Just after the recent renewed polite criticism of Pope Francis by Father Thomas G. Weinandy, the well-respected U.S. theologian, there comes to us another priestly voice of resistance, this time coming out of Spain. For some weeks now, Father Santiago …
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Pro-Pope Francis Cardinals Seek His Resignation to Avoid Schism, Reports Times of London
The London Times newspaper is reporting that a group of cardinals who supported Pope Francis now want him to resign and be replaced by Cardinal Pietro Parolin because they fear his reforms will cause a schism “more disastrous” than the …
Cardinal Burke: “The Faith is in Danger!”
LaVerità Interview With Cardinal Burke January 11, 2017 Original available at La Verità website (Paywall) Translation by Andrew Guernsey “There is no ultimatum to the Pope, but we must press forward: the faith is in danger!” It is the leader of …
In a War for Souls, No Christmas Truce
On December 7, 1914, Pope Benedict XV wrote suggested that a temporary hiatus in the “Great War” be observed in honor of the Christmas celebration. While his proposal was not well received by the commanding officers of the German and …
Pope Francis’ Reported Words: “I Might Go Down in History for Having Split the Catholic Church”
Today, DER SPIEGEL, a very influential German publication, published an article about the manifest current crisis in the Church, to include a growing resistance to Pope Francis’ proposed and actual reforms. At the end of this article its author, the …
Cardinal Burke: A Pope Who Professes Formal Heresy Would Cease to Be Pope
In an interview published this week at Catholic World Report, Cardinal Burke (who gave the Interview on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception) sounds like he’s feeling a bit feisty. Referencing a statement he made in 2004 about “always getting into trouble” …
Cardinal Marx Becomes Eighth Prelate to Reject Dubia; Two New Bishops Support Them
Dr. Sandro Magister, the well-respected Vatican expert, has just today published an excellent overview of the current discussion concerning Amoris Laetitia and the subsequent dubia published by the Four Cardinals. He points out that, among the eighteen bishops and cardinals …
Cardinal Burke: Formal Correction Will Probably Take Place in 2017
LifeSiteNews‘ Lisa Bourne conducted an exclusive interview with Cardinal Raymond Burke in which she asked about the a timeline for the promised formal correction in the absence of a response from Pope Francis on the dubia related to Amoris Laetitia. Burke responded: “The dubia …
Did Cardinal Schönborn’s News Agency Selectively Edit Cardinal Müller’s Remarks on Amoris Laetitia?
Many Catholic observers were somewhat disappointed when Cardinal Gerhard Müller gave an interview published by the Austrian website kathpress at the beginning of December concerning the papal document Amoris Laetitia and the dubia of the Four Cardinals. For, to all …
A Surprising German Editorial: A De Facto Schism in the Church
Out of Germany there now come to us some newly unexpected and surprisingly strong words. For, the candid source is that same national Catholic newspaper, Die Tagespost, and that same Rome Correspondent – Guido Horst himself – whom we had …
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