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Let’s Really Read the Signs of the Times

Let’s Really Read the Signs of the Times

We are supposed to read “the signs of the times,” says Jesus, and the fathers at the Second Vatican Council urged us to do the same.  I used to say ...
The Cat’s Out of the Bag Now, With the Synod on Synodality

The Cat’s Out of the Bag Now, With the Synod on Synodality

The recent letter to the world’s bishops from Cardinal Mario Grech, head of the Vatican synod secretariat, and Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of the Synod on Synodality, shows that ...
Time for Catholics to Rethink the Immigration Crisis

Time for Catholics to Rethink the Immigration Crisis

Catholic Vote, Staff
The immigration crisis has reached a fevered pitch, and Catholics can no longer ignore its devastating humanitarian, public health, and national security consequences. The casualties are piling up on both ...
Archbishop Aquila Refutes Cardinal McElroy’s Call For ‘Radical Inclusion’ Of Homosexuals, Adulterers

Archbishop Aquila Refutes Cardinal McElroy’s Call For ‘Radical Inclusion’ Of Homosexuals, Adulterers

Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver pushed back on Cardinal Robert McElroy’s call to give Communion to homosexuals and adulterers in “objectively grave sin,” insisting that inclusion “cannot mean that we ...
Catholic School Suspends Student and Then Has Him Arrested For Believing God Created Two Genders

Catholic School Suspends Student and Then Has Him Arrested For Believing God Created Two Genders

The Blaze, Paul Sacca
A student has reportedly been suspended by a Catholic high school for the remainder of the school year for believing that God created two genders and protesting against transgender students ...
Three Prophets Pass from the Scene: Pope Benedict, Pat Buchanan, and George Neumayr

Three Prophets Pass from the Scene: Pope Benedict, Pat Buchanan, and George Neumayr

The Stream, John Zmirak
I’m feeling … lonely. With the deaths of Pope Benedict XVI and courageous Catholic journalist George Neumayr, and the retirement of Patrick J. Buchanan from writing his column, I feel ...
Will Hebda Enforce Canon 915? ‘Catholic’ Lawmakers Pass Radical Abortion Bill in Minnesota

Will Hebda Enforce Canon 915? ‘Catholic’ Lawmakers Pass Radical Abortion Bill in Minnesota

Alpha News reports: Thirteen Catholics, all Democrats, voted for the “Protect Reproductive Options” Act in the Minnesota Legislature. The bill will place into Minnesota law a “fundamental right” to abortion ...
Pope Francis: ‘I Had Nothing To Do’ with Father Marko Rupnik Case

Pope Francis: ‘I Had Nothing To Do’ with Father Marko Rupnik Case

For the first time, Pope Francis has commented publicly about the scandal surrounding Father Marko Rupnik, denying he intervened to help his fellow Jesuit avoid punishment for the alleged sexual ...
Pope Finally Accepts Resignation of Scandal-Ridden Ally Cardinal Maradiaga

Pope Finally Accepts Resignation of Scandal-Ridden Ally Cardinal Maradiaga

Pope Francis has finally accepted the resignation of his close confidant, the scandal-ridden Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. as the Archbishop of Tegucigalpa in Honduras. Maradiaga’s resignation at the ...
Cardinal Screwtape

Cardinal Screwtape

This essay in the Jesuit magazine America, by Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego (above, being made a cardinal by Pope Francis), brings the dubious insights of Critical Theory to ...
Synod Chief: Critics of the Synod ‘Won’t Be Able to Stop’ It

Synod Chief: Critics of the Synod ‘Won’t Be Able to Stop’ It

One of Pope Francis’ closest aides and a leading figure of the Synod on Synodality has singled out critics of the process, calling them afraid of a “Church on the ...
WATCH: Full Speed Ahead with the Synod on Homosexuality

WATCH: Full Speed Ahead with the Synod on Homosexuality

John Henry Westen
This week on Faith & Reason: John-Henry Westen, Liz Yore, and Father James Altman discuss Pope Francis’ troubling remarks on African bishops who support anti-sodomy laws and then react to ...
Cupich Planning To Sell Historic Chicago Church To Someone Who Hosted Simulated Homoerotic Orgy

Cupich Planning To Sell Historic Chicago Church To Someone Who Hosted Simulated Homoerotic Orgy

The owner of a luxury event venue that has regularly hosted lewd performances, including a simulated homoerotic orgy and obscene, perverse music videos, is preparing to close on the purchase ...
Pope Francis Says Homosexuality Not A Crime

Pope Francis Says Homosexuality Not A Crime

Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome ...
Former Wilmington Priest Sentenced to 37 Months on Child Porn Charges

Former Wilmington Priest Sentenced to 37 Months on Child Porn Charges

CBS News, Staff
A Roman Catholic priest accused of collecting thousands of child pornography images while serving overseas and then bringing them with him when he returned to the United States has been ...
Pope Benedict Issues Warning From The Grave

Pope Benedict Issues Warning From The Grave

Staff
Benedict Penned 16 Essays To Be Released Only After His Death Warns Of Radical Manipulation, Gender Ideology, Sexual Perversion At Catholic Seminaries, Western Authoritarianism And Other Grave Concerns Beloved Pope ...
Pope Benedict: ‘Gay Clubs’ Run in Seminaries

Pope Benedict: ‘Gay Clubs’ Run in Seminaries

Gay “clubs” operate openly in Catholic seminaries, the institutions that prepare men for the priesthood, the late Pope Benedict XVI has claimed in a posthumously published book scathing of Pope ...
Bishop Reported to Police for Abuse as Vatican Probes Lockdown Sex Parties

Bishop Reported to Police for Abuse as Vatican Probes Lockdown Sex Parties

Bishop Robert Byrne has been reported to the police following an allegation of abuse made against him by a Catholic priest, the Catholic Herald can reveal. The Oratorian stepped down ...
Why Is James Martin Repeatedly Allowed To Spout Hersey While Good Priests Are Cancelled?

Why Is James Martin Repeatedly Allowed To Spout Hersey While Good Priests Are Cancelled?

Jesuit Father James Martin, an LGBT advocate, affirmed Saturday his belief that two men can enter into a real marriage that must be recognized as such. Responding to Bill Donohue, ...
George Neumayr Dies Suddenly In Africa

George Neumayr Dies Suddenly In Africa

Complicit Clergy, Staff
George Neumayr was a great reporter who used his skills to confront the evils in the Church he so loved. He will be dearly missed. Initial reports state the cause ...
Dare We Fear That Most Men Be Damned?

Dare We Fear That Most Men Be Damned?

The recently deceased Cardinal George Pell wrote a few years ago about his evolving views on the question of how many will be saved. In the 1970’s, he subscribed to ...
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