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The prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office recently suggested that he regrets writing a book in the 1990s that featured explicit reflections on “spirituality and sensuality” and recounted a supposed mystical erotic encounter between Jesus Christ and a teenage girl…. Continue Reading →
“Our Apostolic Mandate” Given by Pope Pius X to the French Bishops Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It requires from Us that We protect… Continue Reading →
Cardinal Robert Sarah released a reflection on the current state of confusion in the Church, with the “scandal of the little ones” even more aggravated by the recent declaration of the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith “Fiducia supplicans”,… Continue Reading →
Cardinal Victor Fernández has released a press statement intended to “clarify” his Fiducia Supplicans text which allowed blessings of same-sex couples, in an attempt to limit the widespread opposition from bishops to such blessings. Fernández also warned that there “is no room to… Continue Reading →
An Italian priest has been excommunicated by his local bishop for saying in a homily that Pope Francis “is not the pope” and calling him “a usurper,” Catholic News Agency is reporting. The Diocese of Livorno in Tuscany issued a decree on… Continue Reading →
Actor Shia LaBeouf was received into the Catholic Church with the sacrament of confirmation by Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop Robert Barron on Sunday evening. We are thrilled to share that our dear friend Shia LaBeouf has fully entered the Church this… Continue Reading →
The Vatican has clarified that each bishop is free to either adopt or ignore its recommendation for “spontaneous” blessings of people in a same-sex relationship. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect for the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF)… Continue Reading →
The death toll from a series of attacks on villages in central Nigeria has climbed to almost 200, local authorities said Wednesday, as survivors began to bury the dead. Armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning in… Continue Reading →
Fiducia Supplicans, published Monday, reaffirms marriage between a man and a woman, but states the Catholic Church “must shy away from resting its pastoral praxis on the fixed nature of certain doctrinal or disciplinary schemes.” The declaration appears to answer… Continue Reading →
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