CNA: Presumptive President-elect Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Thursday, his office has announced. The Catholic, former vice president, and presumptive next president was congratulated on his electoral victory by the pope on the morning of Nov. 12. “President-elect … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Pope Francis
Antonio Socci on Film ‘Francesco’ ‘War on Trump’
Catholic Family News: Just this morning, Bergoglio has announced the creation of 13 new cardinals (of whom 9 are electors). They are all ultra-Bergoglians. The hasty announcement at this moment, right on the eve of the US election, is significant: … Continue reading
‘A Teaching Moment’ About Hell? Well, How About It?
Crux, John L. Allen, Jr.: Ferment around Pope Francis’s latest bombshell “interview,” in which the pontiff was quoted denying Hell, shows no signs of fading, as an Italian columnist was fired this week after saying the interview was “fake news,” … Continue reading
Monday’s Interview With Cardinal Mueller, Frank and Blunt
The Moynihan Report: “The Pope confided to me: ‘Some have told me anonymously that you are my enemy,’ without explaining on which point… After 40 years at the service of the Church, I had to hear this: an absurdity prepared … Continue reading
Pope Asked Cardinal Schönborn If Amoris Laetitia Was Orthodox After It Was Issued
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Pope Francis has referred to Cardinal Christoph Schönborn as the “authoritative interpreter” of Amoris Laetitia. So when the Austrian cardinal spoke to an Irish audience about the controversial papal document, people naturally paid careful attention. More on this here … Continue reading
Pope Gives Stinging Address to Curia
Catholic Culture: Pope Francis lashed out at “malicious” opponents of Church reform, in a December 22 address to the leaders of the Roman Curia. The Pope had stunned Rome in 2014 when he used his December address to the Roman Curia, … Continue reading
Cdl Kasper Says ‘Door Open’ for Divorced/Remarried to Receive Communion
1Peter5: Maike Hickson: The German cardinal [Kasper] recounts how he once told Pope Francis about a priest whom he knew who had decided not to forbid a “remarried” mother to receive Holy Communion on the day of the First Holy Communion … Continue reading
Pope Received SSPX Bishop Fellay on April 1
The Remnant: This just in from SSPX.org:. “Pope Francis received Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X, accompanied by the Society’s Second General Assistant, Fr. Alain-Marc Nely, at Domus Sanctae Marthae, at 5 p.m. on Friday, … Continue reading
Statistics Grim in 2015 for Faithful Confessing and Attending Papal Audiences and Angelus
Sandro Magister, www.chiesa: One thing that made the news at the end of the year was the data furnished by the prefecture of the pontifical household on attendance in 2015 at the public audiences with Pope Francis, with numbers down almost … Continue reading
Pope Asks Faithful to Celebrate the Day of Their Baptism
Our beloved chaplain of fond memory, Father Michael Jarecki, used to insist on this all the time, even going so far as to refuse to celebrate birthdays. In his own humorous way, Father used to saw that our birthday should … Continue reading
Pat Buchanan on Heresy at the Synod
“Are Catholic truths immutable? Or can they change with the changing times? “This is the deeper question behind the issues that convulsed the three-week synod on the family of the 250 Catholic bishops in Rome that ended Saturday.” Full column … 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
Pope Has Secret Meeting With Kim Davis, Gives Her Two Rosaries
Robert Moynihan Blog: On Thursday, September 24, in the afternoon after his historic address to Congress, just a few minutes before flying to New York City, Pope Francis received, spoke with, and embraced Kim Davis — the Kentucky County Clerk … Continue reading
Pope Asks ALL European Churches/Monasteries to Take in a Refugee Family
Catholic News Agency: “Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees fleeing death on account of war and hunger, and who are traveling toward a hope for life, the Gospel calls us to be ‘neighbors’ to the smallest and … Continue reading
Phil Lawler Weighs in on Pope’s Declaration Against Death Penalty
Catholic Culture: Full disclosure: I oppose the use of the death penalty in America today, for prudential reasons that I may explain in another essay. When Pope Francis said execution is always inadmissible, I was not dismayed by his conclusion. But … Continue reading