Publication: Catholic Herald
What Are We To Make Of The Exotic And Sensually Esoteric Theology Of Cardinal Fernandez?
The exotic contents of Mystical Passion: spirituality and sensuality written 25 years ago by now-Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández have been well covered in the Catholic press by now. Responses have ranged from a mixture ...
Vatican Concludes Investigation into Archbishop John Nienstedt
A Vatican investigation into alleged misconduct by former Saint Paul & Minneapolis Archbishop John Nienstedt has cleared him of committing any canonical crime, but determined that certain “imprudent” actions warranted ...
Don’t Give Up On The Church – And Certainly Not Because Of Fiducia Supplicans
As we argue about the contents of Fiducia Supplicans, with Catholics threatening to walk away from the Church, Anglicans crowing that converts to Catholicism have gone from the frying pan ...
Fiducia Supplicans: An Exercise in Smoke and Mirrors, where Spin becomes Substance and Appearance Reality
St John Henry Newman once considered the possibility of the crisis that would emerge if a Church council or a pope introduced a doctrine that contradicted a previous council or ...
Who Would Choose to be a Catholic at a Time Like This?
The phoney war is over. Civil war has been launched within the Church by Pope Francis and his recent appointee Cardinal Victor Fernandez. Many of the recent theological and political ...
Mixed Reactions to Vatican ‘Trial of the Century’: Will Anyone Actually be Jailed?
After a staggering total of 30 months, 85 hearings stretching over some 600 courtroom hours, 69 witnesses and almost 150,000 pages of documentation, the Vatican’s “Trial of the Century” reached ...
Mercy Strikes Again: The Unjust Treatment of Cardinal Burke
The cardinals are originally, and still ceremonially, the clergy of the Church of Rome: the bishops of the suffragan dioceses, the parish priests, and the deacons attendant upon the Roman ...
Pope’s Special Nominee to Synod Facing Trial in Illegal Immigration Scheme
It has emerged that one of Pope Francis’s special nominees to the Synod on Synodality, Luca Casarini, is under investigation in Sicily. The case centres on an Italian non-governmental organization ...
LISTEN: No One Dies a Martyr for Ambiguity – Bishop Athanasius Schneider
Bishop Athanasius Schneider is our guest for this 64th episode of Merely Catholic, the podcast series for the Catholic Herald. The Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, talks about his new ...
Strickland’s Sacking Signals ‘Internal Persecution of Faithful Catholics by the Pope’
An outspoken bishop has accused the Pope of orchestrating an “internal persecution” of faithful Catholics. Bishop Athanasius Schneider said the sacking of the Rt Rev. Joseph Strickland as Bishop of ...
Bishop Barron’s ‘Politely Excoriating’ Assessment of the Synod on Synodality
Last week Bishop Robert Barron released a statement about the “Synod on Synodality”, which he attended, in which he is politely excoriating of both the manner and depth of reflection ...
The Growing Rift Between the Vatican and USCCB
Last week the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gathered for their “Fall Plenary Assembly” in Baltimore. There seem to have been two main stories which have emerged from this ...
Cardinal Sarah: ‘The Crisis of the Church has Entered a New Phase’
In a rare intervention, Cardinal Robert Sarah has said that “the crisis of the Church has entered a new phase: the crisis of the Magisterium.” Speaking to a standing-room only ...
Bishop Strickland: Dark Forces In Vatican Wanted Me Gone
An American bishop has claimed he was fired by the Pope because dark forces within the Vatican wanted to stop him from preaching the Gospel. The Holy See announced at ...
The Synodal Church Will be Guided by the Spirit of the Age
The camera never lies; except that it does. A still photograph taken out of context can be wholly misleading. A video less so, since it provides context. The October Synod ...
‘The Assumption Must be Faced that Pope Francis is Consciously Breaking with the Church’s Tradition’
We can’t say we weren’t warned. On World Youth day in Rio de Janeiro in 2013, Pope Francis, excited by the crowds of young people, adopted something of the energetic ...
Clash of the Prefects: An Olympian Struggle Between Two Opposed Theological Visions
Clash of the Titans is a nearly 50-year-old fantasy action film based on ancient Greek mythology. Since 2013, quite a few Catholics have reported the sensation of being trapped in ...
‘Pope, Please Save our Church!’ Pleads One Young Chinese Catholic
At Pope Francis’s Mass in Ulaanbaatar Sunday afternoon, which was attended by nearly 200 people from mainland China, one young Catholic from the mainland said life for the Church in ...
Pope Tells ‘Mad’ U.S. Conservatives to ‘Move On’
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis has told infuriated conservative American Catholics to “move on” after he accused them of putting ideology before their faith. His comments came aboard ...
Berlin Archbishop Permits Same-Sex Blessings with Impunity
A German archbishop has told priests they can confer blessings on same-sex couples without fear of punishment. The move by Archbishop Heiner Koch of Berlin opens the gates to church ...
Cardinal Burke Drops Bombshell on Synod of ‘Ideology’ and ‘Schism’
Cardinal Gerhard Müller has called it a “hostile takeover” of the Catholic Church. The late Cardinal George Pell termed it a “toxic nightmare”. Now, Cardinal Raymond Burke has written a ...
