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The Pope, the Hypocrisy, the Yes Yes, No No, Amoris Laetitia, the Dubia, and the Synod of Bishops with a Pre-cooked ending

Marco Tosatti June 13, 2017

Translation by Andrew Guernsey Two days ago [on June 6th] in Santa Marta, the Pontiff addressed the issue of hypocrisy. Vatican Radio reported all his words*, of which we here offer some excerpts: We know how much hypocrisy can be a defect of ecclesiastical circles, of those who “speak and judge” [one way] but think something else. This is hypocrisy. “And hypocrisy is not the…

LGBT Movement Adopts Horror Movie Demon as “Icon”

Steve Skojec June 12, 2017

Photo: Entertainment One/IFC Films In a series of articles hitting the Internet over the past week, something surreal is being served up as though it is perfectly normal. A repugnant creature that terrifies and possesses its victims in a 2014 Australian horror movie has, for some reason, been adopted as an “LGBT icon”. The headlines are almost breathless with…

Is Catholic Opposition to Pope Francis Growing?

Maike Hickson June 8, 2017

Is there now a significant Catholic opposition to Pope Francis and his reform agenda or not? This topic has been raised repeatedly in recent days, which is reason enough to present some of the different arguments here. When delivering on 1 June the keynote address about Catholicism in the U.S. and in Europe at a prominent…

Pope Francis Re-Appoints Cardinal Eijk as a Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life

Maike Hickson June 6, 2017

Image: screenshot/YouTube. A surprising piece of news comes to us today from Netherlands. Cardinal Willem Eijk, the Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands), announces on his diocese’s official website that he has been re-appointed to be a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAL) which currently has (as of today) no official members except for the governing…

The Pope Speaks, But Do His Actions Follow?

Marco Tosatti June 5, 2017

Image: screenshot of Catholic News Service video. The words that the sovereign Pontiff delivered yesterday, 4 June, in Saint Peter’s Square on Pentecost Sunday seemed to me to be very interesting. He addressed all Catholics and said: “For this to happen, we need to avoid two recurrent temptations. The first temptation seeks diversity without unity.…

Reports of Vatican Bombing are FALSE

Steve Skojec June 1, 2017

Certain sensationalists have been blowing up social media over the past hour with breathtaking reports of a “Vatican City Bombing” and descriptions of a huge explosion and fire at the Vatican itself. Admittedly, pictures and video coming from Rome depicting billowing black smoke are dramatic: @Emergenza24 @rep_roma @romatoday @ilmessaggeroit @reuters_italia @YouReporter #incendio #Battistini #Roma #Live…

The Pope’s Marxist Head of the Jesuits

George Neumayr May 24, 2017

Image via Agorà24 Fr. Arturo Sosa Abascal, a Venezuelan Communist and Modernist, is carrying out Francis’s agenda. Understanding the adage that personnel is policy, Pope Francis has been planting Marxists throughout the Church, including at the top of the troubled religious order to which he belongs. In 2016, the Jesuits, with the blessing of Pope Francis,…

Italian Geo-Strategist Fuels Debate Over Pope Benedict’s Resignation

Maike Hickson May 23, 2017

An article published recently by an Italian geo-strategist and university professor has again sparked questions concerning the reasons for Pope Benedict XVI’s surprising resignation in 2013. Professor Germano Dottori, a professor at the Institute for Strategic Studies at LUISS-Guido Carli University in Rome, wrote an article in the the 4/2017 issue of Limes, a geo-strategic journal, which was later…

BREAKING: Cardinal Burke Calls for Consecration of Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary

OnePeterFive May 19, 2017

by John-Henry Westen ROME, May 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Raymond Burke issued a call this morning for the Catholic faithful to “work for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” Cardinal Burke, who is one of the four Cardinals who have asked Pope Francis for a clarification of Amoris Laetitia, made his…

Pro-Lifers and Papal Critics Meet to Discuss the Church Crisis in Light of Fatima

Maike Hickson May 17, 2017

Tomorrow, Thursday 18 May, and Friday 19 May, the Rome Life Forum will gather in Rome in order to discuss the current crisis in the Catholic Church. On 25 April, Claire Chretien reported on this gathering for LifeSiteNews, as follows: SPUC [Society for the Protection of the Unborn Children], along with Human Life International, LifeSiteNews,…

Marco Tosatti on the Pope’s Secret Plans to Potentially Modify Humanae Vitae

Maike Hickson May 17, 2017

Our Italian colleague and friend, Marco Tosatti, has once more been able to detect some important developments in Rome. On 11 May, Tosatti posted an article entitled “Humanae Vitae: Voices on a Vatican Study Committee to Examine the Encyclical of Paul VI.” (Giuseppe Nardi of Katholisches.info in Germany has already diligently reported on this piece…

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