Columnist: Walter Sanchez Silva

Leo Laicizes Priest Who Dared to Call Francis a ‘Heretic’
Pope Leo XIV has decreed the dismissal from the clerical state of Francisco José Vegara Cerezo, who served as a priest of the Spanish Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante, following a canonical ...

Francis Pens Preface to New Book: ‘Women and Ministries in the Synodal Church’
Pope Francis has written the preface to the book “Women and Ministries in the Synodal Church,” authored by three theologians and two cardinals who participated in the meeting of the ...

Prominent Jesuit: The Society of Jesus is in ‘Profound Decline’
Father Julio Fernández Techera, a Jesuit priest and rector of the Catholic University of Uruguay, has written a widely circulated, critical essay about the Society of Jesus warning that the ...

Former Gay Activist: Fiducia Supplicans Harms Those ‘Struggling for Chastity’
Luca Di Tolve, Mister Gay Italy 1990 and a former homosexual activist, posted a reflection on his website regarding the declaration Fiducia Supplicans from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of ...

Synod Archbishop Says the Synod ‘Cannot Remove Pages from the Bible’
José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez, the archbishop of Manizales in Colombia, shared his experience at the Synod of Synodality taking place this month at the Vatican, commenting on what this assembly ...

Vatican’s Former Sex Abuse Expert: Celibacy Is NOT the Cause of Sexual Abuse
Father Hans Zollner, a German priest and an expert in the fight against sexual abuse in the Church, said in a Sept. 26 interview with Infovaticana that celibacy is not ...

Zanchetta Abuse Victim: ‘Don’t Turn Your Back on Us; We Didn’t Deserve Such Treatment’
A former seminarian and victim of the Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta — who was sentenced to prison for sexual abuse in Argentina — asked the Catholic Church not to turn its ...

German Clerics’ Blessing Same-Sex Couples a Diabolical and Sacrilegious Act
Fr. Hugo Valdemar, canon penitentiary of the Archdiocese of Mexico, said that the blessing that priests and pastoral workers gave May 10 to homosexual couples in Germany “is a truly ...