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Addressing the controversy surrounding the Vatican’s decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples, Pope Francis said the critics of the guidance, except for Africans, belong to “small ideological groups.” The pontiff claimed that even in Africa, the resistance is more… Continue Reading →
Previous popes have unequivocally condemned socialism and communism with Pope Leo XIII stating, “…communism, socialism, nihilism, hideous deformities of the civil society of men and almost its ruin,” and Pope Blessed Pius IX saying, “the goal of this most iniquitous plot… 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 →
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 →
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 →
In a stunning post on Exsurge Domine, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò lays out the dire situation that we as a Church face: Pope Francis is indeed a false prophet, but he IS still pope: Text from the post can be… Continue Reading →
The Daily Compass are reporting that Pope Francis has said he is taking away Cardinal Burke’s apartment and salary: “Cardinal Burke is my enemy, so I am taking away his flat and salary”. This is what Pope Francis supposedly said… Continue Reading →
Vatican News is reporting that Pope Francis is concerned about developments in the German Church. In response to four lay women, Pope Francis has responded with a letter acknowledging that he too is concerned “about the numerous tangible steps with… Continue Reading →
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