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[Catholic Caucus] The Babylonian Captivity of the ChurchWe have all heard horror stories about priests who defy these basic and simple canons. Some priests, apparently, have attempted to confect “cakes and cookies”. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope John Paul II released, in 2004, Redemptionis Sacramentum to counter the widespread abuse of the liturgy, including the introduction of matter entirely improper to confecting the Holy Eucharist. We have witnessed the extraordinary sight of the Supreme Legislator of the Catholic Church, the Pope himself, meeting with, and appearing to sanction in their sinfulness, American politicians who have...

Why Catholics should use preferred gender pronouns and namesNames play an important role in the Catholic tradition. At the celebration of baptism, the first question posed to the parents is "What name do you give this child?" At confirmation, it is customary for the confirmation candidate to select and embrace the name of a patron saint. Many members of religious congregations adopt a new name as part of their religious profession, even when their "legal" names (on government documents like birth certificates) do not reflect it. Clergy and religious alike take on new titles and appellations such as "Father," "Sister,"...

A teen was accused of abuse inside Vatican City.Powerful church figures helped him become a priest.VATICAN CITY — The warnings started coming eight years ago, sent to some of the most powerful figures in the Roman Catholic Church, alerting them to a potential sex abuse crime that stood out from other church cases.[Leggi questo articolo in italiano]The profile of the alleged abuser, by itself, was unusual: not a priest, but rather a teenage altar boy, who was said to have coerced a peer to engage in various sex acts night after night over six years. And then there was the...

Judas’ PriestsExposing betrayers of Christ's ChurchAt this time in the Catholic Church, it's common to see a parish described by the sign on the front as a "parish community."Fake Catholic Joe Biden Most of the time, a person can see that sign and know exactly what they will get: improvised liturgies, a multiplicity of boomer extraordinary ministers and a few grey-haired parishioners.Those things will typically be accompanied by a social justice agenda and emphasizing the seven corporal works of mercy while all but ignoring the spiritual works of mercy. Some may find it strange, however, that many priests in such...

Abortion, communion confront Northern New Mexico Catholic priestsThe only reason the Rev. George Salazar could imagine denying Holy Communion to someone would be if they were too inebriated to know what they were doing, he said.“I grant communion to whoever comes to the altar,” said Salazar, the priest at Immaculate Conception Church in Las Vegas, N.M.Nevertheless, Salazar said last week, he will listen to what the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says next month about communion and abortion rights politics.“I really don’t have a position on that,” said Salazar, 80.The twice-yearly gathering of bishops and archbishops is expected to take...

BREAKING NEWS: Archdiocese of Toronto calls police on rosary praying Catholic faithful! On Friday, April 23, a small group of Catholics sent an email to Msgr. Gregory Ace, Pastor of St. Padre Pio parish in Woodbridge, a suburb north of Toronto. The email was a courtesy to the Pastor to let him know that they would be gathering to pray the rosary, "against the Church Lockdowns, offering up Prayers and Penances to the Blessed Mother, to intercede on our behalf with Her Son, to bring an end to the 'Pandemic', which, as St Charles Borromeo would say, our Sins...

Over 500 German priests vow to defy Church’s ban on same-sex couplesA much-hyped blessing service for same-sex couples in Germany at more than 50 parishes is being planned for May 10.April 27, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Hundreds of priests in Germany have vowed to defy the Vatican’s ban on same-sex blessings. A much-hyped blessing service for same-sex couples titled “Love wins, blessing service for lovers” is planned for May 10 with more than 50 Catholic parishes so far signing up to offer such a blessing.Last month, openly homosexual German priest Bernd Mönkebüscher created a Facebook post to protest the Congregation for...

Heretical association of Catholic priests supports pro-LGBT adoption legislationApril 16, 2021 (Lepanto Institute) – Longtime readers of the Lepanto Institute are familiar with the growing threat posed to the Faith and the Faithful by an organization of heretical priests called the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP). In the past, we’ve reported on this group for its support of women’s ordination to the priesthood, it’s alliance with sexually deviant organizations and agendas, its work with an international network of heretical organizations, and its call for “priestless parishes.” The AUSCP’s scandalous work even elicited a warning from its own bishop,...

German bishop involved in Amazon Synod will not suspend priests who bless homosexual couplesBishop Franz-Josef Overbeck said suspending priests who 'bless' homosexual couples in defiance of clear Church teaching and a recent Vatican directive is 'out of the question.'March 31, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – German Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck, who played an important role in preparing for the controversial 2019 Amazon Synod in Rome, has stated that he will not suspend priests in his diocese who continue to bless homosexual couples, in defiance of the new Vatican document against such “blessings.”As the German Catholic newspaper Die Tagespost first reported, on March 28...

Biden’s Catholic Praetorian Guard Cardinal Cupich and company didn’t want him criticized on inauguration day.Franciscardinal Cupich The Biden presidency is already exposing fissures within the Church. On inauguration day, his Catholic apologists bathed him in praise and took bitter issue with Archbishop José Gomez for daring to criticize his anti-Catholic stances. Gomez, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, issued a tame statement, offering prayers and good wishes while noting, “Our new President has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils.” But that was too much for Cardinal Blase Cupich, who declared Gomez’s statement “ill-considered.”Other members of the...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop: Masked Priests Are a Counter-SignThe state has no authority to tell the Church how to celebrate divine worship, Baker Bishop Liam Cary, USA, wrote on August 28 in a still relevant statement.The Church establishes the manner of its worship “without having to render an account to Caesar.” Cary underlines that “physical hygiene is not the only consideration,” arguing against masked priests which creates a serious symbolic confusion.“Covering the face of the celebrant goes directly against the oft-repeated scriptural cry of the heart to God: Hide not Your face from me. Show me Your face.” For Cary, a...

‘Some of you will go to jail’: Catholic lay group investigates corruption in US hierarchy  'To those bishops and priests leading a double life, characterized by deplorable immorality, corruption and cowardice, our advice is to repent or step down now. We are coming for you' PETERSBURG, Illinois, September 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The Catholic lay group famous for exposing a predatory homosexual bishop and a pornographic online chatroom for homosexual priests two decades ago is initiating a wide-ranging investigation into clerical sexual abuse and possible corruption and coverups by American bishops. Roman Catholic Faithful (RCF) announced its “Operation Transparency” earlier...

Pro-abortion Dems secure pro-LGBT star priest James Martin to deliver convocation at Convention Numerous faith leaders have pointed out that the Democratic Party is unsupportable by Catholics because of its pro-abortion platform. Jesuit Father James Martin, author and editor at large of America magazine, meets in a private audience with Pope Francis on Sept. 30, 2019 (Foto ©Vatican Media) August 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-LGBT Jesuit priest James Martin, along with a rabbi and an imam, is slated to deliver an invocation on the final night of the Democratic National Convention when pro-abortion candidate Joe Biden will accept his party’s...

Catholic priest praises same-sex couples raising children as ‘holy families’ Fr. Bryan Massingale also said that being a Catholic parish means offering ‘extravagant welcome’ to ‘LGBTQ persons’ MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, August 11, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A Catholic priest who openly admits that he’s “gay” is praising same-sex couples raising children as “holy families.” He demanded that Catholic show respect for “LGBTQ families as communities of love.” Fr. Bryan Massingale, in an August 6, 2020 article that appeared in U.S. Catholic, also told Catholic parishes that to have “credibility as the church of Jesus Christ” means to offer “extravagant welcome” to “LGBTQ Catholics.”...

[Catholic Caucus] Holy Communion for Cohabitors? FRESNO, Calif. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Despite requests from a Knights of Columbus Council, a pastor in California is not retracting his offer of the Holy Eucharist to "couples that are not usually able to receive Communion" according to Church teaching. Fr. John Fluetsch In a letter copied to the bishop, Knights of Columbus Council 2384 asked Fr. John Fluetsch to publish a formal retraction for posting a scandalous entry in the June 21 parish bulletin of St. Patrick's in Merced, California — an entry in which the pastor offered Holy Communion to the "civilly divorced and...

[Catholic Caucus] HORRIFYING: Cathedral priests reject for confession anyone not-registered, verified by their documented GIVING in the last year!! I saw this nightmare on Twitter:

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic layman reveals strategy he used to overcome priest’s Communion-on-tongue ban 'I want all Catholics to know that receiving Holy Communion on the tongue is their right, and what they can do to regain that right, because it works!' July 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – “I want all Catholics to know that receiving Holy Communion on the tongue is their right, and what they can do to regain that right, because it works!” A French reader told LifeSite of his personal experience of being refused Communion in his local parish because of COVID-19 guidelines, and of his successful fight,...

[Catholic Caucus] Homo-Folly: Bishops and Priests Outbid Each Other in Gay Propaganda Jesuit Fordham University in New York produced a June 18 video as a compensation for the cancelled pro-gay Outreach 2020 conference. It contains short statements by the originally scheduled speakers who are outbidding each other in gay propaganda. The first is the inevitable James Martin who announces that Outreach 2020 has the support of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester whines that “so many of our fellow Catholics" experience isolation and depression on an almost daily basis because of their "sexual orientation" or "gender...

[Catholic Caucus] “‘Don’t Call Me Hero’: The Catholic Attitude”: Guest Article by Fr. William Slattery The following article illustrates historically what the recent Rorate Caeli article entitled “A theologian analyzes the morality of the cancellation of public Masses and the closure of churches by the State” documented theologically: the attitude priests must have in administering the sacraments. The author is Fr. William J. Slattery, Ph.D, S.T.L., author of The Logic of Truth (Leonardo da Vinci, 2016) and Heroism and Genius: How Catholic Priests Helped Build – and can help Rebuild – Western Civilization (Ignatius Press, 2017). St. Cajetan Strengthens a...

Priest Nixes Jesus in Mosque Prayer Evangelical pastors refuse to join pope's pan-religious day of prayer HECHINGEN, Germany (ChurchMilitant.com) - A Catholic priest omitted the name of Jesus while praying from a mosque rooftop with the local Muslim imam during  Friday Islamic prayers in the German town of Hechingen. Father Michael Knaus, pastor of St. Luzius parish, joined Imam Ahmed Gezer on the canopy of the Süleymaniye mosque on May 8, praying, "Lord, I came here as a brother of all people who were created in your image."  Locals protesting public Muslim prayer with a crucifix and flag  Knaus recited a portion from St....