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Pope Francis and the politics of episcopal accusationsWhen Pope Francis spoke about Chile’s Bishop Juan Barros in January 2018, the pope probably knew his remarks would be controversial. But he likely did not realize what kind of firestorm they would set off, or how long it would take to repair the damage.The pope was on a pastoral visit to South America, with a stop in Santiago de Chile. A journalist asked him about Barros — a bishop the pope had appointed to the Chilean diocese of Osorno, despite allegations that he enabled, witnessed, and covered up sexual abuse by the...

[Catholic Caucus] Oko Conviction: Cardinal Müller Compares German Justice To National SocialistsCardinal Gerhard Müller is ashamed that in Germany, his home country, it's again possible to persecute scientists for offering facts, he told Gosc.pl (August 9) with reference to Father Darisz Oko who was convicted in Germany for uncovering the homosexual mafia in the Church.Müller recalled the National Socialist General Governor of Poland who sent the entire Krakow professoriate to a concentration camp.Oko was convicted for a scholarly report on homosexual crimes committed by high ranking clerics. Müller makes it clear that condemning such crimes is "an act of courage...

Pope appoints liberal Cardinal Tobin to Vatican’s highest courtTobin's appointment to the Apostolic Signatura comes three months after Pope Francis named the pro-LGBT cardinal to the Congregation of Bishops.VATICAN CITY, June 22, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis announced Monday the appointment of Cardinal Joseph Tobin, C.SS.R, as well as 11 other bishops to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican’s highest court.The Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, will serve a five-year term, per the Vatican’s press statement on the appointment, alongside 11 other bishops, including Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the...

Pope Francis advisor 'Father Jim' says Catholics should celebrate Pride monthRev. James Martin, SJ—popularly known as Father Jim—was asked to serve as special advisor to Pope Francis to help communicate to the English-speaking world. Some Vatican insiders say Father Jim has been a conduit to help communicate what Pope Francis really wants to say outside of the constraints of the Catholic cardinals and archbishops who run the Vatican.Father Jim, a popular pro-LGBT author and editor of America magazine, has been disinvited by Catholic bishops and universities who oppose his preaching of tolerance and acceptance.In a June 2 social media video,...

Homosex "Blessing": Despite Huge Propaganda, Not Even Seventy People Were In the ChurchThe first Catholic concelebrated homo-couples blessing. In Geldern, a German city with 34,000 inhabitants, Father Christian Olding, organised a May 6 "blessing show" for homosex liaisons and concubinages, which was attended by seventy people, despite a huge media propaganda effort throughout Germany.Münster Diocese published a glowing report about it on the diocesan website Kirche-und-Leben.de. Olding hung a homosexual propaganda flag in front of his meal table where he presides the Novus-Ordo Eucharist. A shallow pop song warbled from the church's loudspeakers."The Lord bless you," Olding whispered, in an...

SATAN IS ON THE MARCH: The Francis Court's “disturbing gallery of horrors”“Anybody who is acquainted with the state of affairs in the Vatican in the last 35 years is well aware that the prince of darkness has had and still has his surrogates in the court of St. Peter in Rome.” ~Malachi Martin 1996Scandal weary Catholics who disregard news of ongoing clerical sex abuse do so at the peril of the Catholic Church. Despite media campaigns that promise the clergy abuse scandal is “in the past” or “the Catholic Church is the safest place for children”, the harsh reality is...

‘I completely agree’: Mexico cardinal backs Pope’s support for homosexual civil unionsCardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes said that if LGBT people 'decide as a matter of free choice to be with another person, to be in a union, that's freedom.'December 11, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A Francis-appointed cardinal in Mexico says he agrees with the Pope’s recent coming out in support of homosexual civil unions, despite such support contradicting the Bible along with Catholic perennial teaching.Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Mexico City, told Reuters that he “completely” agrees with the Pope’s support for homosexual civil unions.Pope Francis made his comments about...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland: McCarrick report reveals ‘web of corruption’His Excellency said the report did not give real accountability for the abuse within the Church.December 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas weighed in on several important current and relevant topics, including last month’s McCarrick Report released by the Vatican, in this week’s episode of The Bishop Strickland Show.Strickland called the entire McCarrick case “a morality tale” with “all seven of the deadly sins … represented there, either by McCarrick himself or [by] those who were woven into the whole scandal with him.” The bishop noted that...

Spanish Archdiocese Celebrates ‘Sexual Diversity’Universal Church disagreesMADRID (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Office of Social-Pastoral Work of the archdiocese of Madrid parroted on its website the LGBTQ slogan of "living unity in diversity," a mantra propagated by the Jesuit-administered Community of Christian Life (CVC).Almudena Cathedral, archdiocese of Madrid The websites of the archdiocese and the CVC notably bear the rainbow colors of the LGTBQ flag. CVC claims to be inspired by Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia. Quoting the controversial document, the website states, "The Church makes her own the attitude of the Lord Jesus, who offers His boundless love to each...

Archbishop Viganò: Between The Lines Of the McCarrick ReportThe McCarrick Report published by the Secretariat of State on November 10, 2020, has been the object of numerous comments. Some point out its shortcomings, while others praise it as a proof of Bergoglio’s transparency and the groundlessness of my accusations. I would like to focus on some aspects that deserve to be further explored, which do not concern me personally. The purpose of these reflections is thus not to adduce further evidence concerning the falsity of arguments raised against me, but rather to highlight the inconsistencies of the report and the...

Francis Worked ‘Miracle’ for Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ in MexicoMexican bishops agree with pope on homosexual civil unions MEXICO CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - According to pro-family advocates in Mexico, Pope Francis worked a "miracle" to advance the LGBTQ agenda in the state of Puebla, where the state legislature voted in favor of legal reforms to guarantee same-sex "marriage."Mexican Nuncio Abp. Franco Coppola(Photo: Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano)Puebla lawmakers last week approved a measure to modify 10 articles of the state's civil code — among them, an article defining marriage as between one man and one woman. With the measure's passage, Puebla now complies with...

[Catholic Caucus] McCarrick Legacy and Abuse ContinuesProtégés promoted, whistleblowers punishedThe results of the much-awaited McCarrick Report came as no surprise. The results were similar to what former President Bill Clinton's lawyers might have prepared had they been tasked with investigating allegations that their boss was having an affair with a White House intern. Julio César Grassi, Battista Ricca and Gustavo Zanchetta From the very beginning, people were naïve to believe that Vatican investigators who report to Pope Francis would find him guilty of covering up for McCarrick. One only has to look at how Francis has handled sexual abuse and...

The McCarrick report is a shameful whitewashIt would take hours to list the evasions, half-truths and omissions in the reportOn Tuesday the Vatican published its long-delayed report on the subject of ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the insatiable sexual predator who served as archbishop of Washington from 2001 to 2006 but continued to wield huge influence in the Catholic Church until 2018, when he was finally exposed by the media and forced to resign as a cardinal. Less than a week later, it’s becoming clear that the document is a laborious but clumsy whitewash. Let me explain why. The ostensible purpose of...

McCarrick Report at Odds with Cardinal Wuerl’s Claims of IgnoranceCardinal Wuerl’s denials of any prior knowledge about McCarrick’s alleged conduct are apparently contradicted by multiple accounts in the report.WASHINGTON — The McCarrick Report sheds new light on when former Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, knew of allegations made against his predecessor, and what steps he and Vatican officials took to monitor or restrict McCarrick’s travel and residence.The 450-page report, published on Tuesday, examines the “institutional knowledge and decision-making” regarding Theodore McCarrick, the former cardinal found guilty of sexual abuse of minors and seminarians in 2019 and laicized after...

WATCH: Catholic school board bans catechism quotes on homosexuality as ‘dangerous’ Trustees claimed quoting the catechism was ‘putting down a marginalized and vulnerable community at our board.’ TORONTO, November 13, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A number of Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) trustees interrupted a delegate quoting the Catechism of the Catholic Church on homosexuality during a board meeting Wednesday and told him to stop. The comments were “treading … in dangerous waters … putting down a marginalized and vulnerable community at our board,” said trustee Norm Di Pasquale. “I must warn, uh, the delegate that, uh, some of the...

Sex Abuse Report Damns Pope, Top Cardinal UK investigation 'calls out the blatant hypocrisy of Pope Francis' LONDON (ChurchMilitant.com) - At noon Tuesday — two hours before the release of the Vatican's long-awaited McCarrick report — the United Kingdom's Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published a damning report lambasting Pope Francis and archbishop of Westminster Cdl. Vincent Nichols.IICSA report published Tuesday, damning the Holy See In contrast to the Vatican's report, which commends Francis for acting promptly against the homopredator cardinal, the IICSA quasi-governmental investigation condemns the "Holy See's limited response" against abusive clerics which "manifestly did not demonstrate...

Unrepentant scandal-ridden W.Va. bishop offers offensive non-apology Bp. Michael Bransfield's 'apology' is of the sort that could have been delivered with a one-finger gesture. August 21, 2020 (CatholicCulture.org) — This morning I had planned to write about the disgraceful excuse for an “apology” proffered by a former bishop. But I see that Christopher Altieri, writing in the Catholic Herald has beaten me to the punch: Let’s be clear about two things: Bishop Michael J. Bransfield — improbably emeritus of the Diocese of Wheeling Charleston — did not apologize; nor did he get the “justice with a gesture of mercy” that his successor, Bishop...

[Catholic Caucus] Critics Slam Benedict for New Book Defending Priestly Celibacy The retired pontiff breaks his silence — and not all are happy DETROIT (ChurchMilitant.com) - Critics are slamming Pope Benedict XVI and Cdl. Robert Sarah for defending clerical celibacy in their forthcoming book, From the Depths of Our Hearts. Scheduled for release in February, the collaboration is a timely work that tackles the crisis in the Church, especially in relation to the priesthood, with a key focus on the question of priestly celibacy. Father Joseph Fessio, founder and editor of Ignatius Press, described the book as about "the lasting crisis that the...

Faithful Catholics may be in for a “surprise” when they “get to heaven to be greeted by LGBT men and women,” said a controversial Catholic priest who was appointed by Pope Francis last month to the Vatican’s communications office. Jesuit priest Fr. James Martin, editor-at-large of the Jesuit-run America magazine, made the comment on his Facebook page May 5 after posting a link to a pro-homosexual event put on by New Ways Ministry and calling it “another sign of welcome and building bridges.” When one Facebook commenter responded that “any canonized Saints would not be impressed” by the infiltration of...