucus] WYD's UNHOLY TABERNACLES: Two Different Tabernacles for Two Visions of God & the Religion He Gave Us“Almighty and eternal God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we kneel before Your Majesty, and thank You from the depth of our soul for the inestimable gift of the Catholic Faith, which you have deigned to reveal to us through Jesus Christ, True God and True man. We received this divine light in holy baptism and have promised You to keep this faith inviolate until death.” (Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s prayer for the triumph of the Catholic Faith.At some point over the course...

[Catholic Caucus] German bishop poses with LGBT ‘progress’ flag at World Youth DayBishop Franz-Josef Overbeck is known for his heterodoxy.Bishop Overbeck and young Germans at World Youth Day in LisbonGerman Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck has posed for a picture with an LGBT “progress” Pride flag in a church in Lisbon during World Youth Day. The photo was originally posted by the Instagram account of a youth group from the Parish of St. Mary’s Assumption and shared in an Instagram story by the account of the Diocese of Essen. Overbeck, the Bishop of Essen, is seen holding an LGBT “progress flag” with...

Pope Francis Confirms Vatican Envoy’s Visit to China in Wide-Ranging InterviewIn a newly published interview, Pope Francis described the ongoing Synod on Synodality as fulfilling “the dream of Paul VI” and underscored that the process is about recovering a lost form of ecclesial participation, not changing doctrine.The Holy Father also confirmed rumors that Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the Vatican’s special envoy for peace in Ukraine, will soon be visiting China. The pope described Zuppi’s “scheduled stopover” in Beijing as part of the Vatican’s “peace offensive,” which has already included visits to Kyiv, Moscow, and Washington, D.C. The Pope said he is...

[Catholic Caucus] WYD: Bishop Attacks Priest Who Refused to Hand Out CommunionA priest of the neo-conservative FLUHM community placed Holy Communion on the tongue of young people who presumably wanted to grasp it with their hands at World Youth Day. One of them was Hendrik Roos, 27, a theology student and staff member at the "Bund der deutschen [anti-]katholischen Jugend" (Federation of German [anti-]Catholic Youth) in Münster. As a result, the petty-minded Roos grassed on the priest to the Münster diocesan newspaper Kirche-und-Leben.de. Münster Auxiliary Christoph Hegge then pompously called the correct administration of communion a "no-go." During the Covid...

Bishop Strickland: World Youth Day is helping ‘to secularize the Catholic Church, de-emphasize Christ’The 2023 World Youth Day has touted its focus on 'climate change' aspects and 'interfaith dialogue.'Bishop Strickland and World Youth Day infographics.TYLER, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — Tyler’s Bishop Joseph Strickland has publicly criticized the current World Youth Day for having “fallen prey to the current trend to secularize the Catholic Church and de-emphasize Jesus Christ.”In a short post on X—formerly called Twitter—Bishop Strickland slated World Youth Day (WYD), which is currently taking place in Lisbon.Running August 1 through 6, the 17th World Youth Day will see Pope Francis...

[Catholic Caucus] Sacrilegious Disaster: the Opening Mass for World Youth DayAbove: the “carefully crafted spirituality itinerary” graphically depicted from the WYD website. After a brief hiatus due to “COVID” (which I prefer to pronounce by its traditional spelling, communism) the World Youth Day (WYD) is back!This year it is taking place in Lisbon, Portugal and the opening Mass was celebrated on August 1 with a crowd of tens of thousands of pilgrims. Before I dive into all the fruits of the New Springtime that were on display, I would like to accentuate the positives.In the first place, it is edifying...

[Catholic Caucus] World Youth Day: Communion in Ikea BowlsBarcelona Cardinal Omella presided over a July 31 Eucharist in Estoril, Portugal, with 30,000 Spaniards as part of World Youth Day. Potato chip bowls purchased from Ikea were used to distribute the Novus Ordo Communion.The bowls were distributed to the co-presiding priests with a plastic wrap and the Ikea bar code still on them (photo).According to InfoVaticana.com, they were chosen by Church authorities to convey a message of "humility" and "simplicity".

Pope Francis to lay groundwork for the future at World Youth Day in LisbonThe Argentine is expected to use the event to solidify the changes he believes are necessary for the 21st century church. When Pope Francis made the first foreign trip of his papacy in 2013, to mark World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, he urged young people to make a “mess” in their local churches, to shake things up, even if it ruffled the feathers of their bishops.As he embarks this week on another edition of World Youth Day, in Lisbon, Portugal, Francis in many ways has...