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Pope lays out guiding principles of Roman Curia reform

December 22, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Pope lays out guiding principles of Roman Curia reform

(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis invited the Roman Curia to embrace the process of reform on Thursday, telling them Christmas is “the feast of the loving humility of God, of the God who upsets our logical expectations, the established order”. His words came in his annual Christmas greetings to the Roman Curia. “At Christmas,” Pope Francis said, “we are called to say ‘yes’ with our faith, not to the Master of the universe, and not even the most noble ideas, but precisely to this God who is the humble lover.” In his address to the Roman Curia, the Holy Father returned, as during the previous two year’s addresses, to the theme of Curial reform, laying out the framework, guiding principles, and…Continue Reading

Cardinal Burke: “No, I am not saying that Pope Francis is in heresy.”

December 21, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Burke: “No, I am not saying that Pope Francis is in heresy.”

Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke was made a bishop by Pope John Paul II in 1994. In 2010 he was named a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI and soon thereafter become Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. In 2014 Pope Francis removed Cardinal Burke from his position as Prefect and named him chaplain to the Order of Malta. During the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops, held in Rome in October 2014, Cardinal Burke strongly criticized the mid-term report (Relatio post disceptationem), stating that it “lacks a solid foundation in the Sacred

Cardinal Burke suggests timeline for ‘formal correction’ of Pope Francis

December 19, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Burke suggests timeline for ‘formal correction’ of Pope Francis

December 19, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – In an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews, Cardinal Raymond Burke has given an indication of the possible timeline of a “formal correction” of Pope Francis should the Pope not respond to the five dubia seeking clarity on Amoris Laetitia, presented to the Pope by four Cardinals, including Cardinal Burke. “The dubia have to have a response because they have to do with the very foundations of the moral life and of the Church’s constant teaching with regard to good and evil, with regard to various sacred realities

A Third Cardinal Now Comes Forth in Defense of the Four Cardinals and their Dubia

December 17, 2016 breaking Comments Off on A Third Cardinal Now Comes Forth in Defense of the Four Cardinals and their Dubia

Maike Hickson The number of prelates publicly raising their voices in support of the Four Cardinals (Cardinals Raymond Leo Burke, Walter Brandmüller, Joachim Meisner and Carlo Caffarra) and their submitted dubia appears to be slowly increasing. Now a third cardinal – in addition to Cardinals George Pell and Paul Josef Cordes – has spoken openly in their defense. Yesterday, the Italian website La Fede Quotidiana published a short interview with the Italian Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, the former President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. When asked specifically about the dubia recently published by the Four Cardinals, Cardinal Martino responds with the words “I do not see anything bad here.” He adds: “It is legitimate in terms of…Continue Reading

Cardinal Burke defends dubia signers in blockbuster EWTN interview

December 16, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Burke defends dubia signers in blockbuster EWTN interview

December 16, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – On Thursday’s “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo,” Cardinal Raymond Burke responded to those within the Church who are criticizing him and three other cardinals for asking for moral clarification on Amoris Laetitia. He said the cardinals are not creating division, but “address[ing]” existing division within the Church. He also insists that he will “never” be part of a schism for defending the Catholic faith, and that attacks on marriage destabilize the Church and society. Burke directly responded to the claims that c

Cardinal Kasper: Pope’s ‘next declaration’ should allow ‘shared Eucharistic communion’ with Protestants

December 15, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Kasper: Pope’s ‘next declaration’ should allow ‘shared Eucharistic communion’ with Protestants

December 14, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — “I hope that the next declaration opens the way for shared Eucharistic communion in special cases.” With these words, Cardinal Walter Kasper expressed his wish for ecumenical “progress” in the form of “intercommunion” in an interview with Italian newspaper Avvenire on December 10. “Personally, I hope that we can use an unofficial text, prepared by a commission in the bishops’ conference of the United States, regarding t

Catholic lawmakers support assisted suicide despite faith

December 14, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Catholic lawmakers support assisted suicide despite faith

State Sen. Richard Codey was raised in an apartment upstairs from his family’s funeral home next to an imposing Catholic church in Orange, where the parish, the business and the family were intertwined.    “I miss those days when the center of your life was the church and school,” said the former governor. Nonetheless, Codey and other prominent Catholic legislators are breaking with the church in supporting a bill that would allow assisted suicide in New Jersey.

Atlantic Canadian bishops approve last rites before euthanasia: ‘Pope Francis is our model’

December 13, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Atlantic Canadian bishops approve last rites before euthanasia: ‘Pope Francis is our model’

December 12, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — The Catholic bishops of Atlantic Canada are citing Pope Francis and his controversial exhortation Amoris Laetitia to support a decision allowing priests latitude to decide whether to give euthanasia seekers the sacraments before they are killed. In announcing it, the bishops rejected the approach of Alberta’s bishops, who, while also stressing “pastoral accompaniment,” insisted that in justice and mercy priests ought to be clear with euthanasia seekers that they would be committing a gravely sinful act.

Another Cardinal Jumps to the Defense of the Four Cardinals and Their Dubia.

December 12, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Another Cardinal Jumps to the Defense of the Four Cardinals and Their Dubia.

Maike Hickson Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, a retired Curial Cardinal and former head of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, has now added his own voice to those voices supporting the Four Cardinals and their dubia as sent to the pope and now presented to the public. In an 12 December 2016 interview with Kath.net, an Austrian Catholic news website, Cordes defends the traditional moral teaching of the Church concerning marriage and the family. In her history, “the Church has never dismissed any central content [of Christ’s teaching and truth],” explains the German cardinal. Against the idea that the teaching may be changed, he argues: “How can the Church today claim reliability for a certain statement of Faith when another, former…Continue Reading

Bishop Schneider has spoken the final word on Amoris Laetitia

December 11, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Bishop Schneider has spoken the final word on Amoris Laetitia

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following talk was given by his Excellency, Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, at the Lepanto Foundation on December 5 and translated by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman of LifeSiteNews. ROME, Italy, December 9, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — When Our Lord Jesus Christ preached the eternal truth two thousand years ago, the culture, that is the reigning spirit of that time, was radically opposed to him. Specifically it was religious syncretism, the gnosticism of the intellectual elites and the moral permissiveness of the masses, especially with respect to the institution of matrimony. “He was in the world, but the world knew him not” (John 1:10). The majority of the people of Israel, and in particular the high