(CNS photo/Paul Haring) “And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Mt. 16:18) “But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.” (Galatians 2:11) As…
At the time of the publication of the Dubia of the Four Cardinals, there was an additional report that Cardinal Gerhard Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), also received a copy. Like the pope, however, he has not responded. This fact has caused grave concern among faithful Catholics since…
Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the four cardinals submitted the dubia to Pope Francis, has issued an appeal to Catholics throughout the world to join him in storm with with the Most Holy Rosary on the 1st December 2016. His Eminence Cardinal Burke will be celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and praying the Holy Rosary…
The noted Italian Catholic politician and philosopher Rocco Buttiglione has emerged as one of the most prominent defenders of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (AL). Well, even the most brilliantly qualified apologist is going to have an uphill battle if he seeks – as Buttiglione does – to demonstrate that this very confusing document…
When I started ringing the alarm about Francis in October of 2013, I didn’t make a lot of friends. In fact, over the last three years, a number of other Catholic writers had a nice little competition amongst themselves to see who could take the most pot-shots at me, and the work we do here. Of…
Almost two weeks ago I reported on the bizarre social media behavior of Antonio Spadaro, the Pope’s “mouthpiece” and editor of the influential Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica. He had used Twitter in various ways to attack the “four cardinals” who had submitted the “dubia” to Pope Francis. This included using screenshots of the movie trilogy Lord…
The week of November 14 to 21st, 2016 will be remembered as the one in which open war was finally declared between the two long-contending factions in the Catholic Church. And while this has caused a lot of wailing and lamenting, the truth is I have never been so happy and contented to be a…
Since the publication of the Four Cardinals Letter, the Catholic world is in turmoil. While there are some harsh rebukes of the four courageous cardinals – who have done nothing but defend the traditional Catholic teaching on marriage and the family – there are also some encouraging new voices coming forth in their support. In…
Editor’s Note: The crisis in the family and in marriage manifest in the constant expansion of contraception, divorce, abortion, fornication, adultery, and homosexuality, clearly derives from the Spirit of the World and ultimately from Fallen Nature. This same spirit has now, however, insinuated itself into the very Magisterium of the Church to such an extent…
It is once more thanks to the untiring Guiseppe Nardi, author of the German traditional website Katholisches.info, that we learn of the confidant statement recently made by the Brazilian Cardinal Cláudio Hummes – who is a close friend of Pope Francis – concerning the Dubia of the Four Cardinals. Cardinal Hummes is also the prominent…
Via The Remnant, I’ve learned that John Vennari (editor of Catholic Family News) went into surgery this morning for a gastric obstruction related to cancer, which he was diagnosed with earlier this year. I do not have an update. This is what John posted yesterday on his Facebook page: JOHN VENNARI SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY SATURDAY…
