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Cardinal: Pope’s Amazon exhortation defectively quotes canon law, undermining the priesthood Footnote 136 of Querida Amazonia quotes canon law in a defective way, according to Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes. February 28, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, a retired curial cardinal living in Rome, has written an analysis of the new concept of the priesthood as discussed by Pope Francis in his February 12 post-synodal exhortation on the Amazon region, Querida Amazonia. Cordes detects in the document a footnote which quotes canon law in a defective way and rejects the idea of separating the priesthood from its governing...

[Catholic Caucus] Top cardinal behind Amazon synod: Plan for married priests to be ‘developed and completed’ Cardinal Hummes said that the Pope 'clearly says that the whole Church will strive to put this final document into practice' which calls for married priests. BRASILIA, February 14, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Brazilian Cardinal Cláudio Hummes stated that ordaining married men to the priesthood “must be developed and completed” following the release this week of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia [Beloved Amazon], which stalled the liberal push for married priests in the Catholic Church. Known as an ally of Pope Francis, Cardinal Hummes (85)...

Kissing Expert Archbishop Forbids Latin Mass La Plata Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, Argentina, forbad to celebrate Mass in Latin on the main altar in his archdiocese. According to AdelanteLaFe.com, he published two decrees on December 17 and 24. The first abolishes all previous archdiocesan liturgical norms. Fernández' predecessor, Archbishop Héctor Rubén Aguer used to be excellent. The second decree orders that any Mass must be celebrated only in the Novus Ordo, in the vernacular, and on a meal table turning the back of the priest to God. The decree contradicts Church law and is therefore invalid. Fernández is a ghostwriter...

Sources confirm that, with the Holy Father’s approval, the Vatican’s head of doctrine has thrown out the bishops’ pastoral guide allowing Holy Communion for some Protestant spouses, but the Pope wishes the rejection letter to remain secret. Edward Pentin The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the approval of Pope Francis, has written a letter to German bishops rejecting their proposal to allow some Protestant spouses to receive Holy Communion, but the Pope does not wish the letter to be made public, the Register has learned. Sources in the Vatican and Germany say that Archbishop Luis Ladaria, the...