Columnist: Courtney Mares
Francis Signs Diabolical New Agreement
Pope Francis visited the grounds of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque on Wednesday for an interfaith meeting in Indonesia, where he signed a joint declaration condemning religious-based violence with Muslim leader ...
Pope Francis to Roman Curia: ‘Rigid Ideological Positions’ Prevent Us From Moving Forward
Pope Francis warned the Roman Curia on Thursday that “rigid ideological positions” can be an obstacle to “moving forward.” In his annual Christmas address to the cardinals who work in ...
Synod Archbishop: If a Proposal is at Odds With the Gospel, ‘That’s Not of the Holy Spirit’
During the Synod on Synodality, we must be careful about “blaming everything on the Holy Spirit,” Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney has said, noting that if a proposal is radically ...
Synod Archbishop: If Someone Is Living In Sin, We Can’t Tell Them That’s All Right
In response to a question about blessing same-sex unions, a Latvian archbishop at the Synod on Synodality warned that telling someone living in sin that “everything is all right” places ...
Rupnik’s Victims Say Rome’s Statement ‘Ridicules’ Their Pain
Victims of Father Marko Rupnik’s alleged spiritual and sexual abuse on Tuesday expressed “bewilderment” with the Diocese of Rome’s recent statement praising the art and theology center founded by the ...
Germany’s Synodal Way Leader: Exclusion of Women From Ordination Drives Women From Church
A leader of the controversial German Synodal Way said in a speech at Europe’s synod meeting Wednesday that the exclusion of women from ordination drives women from the Church. Irme ...
DELUDED: Cardinal Hollerich Says Without Vatican II, ‘The Church Today Would be a Small Sect’
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the relator general of the Synod on Synodality, has said that he is convinced that the Second Vatican Council “saved the Church.” “If we did not have ...
Pope Francis Says Clericalism Linked to Fixation on Sexual Morality
‘Clericalism has a direct consequence in rigidity,’ Pope Francis said In a meeting with Jesuits in Mozambique earlier this month, Pope Francis said that clericalism is a direct result of ...