Dubia

How Should Catholics Respond to the Pope’s ‘Paradigm Shift’?

Chilean author José Antonio Ureta believes faithful ‘resistance’ to destructive innovations is a necessary act of charity. Edward Pentin Blog, July 5, 2018 In view of the “paradigm shift” said to be taking place during this pontificate, one that critics say breaks with the... read more

Bishop: Mass migration part of plan to water down Europe’s Christian identity

Dorothy Cummings McLean MILAN, Italy, July 2, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic bishop has stated that the mass migration from Africa and Asia into Europe in recent years is part of a plan to change the Christian identity of Europe. Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan, 57, told an... read more

BREAKING: Cardinal Burke responds to Francis: We hand-delivered dubia letter to Pope’s residence

By John-Henry Westen ROME, June 21, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Speaking with Reuters in an interview which appeared yesterday, Pope Francis criticized Cardinal Raymond Burke and three other cardinals who joined him in begging the Pope for clarification on key issues of faith. The cardinals used the... read more

Pope issuing ‘fake news,’ or is it a ‘memory lapse’?

John-Henry Weston Blog, June 20, 2018 ROME, June 20, 2018 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Noted Vatican correspondent Edward Pentin tweeted today his reaction to Pope Francis’ statement that he learned of the dubia only “from the newspapers,” recalling that Pope Francis in fact “received the... read more

Analysis: What to expect from a weekend conference on Church ‘confusion’

CCI Editor's Note:  Both Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider have been featured speakers at  Catholic Citizen Annual Dinners.  Talks are available at YouTube channel Catholic Citizens TV. By Andrea Gagliarducci Vatican City, Apr 6, 2018 / 11:05 am (CNA).- Before he died, the late Cardinal... read more

‘Happiness lies in accepting how God has made us’: priests issue statement on gender

by Catholic Herald (UK), Staff Reporter posted Friday, March 2, 2018 The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy said that gender dysphoria could not be answered by gender reassignment surgery  The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy has issued a statement on “gender ideology”, which they say is an... read more

Cardinal Brandmüller on How the Dubia Should be Answered

By Maike Hickson, January 3, 2018 In a new 30 December interview with Armin Schwibach, the Rome Correspondent of the Austrian Catholic website Kath.net, German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller — one of the signatories of the dubia concerning Pope Francis’ document Amoris Laetitia — has again... read more

Top Papal Adviser & Critic of Wealthy Embroiled in Allegations of Financial Misconduct

By Steve Skojec, December 21, 2017 A top papal adviser known for his tirades against capitalism and the wealthy is under investigation by the Vatican after reports that he has been receiving over $40,000 US per month from the Catholic University of Tegucigalpa and had allegedly invested amounts... read more

Popes before Francis would have rejected his teaching on marriage: EWTN priest

By Dorothy Cummings McLean December 14, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A canon lawyer and priest of the archdiocese of New York declared on a popular Catholic television show that Amoris Laetitia would not have been accepted as authentic magisterium when Francis was only a Cardinal. Fr. Gerald... read more

The Church betrays the Gospel if she prefers politics to God: Cardinal Brandmüller

By Diane Montagna December 13, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — “The more the Church gets taken up with politics and sets aside the reality of God, grace and sin, the more we betray the Gospel,” Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, one of the four ‘dubia’ cardinals, has said. Referring to a recent... read more

Pro-life leaders from 13 countries accuse Pope Francis of failing to uphold Church teaching

by Staff Reporter, 12 Dec 2017 Pope Francis speaks during a weekly general audience at the Paul VI audience hall (Getty Images) One signatory accused the Pope and other members of the hierarchy of spreading errors Leaders of pro-life organisations from across the world have signed a letter... read more