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Cardinal Burke: Catholics have Our Lady of Guadalupe as mother, ‘not Pachamama’

December 14, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Burke: Catholics have Our Lady of Guadalupe as mother, ‘not Pachamama’

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin, December 13, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – An American cardinal has condemned the “idolatry” of Pachamama at the Vatican and in St. Peter’s Basilica during the October Amazon Synod, calling it a “shocking manifestation of how Satan has entered into the Church.” He called on Catholics to turn to the “one holy mother, the Mother of God, the Virgin of Guadalupe, not Pachamama.” “Satan roams about the world, confusing man about his own nature, about the inviolability of defenseless human life, about the integrity of holy matrimony,” said Cardinal Raymond Burke in a homily he gave yesterday in the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse,

Cardinal Kasper: Pope Francis feels called to ‘change’ Church, door will ‘open’ to women at altar

December 13, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Kasper: Pope Francis feels called to ‘change’ Church, door will ‘open’ to women at altar

BARCELONA, Spain, December 12, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – German Cardinal Walter Kasper, who successfully championed Holy Communion for divorced and “remarried” Catholics, said that Pope Francis feels called by the Holy Spirit to “change” the Church, which will one day include, Kasper said, “opening the door to women” at the altar. The German cardinal told a Spanish journalist in a report published Dec. 6 during a conference in Barcelona that while priestly celibacy may remain the “law,” the Pope has the auth

Archbishop Paglia says priests can be present at assisted suicide

December 11, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Archbishop Paglia says priests can be present at assisted suicide

Vatican City, Dec 11, 2019 / 04:08 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said Tuesday that he would be willing to hold the hand of someone dying from assisted suicide, and that he does not see that as lending implicit support for the practice. Paglia spoke at a Dec. 10 press conference preceding a two-day symposium on palliative care, being sponsored by the Pontifical Academy for Life and the WISH initiative, part of the Qatar Foundation.

Fulton Sheen beatification postponed

December 4, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Fulton Sheen beatification postponed

Peoria, Ill., Dec 3, 2019 / 01:10 pm (CNA).- The scheduled beatification of Ven. Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been postponed after several U.S. bishops asked that the cause be given more time for examination. The Diocese of Peoria announced the delay on Dec. 3. Archbishop Sheen’s beatification was set to take place on Dec. 21. “With deep regret, Bishop Daniel Jenky, C.S.C, Bishop of Peoria, announces that he has been informed by the Holy See that the beatification of Fulton Sheen will be postponed,” said the press release from

Duluth’s Bishop Paul Sirba dies unexpectedly at 59

December 1, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Duluth’s Bishop Paul Sirba dies unexpectedly at 59

Duluth, Minn., Dec 1, 2019 / 12:44 pm (CNA).- Bishop Paul Sirba of the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota died on Sunday, after suffering a heart attack before offering Mass. He was 59 years old. “It is with an incredibly heavy heart that I must inform you of tragic news regarding our Bishop,” said a Dec. 1 statement from Fr. James B. Bissonette, who had been the diocesan vicar general until the bishop’s death. The office of the vicar general ceases upon the death of the diocesan bishop. “Words do not adequately express our sorrow at this sudden lost of our Shepherd,” Bissonette said. Bissonette’s sta

Faithful Chinese bishop on the run from communists highlights Vatican/China deal disaster

November 30, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Faithful Chinese bishop on the run from communists highlights Vatican/China deal disaster

November 29, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Vincent Guo was supposed to be the poster child of a successful rapprochement between the Vatican and China, as well as a sign that the longstanding rift between the Underground Catholic church and its state-run counterpart had been healed.  Instead, he is on the run from the Communist authorities.  How did this happen? Until last year, Bishop Guo was the ordinary of the Diocese of Mindong, located in the southern province of Fujian. He was recognized by the Holy See, but not by the Party-State, which had imposed an unpopular—and unrecognized–Patriotic “bishop” by the name of Zhan Silu on the same diocese.  While the Underground church was thriving—with 80,000 members, 57 priests, 200 nuns,…Continue Reading

The Pope: not using or possessing nuclear arms will be added to the Catechism

November 26, 2019 breaking Comments Off on The Pope: not using or possessing nuclear arms will be added to the Catechism

During the in-flight press conference aboard the plane bringing him back to Rome from Japan, Pope Francis answers journalists’ questions on a variety of issues: from the immoral use and possession of atomic weapons, to the financial investigation inside the Vatican. By Vatican News “The use of nuclear weapons is immoral, which is why it must be added to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Not only their use, but also possessing them: because an accident or the madness of some government leader, one person’s madness can destroy humanity.” In addition to repeating this strong message pronounced at Hiroshima, Pope Francis responded to many questions posed to him by the journalists during the flight bringing them back to Rome from…Continue Reading

Cardinal Müller warns ‘hundreds of thousands’ will leave Church over Pachamama idolatry

November 26, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Müller warns ‘hundreds of thousands’ will leave Church over Pachamama idolatry

November 25, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) ― The Vatican’s former head of doctrine has warned that “hundreds of thousands” of Catholics from the Amazon region will leave the Church as a result of being scandalized by seeing videos of the pagan idol “Pachamama” being worshiped in ceremonies during the recently-concluded Amazon Synod in Rome. Cardinal Gerhard Müller, 71, told Die Tagespost, a German Catholic newspaper, that photographs of the “Pachamama” carvings used during celebrations at the recent Synod on the Pa

Fr. James Martin touts blasphemous image of Jesus as a homosexual

November 25, 2019 breaking Comments Off on Fr. James Martin touts blasphemous image of Jesus as a homosexual

November 24, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – In sending out a tweet about the Gospel reading from Friday’s Mass, Fr. James Martin, SJ chose to share a painting drawn from a series of blasphemous homoerotic works depicting the life of Jesus as if he were a gay man. “Gospel: Today Jesus drives the money-changers from the Temple (Lk 19). NT scholars say this was one of the main events that precipitated his execution,” tweeted the Jesuit. “Yet Jesus is not cowed

US priest: Pope Francis must lead Church in formal repentance for Pachamama idolatry

November 23, 2019 breaking Comments Off on US priest: Pope Francis must lead Church in formal repentance for Pachamama idolatry

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 22, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Popular blogger priest Monsignor Charles Pope has called on the Holy Father to “lead the Church in a formal act of reparation and repentance” for the idolatrous worship of the pagan goddess “Pachamama” in Rome. Speaking with LifeSiteNews on Saturday after a Solemn High Pontifical Latin Mass at which he assisted, Msgr. Pope called the October 4 ceremony in the Vatican gardens, during which participants – including at least one Franciscan religious – prostrated themselves be