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Again More Questions than Answers . . . MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD MEETINGS OF POPULAR MOVEMENTS IN MODESTO

February 18, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Again More Questions than Answers . . . MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD MEETINGS OF POPULAR MOVEMENTS IN MODESTO

Dear Brothers and Sisters, First of all, I would like to congratulate you for your effort in replicating on a national level the work being developed in the World Meetings of Popular Movements. By way of this letter, I want to encourage and strengthen each one of you, your organizations, and all who strive with you for “Land, Work and Housing,” the three T’s in Spanish: Tierra, Trabajo y Techo. I congratulate you for all that you are doing. I would like to thank the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, its chairman Bishop David Talley, and the host Bishops Stephen Blaire, Armando Ochoa and Jaime Soto, for the wholehearted support they have offered to this meeting. Thank you, Cardinal Peter…Continue Reading

U.S. House votes to overturn Obama regulation forcing states to fund Planned Parenthood

February 17, 2017 breaking Comments Off on U.S. House votes to overturn Obama regulation forcing states to fund Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 16, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – The  U.S. House of Representatives voted 230 to 188 today to overturn former President Obama’s “eleventh hour” HHS rule forcing states to give Title X money to organizations that commit abortions. Title X money comes from the government to fund “family planning services,” but technically not abortion. Before he left office, Obama pushed through an HHS regulation that essentially forces states to give Planned Parenthood Title X

When Cardinals Clash

February 17, 2017 breaking Comments Off on When Cardinals Clash

It was easily predictable that the Amoris Laetitia (particularly footnote 351), would lead to jarring assaults on the Church’s doctrinal unity – even by some of the Church’s own shepherds. Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, has just joined the ranks of prelates who say that Pope Francis has authorized giving Holy Communion to those in adulterous second “marriages

Churchill: Bishop scolds Catholic politicians who stood with Planned Parenthood

February 16, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Churchill: Bishop scolds Catholic politicians who stood with Planned Parenthood

The words from Bishop Edward Scharfenberger were startling. They were unlike anything we’ve heard from him during his three years here. The head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany didn’t just hit Planned Parenthood with tough language in a newly released statement. He rebuked three Catholic politicians — Kathy Sheehan, Paul Tonko and Patricia Fahy — for participating in Saturday’s rally in support of the organization. The rally emphasized Planned Parenthood services that aren’t controversial, like pregnancy testing and cancer screening. But Scharfenberger said focusing on Planned Parenthood’s unobjectionable health services is like “saying that a man who beats his wife sometimes gives her flowers.”

Cardinal Burke travels to Guam to investigate alleged sex abuse case

February 15, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Burke travels to Guam to investigate alleged sex abuse case

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has sent conservative Cardinal Raymond Burke to the Pacific island of Guam to investigate an important case of sexual abuse, dispatching a seasoned jurist who has clashed repeatedly with Pope Francis for a sensitive mission halfway around the world. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith back in October named Burke, former archbishop in St. Louis, the presiding judge in its trial of Guam Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who is facing multiple allegations of sex abuse of altar boys in the 1970s, the Vati

Unrest at the Vatican; reassurances backfire

February 15, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Unrest at the Vatican; reassurances backfire

What in the world is going on in Rome this week? First the Vatican press office issues a statement from the Council of Cardinals, supporting the Pope. It would certainly be news if the Council of Cardinals did not support the Pope. But why was this statement newsworthy? Why did the Council thank the Pontiff in February for a speech he delivered to the Roman Curia in December? Is there any way to see this message as something other than damage control—as a bid to reassure the world that the increasingly evident tensions within the Catholic hierarchy are not tearing the Church apart?

Trump administration won’t pursue Obama transgender school bathrooms edict in court

February 14, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Trump administration won’t pursue Obama transgender school bathrooms edict in court

February 13, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – On Friday, the Trump administration announced it will not defend the Obama administration’s transgender school bathrooms mandate. The Trump administration is not challenging an injunction preventing boys from accessing girls’ intimate facilities and vice versa. The injunction temporarily blocked the Obama order from taking place in schools across the country. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor granted the injunction in August after

Cardinal Gerhard Müller Receives Sharp Criticism for His Recent Il Timone Interview

February 12, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Gerhard Müller Receives Sharp Criticism for His Recent Il Timone Interview

Today, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, is the 39th Anniversary of Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s Priestly Ordination. And exactly on that same day, a piece of news comes to us according to which Cardinal Müller is now under increasing pressure for …

Blame the messenger: in this case Cardinal Burke

February 11, 2017 breaking Comments Off on Blame the messenger: in this case Cardinal Burke

A bizarre conspiracy theory has arisen, suggesting that the mounting tensions within the Church are the result of a right-wing conspiracy against an innocent Pope. The theory involves inaccurate characterizations of three people: in one case absurd, in another case delusional, and in the third case vicious. The first error lies in the idea that Steve Bannon, White House strategist in the Trump administration, has expanded his political sights to include a campaign against the Pope. As I explained earlier this week, this idea is based entirely on a meeting between Bannon and Cardinal Raymond Burke that occurred nearly three years ago—long before anyone (including Bannon, I suspect), had dreamt of a Trump presidential campaign, let alone a job for…Continue Reading

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Pro-abort population controller ‘thrilled’ with direction Francis is taking Church

February 10, 2017 breaking Comments Off on EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Pro-abort population controller ‘thrilled’ with direction Francis is taking Church

February 9, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — The undisputed father of the modern, pro-abortion population control movement told LifeSiteNews in an exclusive interview that he is “thrilled” with the direction Pope Francis is taking the Catholic Church. “I’m thrilled with the new pope moving the Church in the right direction,” Dr. Paul Ehrlich, author of the 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb, told LifeSiteNews in a back-and-forth email exchange this week. Does Ehrlich see hints that Francis will attempt to reverse Catholic teaching against contraception? “Family planning with modern contraception is the only ethical solution [to overpopulation],” he replies. “…Francis is a brilliant and compassionate man – draw your own conclusions.” The Stanford biologist has been invited by the Vatican to present a…Continue Reading