Publication: Crux
Iowa Bishops Blast New State Law To Curb Illegal Migrant Invasion
In response to the nation’s immigration crisis Iowa’s Catholic bishops have taken aim at both state and federal lawmakers, calling on the former to seek alternatives to a new law ...
‘Open Borders’ Bishop Seitz Claims America Would ‘Grind to a Standstill’ Without Immigrants
Highlighting that American communities would “grind to a standstill” without the labor of undocumented immigrants, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso is encouraging Congress to create more avenues to legal ...
Peruvian Archbishop Resigns Amidst Abuse Allegations
Amid an ongoing investigation into a scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group, the Vatican Tuesday announced that a top archbishop belonging to the group has resigned from leadership of the Piura archdiocese ...
Belgium Bishop Defrocked 14 YEARS after Admitting to Abuse
Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe, ...
Vatican Says Women Deacons on Docket for Next Synod
Organizers of Pope Francis’s ongoing Synod of Bishops on Synodality announced Thursday that ten different working groups had been formed in the Roman Curia to address specific topics that came ...
Belgian Bishops Reportedly Back Women Deacons, End to Priestly Celibacy
In the lead up to this year’s closing session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, the Belgian bishops have apparently opened a national discussion on allowing women deacons and ...
GASLIGHTING: Bishops Lobby Against Human Trafficking While Simultaneously Making Millions by Enabling It
Crux reports: Ahead of a House vote on a bipartisan human trafficking prevention bill, American bishops are calling on Catholics to urge their representatives to pass the measure, saying it ...
African Cardinal Says ‘Fiducia’ has Discredited Synod on Synodality
An African cardinal who recently led the continent’s bishops in rejecting blessings for same-sex couples has now lashed out at the timing of the Vatican document that opened the door ...
Brazilian Jesuits Under Fire For Sexual Abuse
A new association of abuse survivors in Bolivia, created in the wake of revelations last May of more than 80 cases of abuse perpetrated by a Jesuit priest over four ...
Amid Row Over Same-Sex Blessings, Pope Laments Split in the Church He Helped Create
Pope Francis on the feast of the Epiphany lamented the sharp division among Catholics of differing views, saying believers must imitate the three wise men in putting God at the ...
Bootlicker Cardinal Says Same-Sex Blessings a ‘Natural’ for India
India’s most senior Catholic cardinal and a close advisor to Pope Francis has said the Fiducia Supplicans, a controversial new Vatican text approving non-liturgical blessings for same-sex unions, is a ...
Trial of the Century: “When the Pope Does It, That Means Its Not Illegal.”
In the galaxy of Italian Catholicism, Alberto Melloni and Sandro Magister may not quite be matter and anti-matter, but they’re definitely not on the same planet. Melloni is a progressive ...
Court Orders Vatican to Turn Over Messages Between Parolin and Peña Parra
According to a report by the Telegraph, a UK court has ordered the Vatican to turn over confidential texts and emails between Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar ...
Bishop Seitz Blasts Texas’ Attempt To Stop the Illegal Immigrant Invasion
With Texas on the verge of allowing state police to arrest migrants and order them back across the border, the U.S. Bishops’ Conference Migration chair has criticized both the “false ...
LAUGHABLE: Participants Claim Synod Isn’t Driven by Francis’ ‘Private Agenda’
Participants in this month’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality selected by organizers to brief reporters have praised the process as open and balanced, saying everyone is welcome in the Church ...
Pope Rips Climate Skeptics and Faults US Emissions in New Eco-Manifesto
Warning that “the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point,” Pope Francis on Wednesday released a new document urging dramatic action to combat ...
U.S. Bishops Worried Congress Will Stop Funding Their Illegal Invasion Gravy Train
From Crux: U.S. bishops have consistently opposed the “Secure the Border Act of 2023” and the provisions outlined in the “Continuing Appropriations and Border Enhancement Act of 2024” budget proposal ...
Bergoglio to the Rescue? Diocese of Rome Praises Rupnik Center, Casts Doubts on Excommunication
Despite being expelled in July from his Jesuit order over charges of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse, famed Slovenian artist Father Marko Rupnik’s base of operations in Rome has drawn ...
The Pope, the ‘False Prophet’, and the Battle for Argentina
Argentina’s presidential election in October is shaping up as a political and cultural battle between a right-wing populist and… the Pope. Javier Milei is the politician. The 52-year-old economist was largely ...
Albany Bishop Celebrates Funeral for Disgraced Predecessor
At the funeral Mass for Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard, Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany said that there is “much to be celebrated,” from Hubbard’s life, while also acknowledging that his ...
After Meeting with Bishop, Organizers Hope LGBTQ Mass in Pittsburgh May Happen
About a month after Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh cancelled a Mass in solidarity with LGBTQ Catholics, the organization that planned the Mass says they have met with Zubik and ...
