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Peruvian Bishop Escudero delivers comprehensive critique of blessing irregular couples

January 5, 2024 breaking Comments Off on Peruvian Bishop Escudero delivers comprehensive critique of blessing irregular couples

Issuing an energetic and thoroughgoing critique of Fiducia Supplicans, Bishop Rafael Escudero of Peru has ordered his priests to “not perform any form of blessing” for same-sex couples or couples in an irregular situation. “On the day of my episcopal ordination I solemnly swore ‘to preserve the deposit of faith in purity and integrity, in accordance with the tradition always and everywhere observed in the Church since the time of the apostles. For this reason, I admonish the priests of the Prelature of Moyobamba not to perform any form of blessing for couples in an irregular situation or for same-sex couples,” the bishop of the Peruvian territorial prelature of Moyobamba explained in a pastoral message posted on the prelature’s website.

Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Burke amid salary, apartment controversy

December 29, 2023 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Burke amid salary, apartment controversy

Pope Francis on Friday had an audience with Cardinal Raymond Burke, the Vatican said, several weeks after a flurry of reported controversy involving the pontiff and the 75-year-old U.S.-born prelate. A release from the Holy See Press Office briefly mentioned that the pope had met with Burke in an audience on Friday morning. No reason was given for the meeting, nor were details of the audience shared by the press office.  The cardinal on Friday declined to comment on the meeting. The meeting comes weeks after reports that Pope Francis h

Cardinal Fernández: Same-sex blessing ‘does not validate or justify anything’

December 23, 2023 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Fernández: Same-sex blessing ‘does not validate or justify anything’

Cardinal Fernandez, Fiducia supplicans says that it ‘remains firm on the traditional doctrine of the Church about marriage, not allowing any type of liturgical rite or blessing similar to a liturgical rite that can create confusion.’  It also states that the blessings it discusses ‘should not be fixed ritually by ecclesial authorities to avoid producing confusion with the blessing proper to the sacrament of marriage,’ and that ‘these non-ritualized blessings never cease being simple gestures that provide an effective means of increasing trust in God on the part of the people who ask for them, careful that they should not become a liturgical or semi-liturgical act, similar to a sacrament.’

Pope Francis publishes norms for clergy to ‘bless’ homosexual couples

December 18, 2023 breaking, Uncategorized Comments Off on Pope Francis publishes norms for clergy to ‘bless’ homosexual couples

VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis and Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández have issued a text allowing “blessings for couples in irregular situations and for couples of the same sex” in contradiction to the unchangeable Catholic teaching that the Church cannot bless sinful relationships. The declaration Fiducia Supplicans, issued without warning on December 18 by the Congregation (now Dicastery) for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new prefect, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, presented the results of a project which he has been working on with Pope Franci

No, Bishop Strickland Has Not Been Forbidden to Celebrate Mass in Tyler

December 9, 2023 breaking Comments Off on No, Bishop Strickland Has Not Been Forbidden to Celebrate Mass in Tyler

CV NEWS FEED // Bishop Joseph Strickland, who is currently on a personal spiritual retreat, confirmed via a text message to CatholicVote that stories claiming he has been barred from celebrating Mass in the territory of the Diocese of Tyler are not true. Early on December 7, LifeSiteNews published a story titled “Bishop Strickland barred from saying Mass in Diocese of Tyler, Texas.” “LifeSiteNews has learned that Bishop Joseph Strickland has been barred from saying Mass in the Diocese of Tyler, Texas,” the story stated. The article claimed that “at a recent staff meeting, employees were reportedly informed that while Strickland cannot offer Mass in the diocese, he may do so elsewhere.”  The story also claimed that “the source is known to…Continue Reading

House report: FBI continues to consider issuing a warning about ‘radical traditionalist Catholics’

December 6, 2023 breaking Comments Off on House report: FBI continues to consider issuing a warning about ‘radical traditionalist Catholics’

(LifeSiteNews) — A House Weaponization Committee report published Monday reveals that FBI employees are still discussing how to disseminate a bureau-wide memo identifying so-called “Radical Traditionalist Catholic Ideology” as a magnet for “violent extremists.” The House Judiciary Committee yesterday shared the findings of its investigation in a bombshell memo issued by the FBI Richmond, Virginia Field Office earlier this year that targeted Catholics who attend the Traditional Latin Mas

Pope reportedly confirms he is taking away Burke’s apartment, denies calling him his ‘enemy

November 30, 2023 breaking Comments Off on Pope reportedly confirms he is taking away Burke’s apartment, denies calling him his ‘enemy

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 29, 2023 / 17:31 pm Pope Francis reportedly has confirmed that he plans to take away Cardinal Raymond Burke’s Vatican apartment and salary but denied that he referred to the American prelate as his “enemy,” according to a web post by papal biographer Austen Ivereigh. The pope reportedly announced at a meeting of Vatican heads on Nov. 20 that he intended to take action against Burke, who has publicly criticized some papal initiatives, according to the Italian Catholic news blog La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, which first reported the news on Nov. 27. The Associated Press later confirmed the rep

The Pope: “Away with Cardinal Burke’s house and salary”

November 27, 2023 breaking Comments Off on The Pope: “Away with Cardinal Burke’s house and salary”

Vatican sources close to the Daily Compass: Burke was defined as an “enemy” in an announcement made to the Heads of Dicasteries of the Roman Curia. The cardinal has not yet received a formal notice, but considering precedents, it is unlikely to be just a threat, which nonetheless would be very serious.

Bishop Barron in ‘frank disagreement’ with Synod on Synodality’s report on ‘development of moral teaching’

November 26, 2023 breaking Comments Off on Bishop Barron in ‘frank disagreement’ with Synod on Synodality’s report on ‘development of moral teaching’

Bishop Robert Barron has said that he is in “frank disagreement” with the final report of the Synod on Synodality’s claim that advances in the sciences require an evolution in the Church’s moral teaching on human sexuality. In a reflection published this week, the bishop of Winona–Rochester, Minnesota, said it is “troubling” to see how members of the German bishops’ conference are already “using the language of the synod report to justify ma

Interview with Deacon Fournier – Great Testament to Bishop Strickland

November 19, 2023 breaking Comments Off on Interview with Deacon Fournier – Great Testament to Bishop Strickland