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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPE AND CARDINAL A ‘CARICATURE’ SAYS BURKE, BUT CATHOLICS WANT CLEARER PRESENTATION OF DOCTRINE

September 27, 2017 World News Comments Off on RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPE AND CARDINAL A ‘CARICATURE’ SAYS BURKE, BUT CATHOLICS WANT CLEARER PRESENTATION OF DOCTRINE

‘I find universally that there’s a great deal of confusion, also people feeling that the Church is not a secure point of reference’ Cardinal Raymond Burke has told an Australian newspaper that media portrayals of his relationship with Pope Francis are “a caricature” but that many Catholics feel confusion, “even a certain bewilderment”, about the Church’s teaching and were seeking a much stronger presentation of Catholic doctrine. In an interview with Jordan Grantham of Parramatta diocese’s ‘Catholic Outlook’ online news service on 21 September, the American Cardinal said the media misunderstood Pope Francis as the agent of some revolution in the Church. “… But the successor of

Chicago cardinal extends invite to Fr. Martin amid cancellations

September 27, 2017 World News Comments Off on Chicago cardinal extends invite to Fr. Martin amid cancellations

After a series of speaking appearances were canceled in recent weeks, Jesuit Fr. James Martin received a fresh offer Friday from Cardinal Blase Cupich to address his Chicago archdiocese over two nights during the coming Lenten season. The Windy City invite caps a turbulent week where Martin defended himself — as did two bishops and multiple Catholic commentators — against far-right Catholic groups that launched online campaigns seeking the best-selling author’s removal from talks due to disapproval with his recent book on LGBT Catholics. Those efforts most 

Pope Francis, Fr. Martin, and Faith without Reason

September 26, 2017 World News Comments Off on Pope Francis, Fr. Martin, and Faith without Reason

As anyone who follows things Catholic knows, a “filial correction” of Pope Francis was made public yesterday. The document, initially signed by forty scholars, priests, and bishops, had been delivered privately to the pope in July. No response was forthcoming. So the signers – now numbering sixty-two – decided to make known the seven points on which they believe the pope – wittingly or not – has taught or permitted heresy. Those seven points have been discussed in several places earlier. You can read them for yourself here – and should. The arguments are worth study. They all stem, of course, from what we’re told Amoris laetitia says about people who are divorced and remarried without an annulment.  

Bishop Schneider: priests must resist pressure on Communion for remarried

September 22, 2017 World News Comments Off on Bishop Schneider: priests must resist pressure on Communion for remarried

Bishop Schneider said that priests should ‘lovingly and respectfully’ tell their superiors that they cannot abandon the Church’s perennial teaching Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said priests have to follow the Church’s constant practice on Communion, even if their bishops and religious superiors command them to do otherwise. In an interview with the website One Peter Five,

Popular priest disinvited from Catholic University’s seminary after protests over his LGBT book

September 17, 2017 World News Comments Off on Popular priest disinvited from Catholic University’s seminary after protests over his LGBT book

The Rev. James Martin, a popular priest who published a book earlier this year encouraging a bridge between the LGBT community and the Catholic Church, has been disinvited from giving an address at Catholic University’s seminary. Martin, who was planning to speak about Jesus and not about LGBT-related issues, has become the target of attacks from right-wing sites since his book “Building a Bridge” was published in June. Earlier this year, Pope Francis appointed Martin, who is editor at large at the Jesuit magazine America, as an adviser to the Vatican’s

Latin Mass fans celebrate 10-year anniversary _ without pope

September 15, 2017 World News Comments Off on Latin Mass fans celebrate 10-year anniversary _ without pope

Fans of the old Latin Mass descended on Rome on Thursday for their annual pilgrimage, facing indifference to their cause, if not outright resistance, from none other than Pope Francis. Ten years after Pope Benedict XVI passed a law allowing greater use of the Latin Mass, Francis seems to be doing everything possible to roll it back or simply pretend it never happened. In recent weeks, he has affirmed with “magisterial authority” that the reforms of the 1960s allowing for Mass to be celebrated in the vernacular rather than Latin were “irreversible.” Last week he gave local bishops conferences authority to oversee those translations, rather than the Vatican. The moves underscored that the age

Pro-gay Vatican adviser gets Catholic group suspended from Twitter

September 13, 2017 World News Comments Off on Pro-gay Vatican adviser gets Catholic group suspended from Twitter

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 12, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A faithful Catholic lay apostolate was suspended by Twitter last week after Vatican adviser Father James Martin complained about a tweet that teasingly stated the pro-gay Jesuit had been bested in a theological debate on the social media platform. Father Martin claims that a Catholic Vote tweet urged violence against him and reported CV to Twitter, resulting in the group’s suspension. “Enough,” the Jesuit tweeted. “When you urge vio

Durbin, Feinstein and Catholic judges

September 13, 2017 World News Comments Off on Durbin, Feinstein and Catholic judges

Washington is currently embroiled in one of its “gotcha” controversies, which often arise when minor missteps are blown into major crimes. It’s a game both parties and a variety of activists play whenever they see political advantage in it. The latest one is unfortunate not because it arose but because it involves serious questions that could use calm debate rather than expressions of outrage. Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing that featured judicial nominees, including Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor chosen for the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, located in Chicago. The issue that came up was whether, as a Catholic, Barrett could fairly decide cases where the result might conflict with her…Continue Reading

Pope issues new directives on revision, translation of liturgical texts

September 11, 2017 World News Comments Off on Pope issues new directives on revision, translation of liturgical texts

Vatican City, Sep 9, 2017 / 08:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Holy See has released a new “motu proprio” from Pope Francis outlining a shift in the responsibility of local bishops and the Apostolic See for the revision and approval of liturgical texts. Dated Sept. 3, the document is titled “Magnum Principium,” meaning “The great principle,” and deals explicitly with two specific changes to Canon 838 of the Code of Canon Law, which addresses the authority of the Apostolic See and national episcopal conferences in preparing liturgical texts in vernacular languages. The document was published Sept. 9, in the middle of Pope Francis’ six-day trip to Colombia.

Cardinal Burke ‘treasured’ work with deceased dubia Cardinal to oppose ‘gravely harmful confusion’

September 7, 2017 World News Comments Off on Cardinal Burke ‘treasured’ work with deceased dubia Cardinal to oppose ‘gravely harmful confusion’

ROME, September 6, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Raymond Burke paid tribute today to fellow dubia signer Cardinal Carlo Caffarra on his passing after a long illness. In a statement to LifeSiteNews, Burke said he was “deeply saddened” by the 79-year-old’s death, and that he was a “true man of the Church.” “In a particular way, I treasured my close association with him, over the past three years, in seeking to dispel the gravely harmful confusion and error regarding the Sacraments of Marriage and the Holy Eucharist,” Burke said. Caffarra and Burke joined Cardinals Joachim Meisner and Walter Brandmull