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[Catholic Caucus] Harrison Butker calls out Cardinal Dolan’s silence on ‘transgender funeral’: Someone should be ‘fired’Harrison Butker said he was invited to go on Cardinal Dolan’s show but told Dolan he would not ‘unless something is addressed with what happened at St. Patrick's Cathedral.’NFL kicker and Super Bowl champion Harrison Butker has criticized Cardinal Timothy Dolan for his handling of the scandalous “transgender funeral” held in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.In a recent interview with EWTN journalist Montse Alvarado, Butker was asked about the letter he had reportedly sent to Dolan to express his anger at the sacrilegious display in the iconic...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider likens Pope Francis’ support of homosexual ‘blessings’ to emperor without clothesThe faithful bishop accused the Vatican of using ‘mental gymnastics’ that are ‘an insult to our reason' in its promotion of blessings for gay couples.Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, has exhorted Catholics to call out Pope Francis for his support of homosexual couple “blessings,” just like a child called out an emperor for being “naked” in Hans Christian Anderson’s folktale “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”In a Thursday interview with podcaster Father Daniel Maria Klimek, Bishop Schneider commented on the widespread condemnation of Fiducia Supplicans by prelates...

Coptic Orthodox break dialogue with Vatican over homosexual ‘blessings’The move comes despite a close personal friendship between Pope Francis and Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox.. WADI EL-NATRUN, Egypt (LifeSiteNews) — The Coptic Orthodox Church has condemned same-sex blessings and suspended its ecumenical dialogue with the Catholic Church citing a “change of position” from the Vatican about homosexuality.In a statement issued March 7, the Coptic Orthodox Church announced that it would be ceasing its dialogue with the Catholic Church:After consulting with the sister churches of the Eastern Orthodox family, it was decided to suspend the theological dialogue with the...

[Catholic Caucus] Theologian rebukes Vatican News’ defense of Fiducia Supplicans: ‘Non-liturgical’ blessings don’t existVatican News editor Andrea Tornielli’s defense of homosexual ‘blessings’ ‘is deceptive and constitutes a shameless falsification, perhaps with the intention of pleasing the court,’ Monsignor Nicola Bux wrote.The prominent Vatican theologian Monsignor Nicola Bux has rejected a recent defense of Fiducia Supplicans made by the Vatican’s official news portal, saying there is no such thing as a non-liturgical blessing.“There is no such thing as a blessing that is not liturgical, when it is made by an ordained minister, who exercises the munus sanctificandi with and in the...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Blessing’ homosexual couples ‘flings the door open’ to the demonic, exorcist’s assistant warnsKyle Clement, assistant to exorcist priest Fr. Ripperger, warned that the ‘real danger’ in blessing homosexual ‘couples’ is that ‘it affirms the soul' in mortal sin, 'this becomes a millstone moment for the priest.’Fr. James Martin gives a same-sex blessing in New York, the day after Fiducia Supplicans was published. In a multi-part interview with LifeSiteNews, Kyle Clement, assistant to well-known exorcist Father Chad Ripperger, both of whom have long experience in exorcism and deliverance ministry, explained the way in which Freemasonry is rooted in Satanism,...

[Catholic Caucus] Filial Appeal asking Pope Francis to withdraw Fiducia Supplicans tops 500 namesTogether with the initial 90 signatories, the document now lists around 150 clergymen – one bishop, several monsignors, dozens of priests and deacons – as well as hundreds of scholars from all over the world, totaling 500.The team who organized the filial appeal to cardinals and bishops of the world asking them to forbid blessings of irregular and homosexual “couples” in their dioceses and to request Pope Francis rescind the Vatican document allowing for such blessings (see full text below) is presenting today the final list of...

[Catholic Caucus] Russian Catholic bishops reject blessing same-sex couples as ‘unacceptable’Emphasizing the traditional view of marriage as between a man and a woman, the Catholic Bishops of Russia declared their duty to defend the family as the union of one man and one woman, the foundation of society. The Conference on Catholic Bishops of Russia has released a statement condemning the blessing of “same-sex couples” as instructed in the Vatican’s December Declaration Fiducia Supplicans as “unacceptable.”In a Friday statement, the nation’s senior prelates lamented the “misunderstandings that have arisen” as a result of Pope Francis’ document Fiducia Supplicans. As a...

[Catholic Caucus] Woke Catholicism and the New Reign of TerrorIt was a prostitute on the altar the first time around; today it’s a funeral for a male prostitute, laid out just feet from the Tabernacle and hailed as the “Mother of All Whores”. You’ve come a long way, baby!Congratulations, folks! In terms of sheer diabolical awfulness, you have lived long enough to see the most egregious abominations in history surpassed. On the left (see image above), we have La fête de la Raison (“The Feast of Reason”), an actual event which took place during the French Revolution in the Cathedral...

<p>On 21 February, Reverend Francisco Gordalina performed a [pseudo] blessing over the Uruguayan television presenter Carlos Perciavalle and his homosexual concubine Jimmy Castilhos, 47, both rich.</p><p>Two days earlier, the couple had registered a "civil union".</p><p>A party following the [pseudo] blessing was attended by 400 accomplices. The whole was publicised as "the first religious homosexual [pseudo] wedding in the world".</p>

[Catholic Caucus] German Bishops Introduce a Chief-Ideologue for Homosexual Sins and "Easier" Liturgical LanguageThe German bishops have appointed a representative for "homosexual pastoral care", an office nobody needs.At the same time, normal believers are running away in droves and nobody cares.Presiding Bishop Georg Bätzing announced on 22 February that Ludger Schepers, a homosex-activist and auxiliary bishop of Essen, will take on the role, whose main task is to please the powerful bosses of the homosexual propaganda regime.Propagandists of homosexual sins ("Queer Pastoral Care") already exist in individual dioceses. Now this circus is being raised to the level of the Bishops'...

[Catholic Caucus] Amid funeral controversy, will Dolan watch the pitch?When he sat down for his satellite radio show this week, Cardinal Timothy Dolan likely knew exactly what he’d be asked about. As he talked about Lenten fish fries and the Kansas City Chiefs’ Harrison Butker, he probably knew what was coming next. But when he was eventually asked about a controversial funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dolan seemed to hope he could skip the topic. “[People] are sick of hearing about it, aren’t they?” he asked his co-host. “I don’t [know], what do you do?” he continued.By most accounts, the...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Hollerich voices support for blessings of same-sex ‘couples,’ questions priestly celibacy'I am absolutely on the same line as the Pope' on blessing same-sex 'couples,' Cdl. Jean-Claude Hollerich said, adding, 'Why only care about below-the-belt morality?'Papal confidant Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, has voiced his support for the heterodox blessing of same-sex “couples” proposed by the Vatican’s December Declaration Fiducia Supplicans. In an interview with L’essentiel, Hollerich was asked about the mounting criticisms Pope Franics is facing for his approval of such blessings from bishops and bishops’ conferences – an approval he has doubled down on in...

[Catholic Caucus] Sacrilegious ‘trans’ funeral at St. Patrick’s was made possible by Francis’ pro-LGBT papacy'Accompaniment' comes at a price of apostasy. The scene at St. Patrick's Cathedral reflects the decade-long Bergoglio regime – narcissistic, mocking, faithless, impious, and indecent.Fiducia Supplicans came home to roost in all its rainbow feathers and sequins. No one should have been surprised by the “whore” drag queen show at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. It was entirely predictable as the radical homosexual circus is amped up in America by its ringleader James Martin, S.J. Nor was it a surprise to learn that Martin was invited to speak...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Dolan praises priest who presided at ‘trans’ funeral in New York cathedralThe New York archbishop said that Fr. Edward Dougherty 'is a hero' because 'he stopped the (funeral) Mass,' but when questioned that in reality the service was not stopped, Dolan said, 'Then it went on without him,' and he turned around and walked away.Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York told a Catholic laywoman that Father Edward Dougherty, who officiated at the scandalous February 15 funeral service of a transgender activist and atheist in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, “is a hero.”LifeSite spoke with Wendy...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Müller: Fiducia Supplicans ‘leads to heresy,’ Catholics cannot accept itHomosexual ‘blessings’ endorsed by Fiducia Supplicans ‘cannot be accepted by the Catholic faithful, and especially by those who, in assuming an ecclesiastical office, have taken the Profession of Faith and the Oath of Fidelity,’ Cardinal Müller declared.Cardinal Gerhard Müller declared that Church leaders and the Catholic faithful must reject “blessings” for homosexual “couples” endorsed by Pope Francis in Fiducia Supplicans because they contradict Catholic teaching and “lead to heresy.”“Fiducia Supplicans must be considered doctrinally problematic, for it contains a denial of Catholic doctrine,” he wrote in a new...

[Catholic Caucus] Scenes From Trans Activist Cecilia Gentili’s Funeral as Mourners Fill St. Patrick’s CathredalThe pews of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City are a sea of black and ruby red that glimmers when the light hits just right. The shine stems from the various gems adorning attendees—on their slicked back, curly shags and mullets, delicate lacy veils, button down shirts, crocheted crop tops, and even decorated in the shape of a heart on the side of their cheeks—who arrive with red carnations and roses to commemorate transgender activist Cecilia Gentili. .... Throughout intervals during the service, chants of...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Zen warns of pro-LGBT Synod ‘agenda,’ ‘great confusion’ caused by Fiducia SupplicansThe ‘vision’ of the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Zen said, ‘if legitimized, can change everything, the doctrine of faith and the discipline of moral life.’ Joseph Cardinal Zen has released a robust critique of the Synod on Synodality and its ecclesial “vision,” stating that it “offends our intelligence” to claim that there is “no agenda” behind the synod and warning it could “change everything.”“We cannot help but be stunned, because we are told that it is still unclear what synodality is,” Zen wrote, referring to the...

[Catholic Caucus] Father James Martin performs another ‘blessing’ for two ‘married’ menIn a thread posted on X, formerly Twitter, Martin described how he recently blessed a friend and his 'husband' as a couple following the instructions given in the controversial Vatican declaration Fiducia Supplicans. “The two have been together for 20 years and live nearby,” Martin wrote. “We met at a Shake Shack, sat outdoors and had fun reminiscing, catching up, and talking about the church, since all four of us are Catholic. At one point, Eugene said, ‘Why not give Gus and James a blessing?’” “It was exactly the...

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Jesuits Appoint Director for LGBT ActivismJohn Zmirak and I have been warning you for years. . . . New Executive Director at OutreachThe implementation phase of the LGBT synod is accelerating rapidly. The LGBT media ministry, Outreach, which was founded by Fr. James Martin, has just announced the appointment of its first executive director. His name is Michael O’Loughlin, a former reporter for the Boston Globe and the Jesuit magazine, America. Based on his comments to the media, it is obvious that his new job is to organize a national movement of LGBT enforcement at all Catholic...

[Catholic Caucus] "Spontaneous Blessing" Hoax: Two Homosexuals [Pseudo] Blessed At EucharistDuring a Eucharist at the Jesuit parish of the Holy Family in Mexico City on 28 January, Redemptorist Father Patrick Keyes blessed two homosexual concubines, reports AciPrensa.com.He justified his blasphemy with Francis' propaganda piece Sodoma supplicans. At the end of the 7pm Eucharist, two homosexuals came to the side of the Novus Ordo table to receive the [pseudo] blessing.What was supposed to be "spontaneous" according to Francis was announced during the "parish announcements" by the pastor of the church, Father Gonzalo Rosas, a Jesuit.It was only after the scandal broke...