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Vatican doctrine office releases note on discerning the validity of the sacraments

February 4, 2024 breaking Comments Off on Vatican doctrine office releases note on discerning the validity of the sacraments

The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released a note on Saturday on discerning the validity of the sacraments. The new document signed by Pope Francis and DDF Prefect Cardinal Victor Fernández is titled “Gestis Verbisque,” or “Deeds and Words.”  Fernández wrote in his introduction to the text that the note on the sacraments was written “to help bishops in their task as promoters and custodians of the liturgical life of the particular Churches entrusted to them.” “The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith intends to

Bishop Strickland Tapped as CPAC Keynote Speaker

January 28, 2024 breaking Comments Off on Bishop Strickland Tapped as CPAC Keynote Speaker

Bishop Joseph Strickland, the former Roman Catholic bishop in Texas who was removed by Pope Francis for his traditional teachings, will be a keynote speaker at the annual CPAC gala dinner next month in Washington, D.C. Strickland, who has risen to national prominence in the wake of his firing by the pope, is set to speak at CPAC’s annual Ronald Reagan Dinner on Feb. 23. CPAC host Matt Schlapp told Newsmax that the bishop has become a national figure who has drawn strong interest from conservatives and others across the nation.

Bishop Strickland champions ‘sanctity of life’ at 2024 March for Life

January 21, 2024 breaking Comments Off on Bishop Strickland champions ‘sanctity of life’ at 2024 March for Life

(LifeSiteNews) –– LifeSiteNews caught up with the beloved former bishop of Tyler, Texas, Joseph Strickland, at the 2024 March for Life in Washington, D.C. this Friday. In an impromptu video recorded by LifeSite’s Louis Knuffke, Strickland praised the large turnout at this year’s march despite the cold and snowy weather, remarking that “the sanctity of life is in all weather and at all times.”

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At What Point Does Pope Francis Totally Undermine His Moral Authority?

January 12, 2024 breaking Comments Off on At What Point Does Pope Francis Totally Undermine His Moral Authority?

By JOSEPH MATT Today we have learned that Pope Francis was aware of the salacious pornographic book written by the current head of the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Victor Fernández who was appointed for that role by the Pope himself. LifesiteNews reported: In an interview with the online Spanish-language newspaper Religión Digital published today, Cardinal Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández said that he had warned his fellow Argentinian that there would be trouble about his 1998 work The Mystical Passion the second time he was offered the doctrine chief post. “When the Pope offered me this seat for the second time, I told him this would occur, but he was already clear about that and knew the book as well,” the cardinal said. “It happens…Continue Reading

Illinois bishops forbid promotion of petition seeking parental consent for minors’ abortions, ‘sex changes’

January 12, 2024 breaking Comments Off on Illinois bishops forbid promotion of petition seeking parental consent for minors’ abortions, ‘sex changes’

(LifeSiteNews) — Multiple Illinois bishops are forbidding parishes from hosting drives to sign a petition for a state ballot advisory question aimed at legally requiring parental consent for medical interventions such as abortions and “sex changes” for minors. Along with prohibiting Catholic church-based drives for the petition, the Dioceses of Rockford and Joliet have instructed pastors not to send out mass emails to parishioners about the petition or the group promoting it, the Parents Matter Coalition (PMC). The petition seeks to place on the November 2024 ballot the following advisory question:

FULL LIST: Where do bishops stand on blessings for homosexual couples?

January 10, 2024 breaking Comments Off on FULL LIST: Where do bishops stand on blessings for homosexual couples?

VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Catholic bishops across the world are divided in their stance regarding the offering of blessings to same-sex couples following the December 18 decree approving of such blessing issued by Pope Francis and Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández. “Within the horizon outlined here appears the possibility of blessings for couples in irregular situations and for couples of the same sex, the form of which should not be fixed ritually by ecclesial authorities to avoid producing confusion with the blessing proper to the Sacrament of Marriage,” reads paragraph 31 of the document Fiducia Supplicans. Issued by Fernández as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and

Peruvian Bishop Escudero delivers comprehensive critique of blessing irregular couples

January 5, 2024 breaking Comments Off on Peruvian Bishop Escudero delivers comprehensive critique of blessing irregular couples

Issuing an energetic and thoroughgoing critique of Fiducia Supplicans, Bishop Rafael Escudero of Peru has ordered his priests to “not perform any form of blessing” for same-sex couples or couples in an irregular situation. “On the day of my episcopal ordination I solemnly swore ‘to preserve the deposit of faith in purity and integrity, in accordance with the tradition always and everywhere observed in the Church since the time of the apostles. For this reason, I admonish the priests of the Prelature of Moyobamba not to perform any form of blessing for couples in an irregular situation or for same-sex couples,” the bishop of the Peruvian territorial prelature of Moyobamba explained in a pastoral message posted on the prelature’s website.

Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Burke amid salary, apartment controversy

December 29, 2023 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Burke amid salary, apartment controversy

Pope Francis on Friday had an audience with Cardinal Raymond Burke, the Vatican said, several weeks after a flurry of reported controversy involving the pontiff and the 75-year-old U.S.-born prelate. A release from the Holy See Press Office briefly mentioned that the pope had met with Burke in an audience on Friday morning. No reason was given for the meeting, nor were details of the audience shared by the press office.  The cardinal on Friday declined to comment on the meeting. The meeting comes weeks after reports that Pope Francis h

Cardinal Fernández: Same-sex blessing ‘does not validate or justify anything’

December 23, 2023 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Fernández: Same-sex blessing ‘does not validate or justify anything’

Cardinal Fernandez, Fiducia supplicans says that it ‘remains firm on the traditional doctrine of the Church about marriage, not allowing any type of liturgical rite or blessing similar to a liturgical rite that can create confusion.’  It also states that the blessings it discusses ‘should not be fixed ritually by ecclesial authorities to avoid producing confusion with the blessing proper to the sacrament of marriage,’ and that ‘these non-ritualized blessings never cease being simple gestures that provide an effective means of increasing trust in God on the part of the people who ask for them, careful that they should not become a liturgical or semi-liturgical act, similar to a sacrament.’