CNSNews: One of the Catholic archbishops participating in the Vatican synod on the family objected to the document the bishops are working on because it does not address the fundamental reason for social turmoil, which is that the family today … Continue reading
Category: Current Issues in the Church
Cardinal Daneels: Pope’s Number Two Man Chosen for Delegate to Synod
1P5, Steve Skojek: At St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. Pope Francis addressed the victims of clerical sex abuse in no uncertain terms: I carry in my heart the stories, the suffering and the pain of the minors who were … Continue reading
Video: Interview on Synod with John Smeaton, Director of SPUC and VOTF
(Gloria.tv) Transcript of an Interview with John Smeaton, director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) and of Voice of the Family on the on-going Synod on the Family. Gloria.tv: What impression have you gained from the … Continue reading
Czech Priest Martyred by Communists for Refusing to Deny MOracle
ChurchPop: This story reminds me of the threat the Communists made to Cardinal Kung prior to his arrest and imprisonment. They warned him that if any miracles happened at the tomb of Father Beda Chang whom they had tortured to … Continue reading
Damian Thompson On the Synod, On Target as Usual
The Spectator:Pope Francis’s three-week Synod on the Family began on Sunday. Most of the 279 ‘Synod Fathers’ are senior bishops, many of them cardinals. They have no authority to change any aspect of Catholic teaching or pastoral practice. They are … Continue reading
African Bishops Speak Out on West Imposing Anti-Family Tags on Aid
CNA: In an Oct. 8 interview with CNA, Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu and president of the Ugandan Episcopal Conference called the act “criminal,” and said ideologies must never be attached to receiving aid, which is meant to save lives. … Continue reading
Cardinal Erdo Opens Synod With Defense of Indissolubility of Marriage
NCRegister: He [Erdo] added that “God’s mercy offers forgiveness to sinners but requires conversion,” and, in this case, “a couple’s sin does not lie first and foremost in whatever behavior may have led to the breakup of the first marriage.” … Continue reading
The Annulment Mess: Videos and Resources
We live in a day when a false mercy threatens both the welfare of children and the sacraments instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ. One way that false mercy manifests itself is in the way annulments are conceived and carried … Continue reading
Syriac Patriarch Ignatius Yonan Speaking on the Folly of US Policy in the Mideast
We’ve long said here at Catholicism.org that the meddlesome US foreign policy in the Middle East has been both wrongheaded and disastrous to the Christian religious minorities in the region. Some mistake our criticism for a lack of patriotism. Below are … Continue reading
At the Start of the Synod: Two Sources
Writing yesterday under the amusing nom de plume, Xavier Rynne II, an editorialist for the UK Catholic Herald has a fairly full report on the pitfalls of the Synod. (Click here to see why the pen name is amusing.) According … Continue reading
Synod on the Family: Voice of the Family Expresses Grave Concerns
(Voice of the Family) It is widely considered that the Extraordinary Synod on the Family, held in Rome last October, was manipulated by those controlling it in order to promote changes in the teachings of the Catholic Church on questions relating … Continue reading
A Site for All Things Synod, by Hilary White and Friends
Hilary White, who has written for LifeSite, The Remnant, and other outlets, is very interested in covering the Synod just about to start. She is so interested, in fact, that she and some fellow travelers have begun a blog for … Continue reading
Reasons Why There Was No ‘Conspiracy’ at Conclave to Push for Cardinal Bergoglio’s Election
Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture: Did a powerful group of cardinals conspire to unseat Pope Benedict XVI and elect Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio—Pope Francis—in his place? That sensational claim has been circulating in conservative Catholic internet sites. But the available facts don’t support … Continue reading
A Call for Prayer and Fasting for God’s Glory and the Cause of the Family, against the ‘Kasperites’
My friend “Aged Parent” at The Eye-Witness has issued a call for fasting in preparation for the October 4–25 Synod on the Family. We are urging our readers to join this effort, somehow. October 4 is the Sunday coming, so the Synod is … Continue reading
‘The Rigging of a Vatican Synod?’ by Edward Pentin
(Rorate Caeli) In addition to the recent publication of the two pre-Synod books written by prelates of the Catholic Church, namely the Eleven Cardinals Book and the African Prelates Book, a book written by a reliably faithful layman is also of … Continue reading