August 2020

• Abp. Viganò: Christ the King has been ‘dethroned’ not only ‘from society but also from the Church’
Full text of comments Archbishop Viganò delivered to the LifeSiteNews team at our annual meeting - August 12, 2020

• West Virginia bishop says despite repayment, Bransfield ‘not accepting responsibility for his actions’
Using a baseball analogy, Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, said he feels like he went “3 for 4 at the plate” with what the Vatican ordered his predecessor to do in making amends to the faithful. - August 30, 2020

• The Antichurch Cookbook? Vatican’s New Directory for Catechesis (Part I)
The Vatican’s new Directory for Catechesis has received rather scanty attention in the Catholic press (its appearance amid the Covidmadness being likely to blame), but we aim to change that as quickly as possible; because Saints preserve us, this one’s a humdinger. We are aided here by the analysis of one master catechist and educational specialist who has worked in USCCB circles for several years, and will be unpacking their insights in detail over a few installments. - August 24, 2020

• Catholic university’s radio station plays heavy metal songs glorifying satanism, murder, torture
Seton Hall University, affiliated with the Archdiocese of Newark under Cardinal Tobin, has even played songs on its radio station promoting slaughter of Christians. - August 19, 2020

• Vindicated Cdl Pell to release memoirs of his 404 days in jail for false abuse charge
Pell’s ‘Prison Journal’ will be released next year. - August 19, 2020

• US bishops lead Eucharistic procession down looted, vandalized city center to pray for end to ‘violence…conflict’
Bishop Hying and Archbishop Listecki lead hundreds in a Eucharistic Procession to the Wisconsin State Capital - August 17, 2020

• Female priests are ‘possible’: new Francis-appointed Vatican finance council member
‘In my view, a great deal is possible in this area,’ said Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof, a new female member of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy. - August 17, 2020

• Abp. Viganò reprimands Vatican for closing seminary over Communion on the tongue
'Let us all pray for the seminarians and faithful of San Rafael, on whom you, Your Excellency, have declared war,' Viganò wrote to Bishop Taussig. - August 11, 2020

• A Terrorist-Friendly Archbishop
The Archbishop of Cali, Colombia, Most Rev. Darío de Jesús Monsalve, has had many setbacks when exercising his controversial pastoral mission. Zeal for defending the sheep of his flock should not be a problem since the Gospel says that a true shepherd must defend his faithful from the many enemies of the Catholic Faith, especially in these times of confusion. - August 31, 2020

• Video: We Must Defend Fr James Altman by Dr Taylor Marshall - August 30, 2020

• Archbishop Paglia buries the abortion issue…again
Since Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia was named President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, it seems to have become impossible for the Academy to shed light on any particular threat to life in our world. One need look no further to establish the Academy’s vacuity than its amorphous, secularized observations on the Coronavirus back in July (Humana Communitas in the Age of Pandemic: Untimely Meditations on Life’s Rebirth). - August 28, 2020

• Is Archbishop Viganò’s Rejection of the Second Vatican Council Promoting Schism?
COMMENTARY: In his latest ‘testimony,’ the former nuncio holds a position contrary to the Catholic faith on the authority of ecumenical councils. - August 28, 2020

• Vatican Rules that Benedictine Abbot Should Not Return to His Community
Fr. Gabriel Everitt, the abbey’s prior administrator, announced the Holy See’s decision concerning Fr. Cuthbert Madden in a letter to the Ampleforth Society, a 16,000-strong group with ties to the Benedictine monastery. - August 26, 2020

• America’s Mistaken History: Division in the Church
In a recent column for America magazine, Mike Lewis, editor of the papal positivist website Where Peter Is, writes to condemn “extreme” voices critical of Pope Francis, who in his view are causing a deep and bitter divide in the Church. This is a tired (if predictable) explanation that seeks to place blame for issues that continue to plague the Catholic Church anywhere but where the responsibility belongs. - August 18, 2020

• McCarrick’s legacy in the Biden-Communion debate
After I posted yesterday on the Biden-Communion controversy, a few friendly readers asked me to explain how the American bishops settled on their current policy. I’m happy to oblige.
The chief architect of the US bishops’ current policy is: Theodore McCarrick.
Do I have your full attention now? - August 18, 2020

• The US bishops’ one-sided ‘dialogue’ with Joe Biden
Another presidential campaign is upon us, and so it’s time for another round of feisty debate on the time-worn topic: Should Joe Biden be allowed to receive Communion?
That debate, as practiced by American Catholics, was not always about Biden specifically. There was John Kerry before him, and Geraldine Ferraro behind that, and the same question has been asked regarding Nancy Pelosi and the late Ted Kennedy and many other Catholic politicians. But Biden himself has been the main topic at least since 2008. - August 17, 2020

• Things are Broken. We Need to Upgrade Our Sense-Making Apparatus.
How is your spiritual life working these days? What’s your sense of the Church?
Is it crippled? Is it humming along? Are we flourishing? - August 17, 2020

• Dear USCCB: You must be clear that Catholics cannot support pro-abortion Biden-Harris ticket
‘The bishops and all Catholic Church leaders must UNITE now with others in a clear, unambiguous message. NO candidate who endorses and promotes the current legal situation of abortion is qualified for office’ - August 17, 2020

• Waiting for the McCarrick Report
NY’s Cardinal Dolan held an online held a video conference for the clergy Tuesday and said that his sources tell him that the McCarrick report will be out later this month. He said he does not know what is in it. The latter seems believable; the former remains to be seen. - August 6, 2020

• The Church in Crisis Is Like The Light of a Dying Star
Over at his blog at The American Conservative, Rod Dreher shares a couple of emails from readers about their experiences in the Catholic Church in both Canada and the United States. - August 4, 2020

• We Must Not Be Silent as Our Churches Are Vandalized
An ominous silence surrounds the attacks on Catholic churches nationwide.
The violence takes the form of arson, vandalism and statue smashing. Catholics see satanic symbols, obscenities and graffiti sprayed upon statues and church buildings. - August 6, 2020f