Breitbart: According to Barney Zwartz reporting at The Age in Victoria, dissident priest Greg Reynolds has been both defrocked and excommunicated over his support for women priests and same-sex marriage. Zwartz says that Reynolds believes he is the first person ever excommunicated … Continue reading
One wonders which sin is worse: to have an abortion, or to vote in favor of a law that permits mothers to abort their babies? What matters more for the lawmakers, since “excommunication” is a penalty that can be unjustly … Continue reading
CNA reports: The Vatican’s doctrinal office has confirmed the excommunication of four priests expelled from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, who asserted themselves as rivals to its bishops. Read more here.
The Chinese Communist government has once again boldly promoted itself as the ultimate master of all things Chinese, including mainland religious affairs, with the ordering of three illicit consecrations (since November, 2010) of bishops having no papal mandate. The Chinese … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Eight bishops in communion with the pope have taken part this morning in the unlawful ordination of Fr Joseph Huang Bingzhang as bishop of Shantou (Guangdong). This is the third ordination without papal mandate in China after that of … Continue reading
UCANews: The Holy See has pronounced latae sententiae (automatic) excommunication on Father Paul Lei Shiyin of Leshan, who was ordained a bishop without papal mandate last week. A priest and Church observer outside China who asked not to be named … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: In a strongly worded statement, the Vatican has announced that a Chinese bishop installed by the government-backed Patriotic Catholic Association last week “has no authority to govern the diocesan Catholic community.” Read more about this here.
Rome, Italy (LifeNews.com) — Following the Italian government’s decision to approve the dangerous abortion drug RU 486 for sale nationwide, the Catholic Church says it will excommunicate anyone who uses the drug and physicians who dispense it. The Italian Pharmaceutical … Continue reading
Of particular significance in this letter is the reference to “the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death,” which would seem to support the traditional doctrine that unbaptized infants cannot have the beatific vision. CWN reports: … Continue reading
CatholicOnLine: In an extraordinarily personal and pastoral letter Benedict XVI addresses the remission of the excommunication…and much more. Read here.
He is a progressivist Maryknoller whose liberal agitprop has been going on for decades. Father Roy Bourgeois may soon find himself declared an excommunicate by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The issue upon which he is staking … Continue reading
I know, you are probably thinking, as I am, that these politicians have already, many times over, voted in favor of funding abortions. So, their cooperation with the evil is already “formal” and direct. Why wait for the FOCA bill? … Continue reading
[This article was published in February, 1987 as a Res Fidei monograph. The Verbum in question (#24) is no longer available online. However, the offending article can be read here .]
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