Scandal

‘Scandalous’: Catholics React to Biden’s State of the Union

03/08/2024 at 11:10 AM By Kevin Edward White

CV NEWS FEED // Many prominent Catholics took to X (formerly Twitter) Thursday to slam President Joe Biden after he delivered his final State of the Union Address before facing voters in November. The president spent a significant amount of time during the first part of his speech discussing... read more

Bishop bars blessings for cohabiting and same-sex couples

02/20/2024 at 10:35 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Lauretta Brown, Our Sunday Visitor, February 20, 2024 (OSV News) — The Vatican’s document permitting blessings for those in “irregular situations,” including same-sex relationships, has continued to spark controversy and varied responses from bishops around the world. On Feb.... read more

About that funeral … What happened at a controversial NYC liturgy last week?

02/19/2024 at 6:56 PM By Kevin Edward White

The Pillar, February 19, 2024 The Archdiocese of New York made headlines Friday, after a funeral was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for transgender activist Cecilia Gentili, who identified as a transgender woman and an activist. The funeral, first reported on by the New York Times,... read more

Pope sees ‘hypocrisy’ in those who criticize LGBT blessings

02/07/2024 at 10:04 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Alvise Armellini, Reuters, February 7, 2024 VATICAN CITY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said he sees "hypocrisy" in criticism of his decision to allow priests to bless same-sex couples, possibly his most strongly worded defense of the move. LGBT blessings were authorised last... read more

Filial Appeal to All Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church

02/02/2024 at 12:40 PM By Kevin Edward White

Crisis Magazine We ask all Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church to forbid the application of Fiducia Supplicans in their dioceses. Your Eminencies, Your Excellencies: We, the undersigned Catholic priests, scholars, and authors, write to you on the occasion of the latest... read more

Rediscovered Book by Cardinal Fernández Features Graphic Erotic Passages on ‘Spirituality and Sensuality’

01/08/2024 at 12:13 PM By Kevin Edward White

This is not the first time that a book with a sexual focus previously published by the Argentinian theologian has caused controversy. By Jonathan Liedl/CNA, National Catholic Register, January 8, 2024 A 1998 book by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández featuring provocative, sexually-charged... read more

Fiducia Supplicans and the Authority of Bishops

01/07/2024 at 1:32 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Jayd Henricks, Public Discourse (Witherspoon In Institute, January 3, 2024 [Catholic Citizens of Illinois editor: Jayd Henricks was our Forum Luncheon featured Speaker December 8, 2023 speaking on: “WHY IS THE VATICAN GETTING OUR AMERICAN CHURCH SO WRONG?”] This is not an easy time... read more

Two Commentaries on the Blessing of ‘Irregular Couples’

12/30/2023 at 3:16 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Fr. Raymond J. de Souza/ Fr. Gerard E. Murray, Catholic Thing, December 30, 2023 ["Catholic Thing" Editor's Note: Fiducia Supplicans, the recent document published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, argues that – owing to a “development” in the idea of blessings... read more

Don’t give up on the Church – and certainly not because of Fiducia Supplicans

12/24/2023 at 4:38 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Katherine Bennett, December 24, 2023 Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and a lot of Catholics are arguing after the release of Fiducia Supplicans. Welcome to the contentious end of 2023! Back in 2018 I was at a Catholic event and ran into Austen Ivereigh, the Catholic... read more

Milwaukee priest placed on leave as conduct investigated

12/04/2023 at 12:42 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Michelle La Rosa and JD Flynn, the Pillar, December 1, 2023 A Milwaukee priest who maintained an allegedly romantic public relationship with a layman was placed on administrative leave Friday, while a formal canonical investigation into his conduct is initiated. The move comes one... read more

World Profanation Day?

08/13/2023 at 11:20 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Peter Kwasniewski, Crisis Magazine, August 11, 2023 Whoever was involved in the planning of WYD decided to imitate not the Magi who gave the Lord gold, frankincense, and myrrh, but the Corinthians who heedlessly carried on with their “agape,” not discerning the Body and Blood of the... read more

Scandal

‘Scandalous’: Catholics React to Biden’s State of the Union

Bishop bars blessings for cohabiting and same-sex couples

About that funeral … What happened at a controversial NYC liturgy last week?

Pope sees ‘hypocrisy’ in those who criticize LGBT blessings

Filial Appeal to All Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church

Rediscovered Book by Cardinal Fernández Features Graphic Erotic Passages on ‘Spirituality and Sensuality’

Fiducia Supplicans and the Authority of Bishops

Two Commentaries on the Blessing of ‘Irregular Couples’

Don’t give up on the Church – and certainly not because of Fiducia Supplicans

Milwaukee priest placed on leave as conduct investigated

World Profanation Day?

Benedict XVI—Priest, Prefect, Pope, Rest In Peace

Disgraced plagiarist Fr. Tom Rosica returns to public life with help of Canadian Jesuits

At Jesuit University, Member of Pontifical Academy for Life Defends Legal Abortion Prior to Pain Threshold

SCANDAL AND COMMUNION

Austrian bishop hangs banner of nude trans activist over main altar for Lent

Spanish bishop critical of Joe Biden’s claim that pope said he can receive Communion

Archbishop Viganò: Pope’s Words to Biden Represent ‘Unheard of Scandal’, ‘Invitation to Commit Sacrilege’

Archbishop Aquila: Christ’s Challenging Truthfulness Needed Regarding Reception of Communion

Politicizing the Eucharist