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[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop of Sydney: If a Synod proposal contradicts Catholic teaching, it’s ‘not of the Holy Spirit’Archbishop Anthony Fisher warned that it is ‘superstitious’ to attribute everything happening at the Synod on Synodality to the Holy Spirit and noted that the Holy Spirit doesn’t choose every pope or bishop.ROME (LifeSiteNews) – An archbishop attending the Synod on Synodality said in an interview last week that any proposals coming from the Synod that contradict the Gospel are not of the Holy Spirit. Speaking with Catholic News Agency (CNA), Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Syndey, Australia, also said that people should be...

[Catholic Caucus] In open letter, synod urges more synodalityAn open letter published by the synod on synodality Wednesday said that the Church should focus more on the idea of synodality ahead of the October 2024 final session of the Church’s years-long consultative process. The Oct. 25 text also emphasized discipleship of Jesus Christ, and commitment to both service of the poor and protection of the environment.“We hope that the months leading to the second [Vatican] session in October 2024 will allow everyone to concretely participate in the dynamism of missionary communion indicated by the word ‘synod,’” said the letter, which...

[Catholic Caucus] Faithful Catholics resist the anti-Christian agenda coming from the VaticanOn October 30, Catholic leaders will present to the media condemnations of the Synod on Synodality’s departure from the teachings of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Holy Scriptures.ROME (LifeSiteNews) — African Catholic leaders from Uganda and Kenya are joining with LifeSiteNews and America’s best-known traditional Catholic Michael Matt, as well as traditional Catholic activists from around the world, in condemning the Synod on Synodality’s departure from the teachings of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Holy Scriptures. Since 2013, the attempt to weaken Church doctrine on life, faith,...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Schönborn cites death penalty revision when asked about changing Catechism on LGBT issuesVATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) –– Vienna’s Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has argued that changing the Catechism’s teaching against accepting LGBT issues was a matter for the Pope, but added that the Catechism’s passages on the death penalty had already been changed.Speaking to journalists at a press briefing for the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn fielded a number of questions regarding the synod’s process and the possible future for the Catholic Church. In particular, he was asked if he anticipated any changes to the Catechism of the...

[Catholic Caucus] Why We Have Not Covered the Synod on SynodalityA reader e-mails us to ask why we have not covered the proceedings of this first session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality (the second session will be in the autumn of 2024).First, of course, because because it is not a proper Synod (that is, a Synod OF BISHOPS), but a meeting of laity, religious men and women, priests, bishops, all with the right to vote. Its standing in a Church willed by God as hierarchical is doubtful at best.Second, because the whole idea is ridiculous: a "meeting on...

[Catholic Caucus] Women deacons: ‘too early to make any concrete decisions’ at Synod gatheringROME – Participants in Pope Francis’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality chosen to speak to the media said on Friday that while various topics are being discussed, no decisions will be made on specific issues, and that it is too early in the process to rule on hot-button questions such as women deacons.Asked during an Oct. 20 press briefing whether it was time to make a decision on women deacons, Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo said there are “differences of opinions” within the synod.There are also...

Pope: “The Church Has to Change”In a new interview, the Roman Pontiff has elaborated on the synodal dream of Cardinal Martini, taking place now in Rome. But before we get to that, we should be fair and say that he also said a few good things:We were all unexperienced young people once, and sometimes young boys and girls hold onto miracles, to a messiah, to things being solved in a messianic way. There is only one Messiah who saved us all. The rest are all clowns of messianism. None of them can promise a solution to conflicts, unless it’s emerging...

[Catholic Caucus] Should the Laity Ignore the Synod on Synodality?Given that the advice offered to the pope during the synodal proceedings will likely contain at least some errors and ambiguities, most lay Catholics are probably better served by simply ignoring the Synod proceedings.We are now in the second full week of the Synod on Synodality. If you are like me, perhaps you have felt a strong inclination to follow the activities of the Synod closely. In fact, at one point last week I was in Eucharistic adoration and thought, “I should read about exactly what is said and done each...

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[Catholic Caucus] ‘Confused and confusing’: Cardinal Zen talks to the Herald about his ongoing Synod concernsROME – Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the former bishop of Hong Kong, has become seen in recent years as something of a Confessor — one who has suffered but not (yet) died for the Faith.He has had well-documented difficulties with China’s Communist authorities, which have seen him in recent years charged under new security laws and held under house arrest, as well as his well-known struggles with the Vatican over their Ostpolitik approach to Beijing.Now he has felt forced to speak out in defence of...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland: Pray and fast during the Synod as you would for LentOn this week's episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland calls for prayer and fasting during the Synod on Synodality and voices support for the recent dubia presented to Pope Francis.(LifeSiteNews) — On this week’s episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland voices support for the recent dubia by Cardinal Raymond Burke and company, comments on a quote by Archbishop Ven. Fulton Sheen, and calls for prayer and fasting during the Synod on Synodality.Beginning the show addressing the Synod, Strickland encourages us...

[Catholic Caucus] LGBTQ Catholics subject of emotional debate at synod, participants sayThe second week of Pope Francis' closely watched summit on the future of the Catholic Church included emotional debates among bishops and lay delegates over whether the church's ministries could be expanded to include LGBTQ persons.In interviews with multiple delegates from three different continents, NCR has confirmed that during the Synod of Bishop's Oct. 9-12 discussions on the theme of "communion," tensions began to emerge over how the church might extend its welcome to LGBTQ Catholics and whether use of the acronym "LGBTQ" was even appropriate. For at least...

[Catholic Caucus] Synod on Synodality: Italian nun claims St. Paul attended ‘non-ritual female liturgy’An Italian religious sister told the Synod on Synodality assembly Friday that St. Paul attended “a non-ritual female liturgy” ahead of synod discussions of women’s inclusion in the Church. Mother Maria Grazia Angelini gave an exegesis of the New Testament for synod delegates during the general congregation on Oct. 13 in which she claimed that St. Paul “inserted himself into a ‘non-ritual’ female liturgy” when he arrived in the city of Philippi in Macedonia. Speaking to hundreds of synod participants in Paul VI Hall, Angelini described how...

[Catholic Caucus] Dubium: ‘Are you a heretic, yes or no?’In a recent article, Roma Locuta Est took a brief look at the two sets of dubia presented by a group of five cardinals, and the response to them by Cardinal Fernandez (see A New Set of Dubia: This time, a different Outcome?).As outlined in my prior article, I commended the five cardinals for submitting these new Dubia to Pope Francis, and resubmitting them again in the face of clearly ambiguous answers (see HERE). At the time I wrote that we had these five new Dubia. However, since the publication of...

Exclusive. Müller Writes to Duka: Fernández Goes Against Catholic Doctrine, and With Him Is the Pope(s.m.) In the open letter to his friend Cardinal Dominik Duka published today exclusively by Settimo Cielo, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller criticizes in depth the response given last September 25 by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the new prefect of the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith, to a series of questions from Duka himself regarding Eucharistic communion for the divorced and remarried.Duka, archbishop emeritus of Prague, forwarded these questions last July, on behalf of the Czech episcopal conference, to the dicastery headed by Cardinal...

[Catholic Caucus] Synod on Synodality now discussing female deacons, married priests, and lay governanceSynod participants will now spend the next few days discussing controversial topics, after officials refused to commit that members had to uphold Church teaching in discussions.Pope Francis and Synod on Synodality leaders, October 13, 2023.Participants of the Synod on Synodality are currently discussing topics of married priests, female deacons, and increased lay ministry as part of the third of five modules held during the event.Opening the proceedings on Friday morning, relator general Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich gave an address highlighting the chief themes that will form the subject...

[Catholic Caucus] Understanding Why Most Catholics Reject the Faith of their Fathers“Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith! We will be true to thee till death.” (Faith of Our Fathers, Fr. Frederick William Faber) Although he was neither a theologian nor a saint, Evelyn Waugh certainly understood the logical appeal of Catholicism. As he wrote in his essay about his conversion, in The Road to Damascus, either the Catholic Church is right and all heresies are wrong, or else the entire Christian religion is an imposture:"It was self-evident to me that no heresy or schism could be right and the Church...

[Catholic Caucus] Priest accuses Cardinal Fernández of heresy, challenges him to public debateFather Jesusmary Missigbétó urges Cardinal Fernández to ‘abandon the path of heresies’ and invites him to ‘organize a public debate’ regarding Pope Francis’ errors in a new essay.Archbishop Victor Fernández in a file photo I pray to God to help me write to you in the truth, with all the charity I can muster, in the hope that soon you will be willing to abandon the path of heresies and resolutely take the path of truth. What great joy you would give to all the faithful children of...

Synod official refuses to answer whether members must follow Church teaching in discussionsWhen questioned by LifeSiteNews, Cardinal Lacroix was unable to give a succinct answer as to whether Synod on Synodality participants have to adhere to Catholic doctrine.Leading officials behind the Synod on Synodality have refused to confirm that participants must commit to upholding Catholic teaching during the event’s discussions. Speaking to journalists on October 11, Dr. Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, and Quebec’s Cardinal Gérald Lacroix provided an update on the latest events of the Synod on Synodality, all while maintaining the Vatican’s peculiar policy...

[Catholic Caucus] German priest compares Synod to Communist revolution, links it to Fatima message of ‘great apostasy’In the face of this ecclesiastical October Revolution, how could one forget that Mario Luigi Cardinal Ciappi confessed, 'In the Third Secret, among other things, it is predicted that the great apostasy in the Church will begin at the top.'Editor’s note: This essay by Fr. Frank Unterhalt was originally published in German on October 4, 2023, on the website of the clerical group “Communio veritatis.” It was translated and reprinted by LifeSiteNews with the permission of Fr. Unterhalt. The Fraud of the World Synod...