Gay “Marriage”

Is Pope Francis Leading the Church to a Schism?

07/17/2021 at 10:44 PM By Kevin Edward White

Disagreements over same-sex relationships and the role of women are heightening tensions among Catholics worldwide. By Francis X. Rocca, Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2021 German Catholics have been meeting since last year to consider major changes to church life, including the blessing of... read more

Faced with opposition from the Vatican, prominent Catholics opt for disobedience

05/15/2021 at 5:20 PM By Kevin Edward White

‘I was appalled,’ said the former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, ‘appalled by the very idea a Vatican document would say a gay couple is not capable of either receiving or expressing God’s grace.’ Religion News Service, May 12, 2021 Over the past week, Catholic priests all... read more

Indiana Court Dismisses Lawsuit Filed By Gay Catholic Teacher

05/10/2021 at 1:43 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Ryan J. Farrick, Legal Reader, May 8,. 2021 An Indiana court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by a gay teacher who claimed he was dismissed from his position at a Catholic high school after marrying another man. According to The Indianapolis Star, Joshua Payne-Elliott worked as a... read more

Pro-abortion constitutional reform in Mexico paused

04/21/2021 at 9:16 PM By Kevin Edward White

By David Ramos, Catholic News Agency, April 17, 2021 The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and legislators from his ruling National Regeneration Movement decided to put on hold for now the debate on amending the federal constitution to insert abortion rights and... read more

For the church to live in eucharistic coherence, we must be willing to challenge Catholics persisting in grave sin.

04/14/2021 at 1:58 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Samuel J. Aquila, America, April 14, 2021At my first Mass as a priest, and at Masses I have offered since, I have prayed quietly one of two prayers offered by priests around the world before we receive the Lord’s body and blood: May the receiving of your Body and Blood, Lord Jesus Christ,... read more

Austrian Catholics fly rainbow flag in face of Vatican

04/05/2021 at 2:43 PM By Kevin Edward White

AFP, VIENNA, April 4, 2021 The Catholic church of the parish of Hard is one of many in Austria that decided to fly the rainbow flag in solidarity with the LGBTQ community after the Vatican ruled last month that the church could not bless same-sex partnerships. The powerful Vatican office... read more

Same-Sex Blessing Reaction Echoes Rollout of Humanae Vitae

04/03/2021 at 3:46 PM By Kevin Edward White

Just as they did in 1968, Catholic dissidents push alternate narrative ahead of official Church teaching. By Judy Roberts, National Catholic Register, March 31, 2021 For Catholics who welcomed the Vatican’s recent statement barring blessings of same-sex unions, the flurry of objections... read more

Cardinals uphold Vatican statement on same-sex unions

03/19/2021 at 5:47 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency, March 19, 2021 Two cardinals on Thursday upheld the Vatican’s recent statement that the Church cannot bless same-sex unions. At an online panel hosted by Georgetown University, Cardinal Peter Turkson—prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting... read more

LEFT-WING CATHOLICS RIP THE POPE

03/19/2021 at 3:40 PM By Kevin Edward White

Catholic League president Bill Donohue, a valued member of our Catholic Citizens of Illinois Advisory Board, comments on the way some Catholics are reacting to the Vatican statement on gay unions: Freedom From Religion Foundation, an anti-Catholic organization, is not happy with the recent... read more

After Vatican Says Same-Sex Unions Cannot be Blessed, White House Reaffirms Biden’s Support for Them

03/16/2021 at 6:49 PM By Kevin Edward White

When asked by a reporter on Monday if the president had a response to the Vatican’s statement, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said he had no “personal response” but reaffirmed the president’s long-standing support for same-sex unions. National Catholic Register, March 15,... read more

Vatican’s Doctrinal Office: Catholic Church Cannot Give Blessings to Same-Sex Unions

03/15/2021 at 11:53 AM By Kevin Edward White

Answering the question “does the Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex?,” the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith responded, “negative.” By Hannah Brockhaus, National Catholic Register, March 15, 2021 VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s... read more

The Disappearing Babies

02/18/2021 at 3:34 PM By Kevin Edward White

USCCB President’s Statement on the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America

01/21/2021 at 3:19 PM By Kevin Edward White

Will the Bishops Confront Biden?

12/29/2020 at 3:37 PM By Kevin Edward White

Biden’s OMB Nominee Heads Think Tank with History of Anti-Religious Freedom Advocacy

12/17/2020 at 12:05 PM By Kevin Edward White

Archbishop Cordileone: Church’s pastors and lay Catholics who are prominent in public life should not support causes that violate the core teachings of the faith.

12/16/2020 at 3:16 PM By Kevin Edward White