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Open letter to Cardinal Marx urges changes to Church teaching on sexual morality

Open letter to Cardinal Marx urges changes to Church teaching on sexual morality By Anian Christoph Wimmer Mainz, Germany, Feb 4, 2019 / 12:15 pm (CNA).- In an open letter published Sunday by a German daily, nine German Catholics, including two prominent Jesuits, demand a break with... read more

Pope Francis’s Calculated Contradictions

By Riccardo Cascioli, January 29, 2019 The press conference of Pope Francis on the flight back from Panama has, as always, provided all sorts of interesting ideas. Always remembering that we are dealing not with magisterial statements, but with personal opinions that are thus able to be... read more

Pope Francis slams Catholic media for ‘cruelty, exaggerated self-praise, the denouncing of heresy’

By Jeanne Smits January 29, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Catholic media that identify and condemn statements and actions not in line with Catholic doctrine are opposing the “centrality of compassion” and hampering evangelization in substance, Pope Francis told the bishops of Central America... read more

Two US bishops support excommunication of New York Governor over ‘vile’ abortion law

By Lisa Bourne Washington, D.C., January 25, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Two U.S. bishops are calling for the excommunication of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for his role in enshrining a “fundamental right” to virtually-unlimited abortion in the state. Knoxville, Tennessee, Bishop Richard... read more

A Three-day Meeting in Rome to Do What?

01/08/2019, Crisis Magazine FR. REGIS SCANLON, O.F.M. CAP Pope Francis will meet on February 21, 2019 with the bishops’ conferences of the world on protecting minors from clergy sexual abuse. But what is the problem they will be addressing? Is the problem pedophilia, homosexuality, or... read more

German cardinal urges change, ‘review’ of celibacy tradition

By Catholic News Service, January 4, 2019 WASHINGTON – German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising called for change in long-standing church tradition as the German bishops' conference prepares for a workshop debate to "review" the issue of celibacy for priests. In his homily at... read more

Roberto de Mattei on how to resist Pope Francis’ ‘paradigm shift’

Editor’s note: Here below we publish the official English text of a talk by Professor Roberto de Mattei, delivered on Thursday, November 29, in Rome, at a conference titled: ‘Pope Francis five years later: Continuity of rupture in the Church.’ The talk was translated by LifeSite Rome... read more

Fr. Martin’s ‘bridge’ will only lead LGBT persons to fear, anger, even death

By Danielle Schott November 13, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – I like bridges: from the large, majestic bridges that stretch far across the water, to the simple, yet ingenious Lego bridges my children have built. Both represent boundless freedom, ingenuity and a connection to something we yearn for. ... read more

On German Influence…

September 24, 2018 The National Catholic Register reports that on Sept 11th, Archbishop Georg Gänswein (Prefect of the Papal Household and personal secretary to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI), spoke at the presentation in Rome of an Italian translation of the book The Benedict Option, by U.S.... read more

How The Pederasty Cover-Up Will Make Civil War Within The Catholic Church

Since his election, Pope Francis has done everything within his power to soften and subvert the church’s teaching concerning human sexuality. He also packed the College of Cardinals with the Lavender Mafia. By Paul Rahe, August 30, 2018 Sixteen years ago, reporters at The Boston Globe... read more

For Austrian Cardinal, Possibility of Female Deacons Is an ‘Open Question’

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn said that there had been female deacons in the Church in times past and that, ‘basically, this [question] is open.’ Anian Christoph Wimmer/CNA/ EWTN News, Oct. 1, 2018 VIENNA — Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said that, in his view, whether the Church... read more

The German Church Divided