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Fr. Weinandy: “The USCCB strongly encouraged me to resign.”

November 5, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Fr. Weinandy: “The USCCB strongly encouraged me to resign.”

I spoke for a few minutes this morning with Fr. Weinandy, and he told me that since the letter’s publication, he has received many positive and encouraging notes from theologians, priests, and lay people. However, the USCCB asked him to resign from his current position as consultant to the bishops, and he has submitted his resignation. In making such a request, the USCCB, it would appear, reinforces Fr. Weinandy’s very point about fearfulness and lack of transparency.

Catholics must let go of ‘cherished beliefs’ to ‘discern’ like Pope Francis: U.S. Cardinal

November 3, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Catholics must let go of ‘cherished beliefs’ to ‘discern’ like Pope Francis: U.S. Cardinal

CHICAGO, November 2, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Francis-appointed U.S. Cardinal Blase Cupich said that if Catholics want to engage in “discernment” like Pope Francis does, they must let go of “cherished beliefs.” “It is our job to take up that discernment. It takes time. It involves discipline. Most importantly it requires that we be prepared to let go of cherished beliefs and long-held biases,” said the Archbishop of Chicago in a talk to the Catholic Theological Union published on YouTube October 27.

U.S. bishops ask theologian to resign after letter criticizing Pope

November 2, 2017 breaking Comments Off on U.S. bishops ask theologian to resign after letter criticizing Pope

November 1, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A former doctrine chief for the U.S. Bishops was asked to resign as their consultant after telling Pope Francis in a letter his papacy is marked by “chronic confusion,” and that the pope teaches with “a seemingly intentional lack of clarity.” That lack of clarity “inevitably risks sinning against the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth,” the priest wrote. Capuchin Father Thomas Weinandy said as well the pope’s manner “seems to demean the importance of Church doctrine.”

Vatican announces stamp of Martin Luther on 500th anniversary of Reformation

October 31, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Vatican announces stamp of Martin Luther on 500th anniversary of Reformation

ROME, October 31, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican today announced it will be issuing a special postage stamp depicting Luther at the foot of the Cross, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The 1.00 euro postage stamp issued by the Holy See’s Philatelic Office depicts in the foreground Jesus Crucified, and in the background “a

Priest tells Catholics how to respond when asked if they support gay ‘marriage’

October 31, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Priest tells Catholics how to respond when asked if they support gay ‘marriage’

PHOENIX, Arizona, October 30, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Just like the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus when they asked him about paying taxes to Caesar, so do self-righteous people try to trap Catholics when they ask them if they believe in gay ‘marriage,’ a U.S. priest said in a homily last weekend. Father John Lankeit of the Diocese of Phoenix said that just as Jesus went to the heart of the matter when he addressed his assailants, so too must Catholics go to the heart of marriage as created by God when ans

ATTACK ON BISHOP MORLINO IS SCURRILOUS

October 30, 2017 breaking Comments Off on ATTACK ON BISHOP MORLINO IS SCURRILOUS

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent attacks on Bishop Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison (Wisconsin): Catholics in the Diocese of Madison are very fortunate to have such a brilliant and courageous leader in Bishop Robert Morlino. He is currently under attack by dissident Catholics, ex-Catholics, and those who never were Catholic, for merely upholding the teachings of the Catholic Church. The uproar is wholly unjustified, and is ind

New Life & Family Academy Founded by Former Members of Pontifical Academy for Life

October 28, 2017 breaking Comments Off on New Life & Family Academy Founded by Former Members of Pontifical Academy for Life

Today, 28 October, an encouraging piece of news comes to us. At the Conference on Humanae Vitae which takes place in Rome, at the Pontifical University St. Thomas Aquinas, and which was organized by the lay organization Voice of the Family, Professor Josef Seifert – a former member of the recently reformed Pontifical Academy for Life (PAL) – presented the newly founded John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family (JAHLF). Seifert is the President of this new lay institution which has been established independently of the Church’s structures. The new Academy aims at continuing the good aspects of the work which was once done by the now-changed Pontifical Academy for Life, as well as by the newly-reformed…Continue Reading

Disney Channel introduces homosexual teen character, pushes LGBT agenda

October 28, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Disney Channel introduces homosexual teen character, pushes LGBT agenda

October 27, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Disney Channel is presenting its first gay storyline  aimed principally at a preadolescent television audience. The gay narrative will debut Friday night in the youth-oriented cable network’s Andi Mack program’s second season premiere. Young male lead character Cyrus will wrestle with his attraction to a male friend while also having a new girlfriend, a Breitbart report said, opening the door for the 13-year-old to discover his sexuality in subsequent epi

Catholic Hospital Group Grants Euthanasia to Mentally Ill, Defying Vatican

October 27, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Catholic Hospital Group Grants Euthanasia to Mentally Ill, Defying Vatican

VATICAN CITY—A chain of Catholic psychiatric hospitals in Belgium is granting euthanasia to non-terminal patients, defying the Vatican and deepening a challenge to the church’s commitment to a constant moral code. The board of the Brothers of Charity, Belgium’s largest single provider of psychiatric care, said the decision no longer belongs to Rome. Truly Christian values, the board argued in September, should privilege a “person’s choice of conscience” over a “strict ethic of rules.” The policy change is highly symbolic, said Di

Cardinal Müller: Reformation was ‘revolution against the Holy Spirit’

October 27, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Müller: Reformation was ‘revolution against the Holy Spirit’

German cardinal Gerhard Müller has said the Protestant Reformation was not a “reform” but a “total change of the foundations of the Catholic faith”. Writing for Italian website La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said modern-day Catholics often discuss Martin Luther “too enthusiastically”, mainly due to an ignorance of theology. His comments come after the secretary-general of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Nunzio Galantino, reportedly said “the Reformation carried out by Martin Luther 500 years ago was an event of the Holy Spirit,” adding: “The Reformation corresponds to the truth