Pope Francis on Sunday named as cardinal San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy, a Jesuit who had spoken out against the calls for bishops to exclude pro-choice politicians like President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Holy Communion over their… Continue Reading →
The Church is under attack from all sides and seems to be at war with herself. The latest decrees by Pope Francis have stifled celebration of the extraordinary form of the Mass. All Catholics should be offended by these clear… Continue Reading →
In a Papal motu proprio released Friday, Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis cracked down on the spread of the old Latin Mass, reversing one of Pope Benedict XVI’s signature decisions in a major challenge to traditionalist Catholics. Pope Francis, 84, issued… Continue Reading →
Pope Francis has denied Catholic US President Joe Biden a Mass due to the controversy about Biden receiving communion stemming from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops upcoming meeting. Catholic News Agency reported: The President’s entourage had originally requested for… Continue Reading →
The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response Monday to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless… Continue Reading →
The Vatican’s Secretariat of State has issued an instruction regarding the celebration of Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, suppressing Masses said by a priest by himself, and restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin form of Mass in the Latin rite to… Continue Reading →
Papal biographer and former Director for Public Affairs of the previous Archbishop of Westminster, Austen Ivereigh says that there is no doubt Pope Francis rumored will be stepping down from the papacy in 2020, following the lead of Pope Emeritus… Continue Reading →
Pope Francis on Wednesday promised to “eradicate” sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church following the release of two reports painting a different picture of Vatican response to sexual abuse in the church. “I renew my closeness to the victims of every… Continue Reading →
In a letter sent on October 30 from the Vatican’s Secretariat of State to papal representatives (nuncios) around the world, the Vatican said that two comments made by Pope Francis in the film “Francesco” by Russian-born director Evgeny Afineevsky were… Continue Reading →
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