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Pope Francis Signaling Support for Joe Biden? Gay civil unions breeding Church disunion VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis' support for homosexual civil unions is dividing American clerics, leading one to conclude the comments are a dog whistle to influence support for Biden.Cdl. Raymond Burke In a documentary titled Francesco released on Wednesday, the pope said, "Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family."  "Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it," he added, repeating a position he has held since before becoming pope....

Vatican cardinal spent $800,000 to discredit Cardinal Pell during sex abuse trial: report An Italian newspaper reported that Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu moved money into 'an Australian account' while Cardinal Pell faced false charges in Sydney. ROME, October 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A report published by an Italian newspaper alleged that Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, the former Substitute for General Affairs in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, spent more than $800,000 to discredit Cardinal George Pell during a sexual abuse trial. Pell was later unanimously cleared of the charges by the seven justices of the High Court of Australia. On...

Viganò: Biden win would create new ally for apocalyptic ‘dictatorship of the New World Order’ October 1, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Editor’s note: The following interview was given by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò to the Italian daily Il Giornale reporter Francesco Boezi. The English translation was sent to LifeSite for publication by Archbishop Viganò. * * * Il Giornale: Archbishop Viganò, why did you write a letter in favor of President Trump? Archbishop Viganò: On August 14, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI let me know that it was his conviction that at that moment my providential position was the Nunciature in the United States...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis’s Silence, Ratzinger's Tears, and That Never-Published Statement of His What is most striking in the post-synodal apostolic exhortation “Querida Amazonia,” made public today, February 12 2020, is its total silence on the most anticipated and controversial issue: the ordination of married men.Not even the word “celibacy” appears in it. Pope Francis desires “to configure ministry in such a way that it is at the service of a more frequent celebration of the Eucharist, even in the remotest and most isolated communities” (no. 86). But he reiterates (no. 88) that only the ordained priest can celebrate the Eucharist,...

Open Letter to His Excellency Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò Cesare Baronio: We must fight under Christ's banner Church Militant has been asked to publish an open letter from Cesare Baronio, originally published in Italian at Marco Tosatti's website, addressing former U.S. papal nuncio Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò, who blew the whistle on what he called "the corrupt gay mafia" strangling the Church. 130 prominent lay Catholics gathered in Munich in January to protest and pray for the end of the German "synodal path" My Lord Archbishop, It was with great pleasure that I saw how the gospel adage Estote prudentes ut serpentes,...

[Catholic Caucus] Layperson’s Open Letter to Atlanta Archdiocese Pro-gay messaging 'is destroying families and souls' ATLANTA (ChurchMilitant.com) - A layperson has written to the archdiocese of Atlanta voicing concerns about a pro-LGBT retreat happening in the chancery. Church Militant has received a copy of the letter, which is addressed to Bp. Joel Konzen, the auxiliary bishop and diocesan administrator, and Bp. Bernard Shlesinger III, another auxiliary bishop. The author of the letter has asked to remain unnamed. Bp. Bernard Shlesinger III The letter complains about an upcoming retreat at the archdiocese's chancery, offered by dissident pro-gay group Fortunate and Faithful Families (also known as simply "Fortunate...

Trump and the Catholic Vote In 2016, Donald Trump, running alongside a Catholic turned Evangelical in Mike Pence, scooped up a majority of the Catholic vote. Hillary Clinton had added to her ticket nominally Catholic Tim Kaine, but that didn’t stop white Catholics from gravitating to Trump. Presumed opponent Joe Biden faces a similar problem. Trump remains popular with Mass-going white Catholics, who not only appreciate his strong stances in favor of religious freedom and a pro-life judiciary but also recognize that he has delivered to the country three-plus years of peace and prosperity.Biden, who has followed his party into...

Pope’s proposal for ‘new humanism’ would ‘wipe out Christianity’: Mother Miriam Mother Miriam speaks at Conference of Catholic Families, Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 22–23, 2018. September 25, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — News of the pope’s just-launched “Global Pact” for “new humanism” has “to do with ruining our society, ruining our culture, and destroying the family,” Mother Miriam said on her live show Monday. On September 12, the Vatican issued a statement inviting religious, humanitarian, and international leaders, and leading politicians, academics, scientists, and athletes, to sign a “Global Pact on Education.”  On her Monday show, Mother Miriam read and reflected on...