The Spanish language online portal Religión Digital has a new interview this week with Cardinal Walter Kasper, who always seems to show up in the media right before Pope Francis makes another major move in the advancement of his “reform” agenda. This time, he’s talking about the possibility of schism, the German church’s synchronicity with Rome,…
The Italian traditionalist blog Messa in Latino (Mass in Latin) has reported that its own “internal sources” at the Vatican have confirmed a report by the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano on September 4, indicating that there is a possibly soon to be revealed dossier on the American cardinal Kevin Farrell. Farrell, picked by Pope Francis as the…
(A version of the column below originally appeared at OnePeterFive on June 24. This version contains updates through June 29.) In March of this year, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago removed Father C. Frank Phillips, pastor of St. John Cantius Church and superior of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, due to “credible allegations…
Those whacky German bishops are at it again! This time, they’ve released their handout promoting intercommunion after being forbidden to do so by the CDF by simply saying it’s not an official document of their episcopal conference. In this 1P5 Minute, Steve breaks down the latest developments.
In March of this year, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago removed Father C. Frank Phillips, pastor of St. John Cantius Church and superior of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, due to “credible allegations of improper conduct involving adult men,” according to a letter signed by the cardinal and read to parishioners at the…
An allegation of sexual abuse half a century ago has led to the removal from public ministry of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, DC. The disciplinary action was taken against him by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, on behalf of Pope Francis. McCarrick famously recounted, in a 2013 talk at…
A new scandal is continuing to develop for Pope Francis, regarding one of the men he plans to make a cardinal at the 29 June consistory. The Bolivian bishops’ conference has just distanced itself from one of their own, Bishop Toribio Ticona Porco, whom he announced as a cardinal-designate last month. The Bolivian bishops now…
The pope has finally accepted the resignation of Bishop Juan Barros, his apointee to run the Diocese of Osorno in Chile, who has been accused for years of being complicit in clerical sexual abuse. But it wasn’t an easy path to get here, and there are still questions left unanswered. Here’s the latest 1P5 Minute:
