Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: No, Pope Francis has not actually said that the Church can offer blessings for same-sex unions. He has not said that. But at this late date, can anyone still doubt that’s what he thinks—and that it … Continue reading
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Decision on Vatican’s Ex-Auditor General Lawsuit Expected in December
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: A final Vatican hearing yesterday of the Vatican’s ex-auditor Libero Milone lawsuit against the Vatican lasted just 30 minutes, much shorter than expected, and a verdict is expected before Christmas. Milone is suing the Vatican … Continue reading
Tragedy: Israeli COVID Poster Child, Age 8, Dies of Heart Attack
JERUSALEM, Israel (LifeSiteNews) – An Israeli boy featured in a video used to push COVID vaccines on children in a nationwide campaign died tragically from a sudden heart attack in late September. The boy was only 8 years old. According to reports, Yonatan Moshe Erlichman, … Continue reading
Medicated to Death: Medicare Incentivizes ‘Stealth Euthanasia’
(LifeSiteNews) — A bombshell report was released this year evidencing a scandal that ranks among the worst in its evil: the euthanization of patients for the sake of profit. It made enough of a splash to spur new industry protocols … Continue reading
A papal visit to the South Pole? Pope Francis looks to new peripheries
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis, who is known as “the pope of the peripheries,” has suggested the possibility of traveling to somewhere no pope has gone before — the South Pole. In a new interview published on Oct. … Continue reading
Synod on Synodality: Who Will Be Writing the Crucial Summary Report of the Synod?
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: As well as withholding the names of who is seated in which small groups, the Vatican is also declining to share with journalists the complete list of those who will be drafting the final synthesis … Continue reading
Responding to Hamas: a just-war perspective [Part II]
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: In my post here yesterday I argued that in the wake of the terrorist attacks by Hamas, a military response from Israel is morally justifiable—in fact obligatory—by the traditional standards of just-war theory. But as I … Continue reading
Synod on Synodality’s Managers Withhold Names of Small-Group Members
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Who is sitting with whom at the Synod on Synodality, and what topics are they discussing, exactly? The managers of the assembly, which runs through Oct. 29, refuse to say, leaving outsiders in the dark … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Calls Pope Francis’ ‘Dubia’ Response on Same-Sex Blessings ‘Pastorally Untenable’
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun has criticized some of Pope Francis’ responses to five dubia that he and four other cardinals sent him ahead of the Synod on Synodality, saying among other criticisms that the Pope’s … Continue reading
Responding to Hamas: a just-war perspective [Part I]
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: As students began filing into the classroom for my seminar yesterday, one young man remarked: “This class is getting more relevant every day.” The topic of the seminar is just-war theory. He was referring, of course, … Continue reading
Synod on Synodality: Who is overseeing the draft report at the end of the assembly?
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Synod on Synodality delegates elected this week the members of a commission who will supervise the drafting of a “synthesis report” that will sum up what was discussed during the confidential conversations and speeches during … Continue reading
Cardinal Burke Publishes Book on Greater Reverence for the Eucharist
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Denial of sin and ignorance of confession due to poor catechesis are leading many Catholics to make sacrilegious Communions that threaten their eternal salvation, Cardinal Raymond Burke has warned. In a recent interview with the … Continue reading
Archbishop Chaput offers advice to the Synod on Synodality
Catholic News Agency, Eduardo Berdejo: Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, OFMCap, has written some brief reflections addressed to the participants of the Synod on Synodality, noting that the most difficult problems for the Church today do not have to … Continue reading
Secrecy at the Synod on Synodality: What we know about delegates’ confidentiality requirements
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: The roughly 450 people in the room during the Synod on Synodality assembly are “bound to confidentiality and discretion” regarding what is said in Synod discussions. Unlike at past Synod of Bishops meetings, where the … Continue reading
Colorado Supreme Court to hear cake baker’s latest religious freedom case
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: Jack Phillips, the cake baker whose yearslong fight for religious freedom made him a household name, will be returning to the courtroom — this time before Colorado’s Supreme Court. In 2018, Phillips went all the … Continue reading
