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German bishops propose redefining ‘fertility’ to include same-sex couples

August 29, 2020 breaking Comments Off on German bishops propose redefining ‘fertility’ to include same-sex couples

BONN, Germany, August 28, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The working document of the German bishops’ “synodal path” to be voted on next month proposes to redefine marriage as only one among many other ways “to live love and sexuality.” An earlier working document, released last year, had made similar claims but was never put to a vote. In one section, the four-page document states, “The openness for the passing on of life is not decisive for each individual [sexual] act, but to be affirmed in the overall cours

US bishop: If we’re living in end times, you’d better ‘return to God…Just in case’

August 22, 2020 breaking Comments Off on US bishop: If we’re living in end times, you’d better ‘return to God…Just in case’

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, August 21, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Thomas Tobin is urging people to return to God “just in case” the natural disasters, political upheaval, and global pandemic are signs that the “end times” could be near. The bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, tweeted Thursday:

Obama and Harris tout values, faith, unity at Democratic National Convention

August 21, 2020 breaking Comments Off on Obama and Harris tout values, faith, unity at Democratic National Convention

CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2020 / 11:00 am MT (CNA).- Former president Barack Obama and Sen. Kamala Harris both spoke on the importance of values and faith during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, but did not address policies that challenge the religious liberties of Catholics and other believers.  Obama, who spoke first Aug. 19, used his speech to stress the obligations of the presidency to protect all people, and to endorse former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign to unseat President Donald Trump. Biden, Obama said, “made me a better president — and he’s got the character and the experience to make us a better country.”  According to the former president, Trump has “shown no interest in putting in the…Continue Reading

Bishop Bransfield offers ‘apology’, repays $400k to W Virginia diocese

August 21, 2020 breaking Comments Off on Bishop Bransfield offers ‘apology’, repays $400k to W Virginia diocese

CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2020 / 08:15 am MT (CNA).- Bishop Michael Bransfield has repaid more than $400,000 to his former diocese and issued a narrowly-worded apology to the faithful. The apology comes nearly two years after Pope Francis accepted his resignation amid accusations of personal and financial misconduct. The letter from Bransfield, dated August 15, was released by his former diocese on Thursday, along with a letter from his successor, Bishop Mark Brennan, outlining how Bransfield will “make amends” following an investigation into his conduct by the Vatican. “I am writing to apologize for any scandal or wonderment caused by words or actions attributed to me d

Take Mary as model for service, Archbishop Cordileone tells deacons

August 17, 2020 breaking Comments Off on Take Mary as model for service, Archbishop Cordileone tells deacons

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone ordained nine permanent deacons for the archdiocese Saturday, Aug. 15 at St. Pius, Redwood City. In his homily, the archbishop encouraged the deacons to use Mary’s words in the Magnificat to guide their vocation. (Dennis Callahan/Catholic San Francisco) Aug. 17, 2020Nicholas Wolfram Smith Mary’s “Magnificat” highlights the revolutionary changes that Christianity brings into the world and outlines the path deacons should follow, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said Aug. 1

Bishop Strickland . . . warns faithful to ‘be awake’ to ‘anti-Catholic’ Kamala Harris

August 14, 2020 breaking Comments Off on Bishop Strickland . . . warns faithful to ‘be awake’ to ‘anti-Catholic’ Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 13, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Stirckland sent out a tweet suggesting that Joe Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, reminds him of former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who famously called conservatives “deplorables,” at the height of her 2016 campaign.  “Catholics take note….reminds me of another candidate calling us ‘the deplorables’….we need to be awake to this…..Kamala’s Anti-Catholic Assault Previews Her Potential Administration,” wrote Bishop Strickland.  Catholics take note….reminds me of another candidate calling us “the deplorables”….

USCCB official ‘elated’ over Harris, Biden’s pro-choice VP pick

August 14, 2020 breaking Comments Off on USCCB official ‘elated’ over Harris, Biden’s pro-choice VP pick

An official at the U.S. bishops’ conference said Thursday that the selection of Senator Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s presidential running mate is good news that will offer policies favorable to marginalized people. “I was so elated. We, the community, need good news, and this was just wonderful,” Donna Toliver Grimes, associate director of African American affairs in the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, told Catholic News Service, the official news service of the U.S. bishops’ conference, on Wednesday. Grimes told CNS that Harris “wasn’t my top candidate in the primaries, and she wasn’t my top pick for vice pres

Excommunicated priest rejects Pope Francis, misconduct allegations

August 13, 2020 breaking Comments Off on Excommunicated priest rejects Pope Francis, misconduct allegations

Denver Newsroom, Aug 11, 2020 / 01:47 pm MT (CNA).-   Fr. Jeremy Leatherby, a Sacramento priest excommunicated last week, says he stands by his claim that Pope emeritus Benedict XVI is the true pope. In addition to charges of schism, the priest is suspected of misconduct and improper relationships with at least two adult women; he confessed his love to one of them in a video message circulating online. “I continue to regard Benedict as retaining the Office of Peter, as mysterious as that might be. Therefore, I do not regard Bergoglio as the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church,” Leatherby wrote this week in an open letter to the Sacramento dioce

Biden picks Kamala Harris as VP candidate

August 11, 2020 breaking Comments Off on Biden picks Kamala Harris as VP candidate

CNA Staff, Aug 11, 2020 / 03:10 pm MT (CNA).- Former vice president Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president, has selected Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) to be his running mate.   Harris is the first Black woman, and the first person of Indian descent, to be selected as a running mate for a major party’s ticket. Harris’ mother was born in India, and her father was born in Jamaica. Harris is a staunch supporter of legal protection for abortion and has pushed Biden on that issue in recent months. The choice was announced just shortly after 4:15 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, August 11.  “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked Kamala Harris — a fearless…Continue Reading

Conservative Catholics call on Biden to break ‘deafening silence’ on anti-Catholic vandalism, arson

August 8, 2020 breaking Comments Off on Conservative Catholics call on Biden to break ‘deafening silence’ on anti-Catholic vandalism, arson

A conservative faith-based political advocacy group has called on presidential candidate Joe Biden to publicly condemn the “disturbing rise” of attacks on the Catholic faith and to break his “deafening silence.” CatholicVote cited a growing number of violent acts of vandalism and arson against Catholic churches and other symbols of the faith. “Catholic churches across America are literally burning, and Joe Biden has said nothing,” CatholicVote President Brian Burch said Thursday. “Leading members of the Democratic Party have fueled a climate of hate against Catholics, and these attacks have now led to acts of vandalism and violence.”