Manuel Clemente, the Patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal published on 12 July a letter sent to him by Pope Francis in which the Pope praises him for publishing pastoral guidelines permitting some “remarried” divorcees to receive Holy Communion. After his 2016 letter …
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1P5 Minute – 6-27-2018: Those Zany German Bishops
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 …
Cdl. Brandmüller Sets Record Straight Concerning the German Intercommunion Handout
In light of the 21 June remarks by Pope Francis concerning the German intercommunion handout allowing some Protestant spouses of Catholics to receive Holy Communion, Cardinal Brandmüller reminds Catholics now of the fundamental principles involved in this matter. He reminds …
Pope Changes Tack on Intercommunion, Says Local Bishops Should Decide
I tried to warn everyone. When it comes to Pope Francis, you cannot trust what he says. There’s more and more evidence of that all the time. And of course, we must never forget The Peron Rule. On the matter …
Cardinal Brandmüller Questions Francis’ Claim Not to Have Received the Dubia Before Publication
Today, on 20 June, Reuters published a new interview with Pope Francis. Although the interview is making headlines because of the Pope’s criticism of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, it also contains another controversial assertion: the pope surprisingly now claims …
The Pope’s Ticona Problem: Bolivian Cardinal-Designate Continues to Court Controversy
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 …
Vatican Specialist: There is a Rending Civil War in the Church; Francis Knows It
The German progressivist bishops are unanimously indignant and disappointed about the recent CDF letter from Archbishop Ladaria which told them not to make public their controversial intercommunion guidelines. In a new interview, a Vatican specialist explains that there is, indeed, …
1P5 Minute – June 11, 2018: Bishop Barros is Finally Gone
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 …
The 2019 Pan-Amazon Synod and the Possibility of Married Priests, Even Female Priests
The Vatican presented something important today, 8 June, at a press conference: the Preparatory Document for the upcoming 2019 Pan-Amazon Synod in which there is now talk about giving women some “type of official ministry” and of making “courageous” and …
1P5 Minute – Archbishop Héctor Aguer
Today we’re trying out a new video format. Called the “1P5 Minute” it’s a short, informative breakdown on a big story we’re currently working on. (Would love for it to be an actual minute, but I just couldn’t cut any …