October 2020

• Archbishop Viganò: An Open Letter Warning President Trump As The Election Approaches
Mister President,
Allow me to address you at this hour in which the fate of the whole world is being threatened by a global conspiracy against God and humanity. I write to you as an Archbishop, as a Successor of the Apostles, as the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America. I am writing to you in the midst of the silence of both civil and religious authorities. May you accept these words of mine as the “voice of one crying out in the desert” (Jn 1:23). - October 30, 2020

• Cardinal Becciu: ‘No Communication’ from Vatican Investigators Over Cecilia Marogna
Marogna has been accused of aggravated embezzlement of Vatican funds for payments of more than 500,000 euros she received from the Secretariat of State through her Slovenia-registered company in 2018 and 2019. - October 29, 2020

• FINAL COUNTDOWN: Viganò's Urgent Letter to Trump Before Election 2020
Mister President,
Allow me to address you at this hour in which the fate of the whole world is being threatened by a global conspiracy against God and humanity. I write to you as an Archbishop, as a Successor of the Apostles, as the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America. I am writing to you in the midst of the silence of both civil and religious authorities. May you accept these words of mine as the “voice of one crying out in the desert” (Jn 1:23). - October 29, 2020

• AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS
Dear Catholic Bishops, 
The poet John Milton wrote: “The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed.” Church leadership is called upon to do the right thing, especially in difficult times: to speak the truth boldly and lovingly and to watch over those entrusted to their care. When bishops fail to fulfill this sacred obligation, the lay faithful are left feeling confused, neglected, and abandoned. - October 29, 2020

• Archbishop Viganò Addresses the Catholic Identity Conference 2020 (Francis & the New World Order)
Archbishop Viganò makes his first on-camera appearance in two years, addressing the crisis in the Catholic Church and specifically the connection between Vatican II and the revolution of Pope Francis (transcript of entire talk appears below the video). - October 26, 2020

• Viganò: Bergoglio Wishes To “Expel His Adversaries from the Church”
Yesterday, on the occasion of the Rome Film Festival, the director Evgeny Afineevsky presented a documentary called Francesco, which proposes several interviews done with Jorge Mario Bergoglio over the course of the last few years of his pontificate. Among other disconcerting statements, there are several about the legitimization of homosexual civil unions: “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they [homosexuals] are legally covered. I stood up for that.” - October 23, 2020

• Bishop Schneider to Pope Francis: For the Sake of Your Soul, Retract Approval of Same-Sex Civil Unions
The Catholic Faith in the voice of the Magisterium of all times, the sense of the faith of the faithful (sensus fidelium) as well as common sense clearly reject any civil union of two persons of the same sex, a union which has the aim that these persons seek sexual pleasure from each other. - October 23, 2020

• Statement From Cardinal Raymond Burke on Pope Francis’ Civil Unions Remarks
The worldwide communications media have reported with strong emphasis, as a change of course, the news that Pope Francis has declared that persons in the homosexual condition, as children of God, “have a right to have a family” and that “no one should be thrown out or be made unhappy because of it.” - October 22, 2020

• Archbishop Viganò on Pope’s Support of Homosexual Unions: Francis is Trying to Provoke a Schism
DECLARATION
of His Excellency
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
about the documentary film Francesco
Rome, October 21^st, 2020 – The Vatican News website  has reported the news that today at the Rome Film Festival a documentary film will be screened called Francesco made by director Evgeny Afineevsky. - October 21, 2020

• Archbishop Viganò on Obedience & Fidelity to Christ’s Truth: A Reply to Vicente Montesinos
Editor’s note: Vicente Montesinos, the director and founder of the Spanish-language Catholic web portal Adoration and Liberation, wrote an open letter to His Excellency, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, published here, at the website of our friend, colleague, and brother in Christ, Marco Tosatti. - October 16, 2020

• Archbishop Viganò on Fratelli Tutti, Abortion Politics, and Amy Coney Barrett
Editor’s Note: The following exchange comes from an interview between John-Henry Westen of LifeSiteNews and Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. In the interest of spreading his message further, His Excellency has also provided us with a copy of the text for publication. - October 15, 2020

• EXCLUSIVE: Interview on “Fratelli Tutti” with Bishop Athanasius Schneider
ROME, October 13, 2020 (The Remnant) — Although Pope Francis’ new encyclical Fratelli Tutti contains positive elements, overall it “lacks a clearly supernatural horizon” and the proclamation of the truth that Christ is the “indispensable source of true fraternity,” Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said. - October 13, 2020

• Archbishop Viganò Addresses the Cardinal Becciù Dismissal
“Much has been written in recent days about yet another Vatican scandal this time involving Cardinal Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Faced with accusations that still have to be proven, Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s response seemed to be dictated more by anger than by love of truth, more by a delusion of omnipotence than by the will for justice – in any case by a serious despotic abuse of authority. - October 2, 2020

• Abp. Viganò warns Trump about ‘Great Reset’ plot to ‘subdue humanity,’ destroy freedom
'It is you, dear President, who are 'the one who opposes' the deep state, the final assault of the children of darkness,' His Excellency wrote. 'Place your trust in the Lord.' - October 30, 2020

• Biden Touts ‘Inspiration’ of Catholic Faith, Despite Abortion and Religious Freedom Positions
Biden wrote Thursday that his “Catholic faith drilled into me a core truth – that every person on earth is equal in rights and dignity, because we are all beloved children of God.” - October 30, 2020

• Pope cancels public Christmas celebrations despite having just attended ecumenical extravaganza
The announcement came just two days after the Pope took part in an in-person prayer gathering with non-Catholic religious leaders in Rome. - October 29, 2020

• New Orleans Archdiocese Seeks Laicization for All Clergy Credibly Accused of Sex Abuse
Archbishop Aymond held a day of prayer, fasting and atonement on Friday, Oct. 23 and encouraged the Catholic faithful to participate, especially those feeling wounded. - October 28, 2020

• Report: Vatican Investigators Focus on Longtime Investment Manager
In a report published Oct. 23, L’Espresso said it had obtained a letter sent from the Vatican to Switzerland highlighting alleged activities of Enrico Crasso, an Italian-born Swiss citizen. - October 28, 2020

• Vatican Abuse Trial: Victim Petitions to Sue Pre-Seminary and Religious Group
Fr. Martinelli was charged earlier this month with using violence and his authority to commit sexual abuse over a number of years, and Fr. Radice was charged with impeding investigations into the abuse. - October 28, 2020

• Bishops for gay civil unions are washing their hands of damage to children
Pope Francis’ statement is already being used to justify same-sex parenting, which the Vatican previously emphasized does ‘violence’ to children. - October 28, 2020

• Pope Benedict XVI Distances Himself from Embattled Catholic Community
Referring to the group by its German initials, IG, Pope Benedict told the publication: “Obviously I was not informed about some things in the inner life of the IG, or even deceived, which I regret.” - October 26, 2020

• China continued religious crackdown during renewal of Vatican deal
The Chinese government continued to enforce sweeping restrictions on religious freedom in the weeks prior to the renewal of a deal with the Vatican on October 22. - October 26, 2020

• Vatican to discuss parish instructions with German bishops, not Synodal Way committee
The Vatican has told the German Bishops’ Conference that a forthcoming meeting in Rome to discuss Germans’ concerns about the new instruction on parishes will not include laymen representing Germany’s “Synodal Way”. - October 26, 2020

• Context of Pope’s ‘Civil Union’ Documentary Comment Reported
During a discussion on the pope’s opposition to a same-sex marriage proposal when he was an archbishop in Argentina, Alazraki asked Pope Francis if he had adopted more liberal positions after becoming pope, and if so, whether that was attributable to the Holy Spirit. - October 26, 2020

• Catholics Pray for Clarity in St. Peter’s Square After Pope Francis’ Civil Unions Remarks
The initiative comes in response to Pope Francis’ remarks, given in a new documentary, in which he gave his clearest support yet for civil union laws for same-sex couples. - October 24, 2020

• Financial and operational questions surround Scholas Occurentes pontifical foundation
The Pontifical Foundation Scholas Occurentes, which is charged with promoting education in underserved and poor communities, has received millions in donations and agreements with organizations in recent years, without having built any schools in underserved neighborhoods. - October 24, 2020

• Citing COVID, Santa Fe Archdiocese Again Suspending Public Mass
In an Oct. 22 letter, Archbishop John Wester directed that all scheduled Masses be livestreamed or recorded starting Oct. 25. - October 24, 2020

• BREAKING: Catholic youth outside Vatican ask Pope to clarify gay civil union remarks
Pachamama dunker Alexander Tschugguel asked the Pope to explain his comments on homosexuality. - October 24, 2020

• Australian State Police Rule Out Probe into Vatican Money Transfers During Cardinal Pell Trial
An Italian newspaper first reported Oct. 2 that an alleged money transfer was part of a dossier of evidence being compiled by Vatican investigators and prosecutors against Cardinal Becciu, who was forced to resign by Pope Francis on Sept. 24, - October 23, 2020

• US bishop on aborted babies: ‘Their blood cries out for justice’
Bishop Ricken encouraged Catholics in Wisconsin to vote for life. - October 23, 2020

• Bishops: Pope’s civil union remarks won’t change teaching on marriage
Pope Francis’ expression of openness to the idea of laws recognizing civil unions, including for gay couples, to protect their rights does not change church teaching on marriage as being between one woman and one man, said several U.S. bishops and dioceses. - October 23, 2020

• Munich archdiocese: Church tax income rises as record numbers depart
The German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising announced Friday that it received 665 million euros in income from the church tax last year, despite a record number of Catholics in the diocese formally leaving the Church. - October 23, 2020

• Report: Vatican Requests Evidence in Cardinal Becciu Embezzlement Investigation
The Italian cardinal has insisted that the accusations that he misused Vatican funds to benefit his brothers are false. - October 23, 2020

• Mexican Broadcaster: Vatican Held Back Pope Francis’ Words on Same-Sex Civil Unions in 2019 Interview Footage
The interview in question was recorded with Vatican-owned cameras, and the network was given footage of the interview, but apparently not all footage, after the interview. - October 23, 2020

• Argentine Archbishop and Pope Francis Advisor: ‘Civil Union’ Not Mistranslated in Documentary
In an October 21 social media post, Fr. Torres said the original Spanish makes clear that the pope’s comments are not an endorsement of civil unions. - October 23, 2020

• Abp. Viganò: Here is what the Pope’s ambiguous statements are doing to the Church
And it is exactly this, in my opinion, that Bergoglio’s 'magic circle' wants to achieve: to reach the paradoxical situation in which the one who is recognized as Pope is at the same time in a state of schism with the Church he governs, while those who are declared by him to be schismatic for disobedience will find themselves expelled from the Church because of the fact that they are Catholic. - October 23, 2020

• Report: Vatican Investigators Provide Evidence of Payments to Italian ‘Security Consultant’
Marogna, 39, has been accused of aggravated embezzlement related to payments of hundreds of thousands of euros she received from the Vatican Secretariat of State to her Slovenia-based company. - October 22, 2020

• Cdl. Burke: Pope’s homosexual civil union remarks ‘contrary’ to Scripture, Tradition
In a new documentary Pope Francis called for homosexual civil unions to be legalized. - October 22, 2020

• Pope Francis’ Homosexuality Comments Heavily Edited in Documentary, No Vatican Comment on Civil Unions
While filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky told journalists that Pope Francis made comments calling for the passage of civil union laws directly to him, the comments actually appear to come from a 2019 interview of Pope Francis conducted by Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki. - October 22, 2020

• Questions Emerge Regarding Pope Francis’ Statement on Same-Sex Civil Unions
On Wednesday, the documentary’s director, Evgeny Afineevsky, told CNA and other journalists that the pope’s statement in support of legalizing same sex civil unions was made during an interview the director himself conducted with Pope Francis - October 22, 2020

• Vatican and Beijing renew secret agreement
The Holy See and the Chinese government announced on October 22 that they have agreed to a two-year extension of their secret agreement governing the appointment of Catholic bishops. - October 22, 2020

• Vatican and China Renew Provisional Agreement on Appointment of Bishops
Following the Vatican-China agreement in 2018, state officials in different regions of China removed crosses and demolished church buildings, and underground Catholics and clergy have reported harassment and detention. - October 22, 2020

• Pope Francis Calls for Civil Union Law for Same-Sex Couples, in Shift From Vatican Stance
The film chronicles the approach of Pope Francis to pressing social issues, and to pastoral ministry among those who live, in the words of the pontiff, “on the existential peripheries.” - October 21, 2020

• Pope Francis Comes Out in Support of Civil Unions for Homosexual Couples
In a new documentary about Pope Francis that premiered in Rome this week, the pope offers new comments, on camera, in support of civil unions for homosexuals. As reported by CNA: - October 21, 2020

• Cardinal Paul Cordes’ Lament: The Church in Germany Is Infected by a ‘Theological Virus’
The president emeritus of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum says the positions of the bishops on their ‘Synodal Path’ are ‘untenable.’ - October 21, 2020

• Cardinals Deplore German Bishops’ Slide, as Schism Fears Arise
Despite Pope Francis’ warnings, the leaders of the Church in Germany have refused to back down on their promotion of intercommunion or to change the course on their much-criticized ‘synodal path.’ - October 20, 2020

• Theologians Say Tradition Backs Pope’s Teaching on Private Property in Fratelli Tutti, Others Express Concerns
In his new encyclical Fratelli Tutti, the Holy Father stressed that the right to private property is subordinate to the universal destination of goods. - October 20, 2020

• Poll: Young adults more likely than older Catholics to accept all of Church teaching
A new survey released this week has found that 1 in 5 Catholic likely voters say they accept everything the Church teaches, with young adults being more likely than older generations to say they agree with Catholic doctrine. - October 20, 2020

• Alleged Vatican Money Transfers During Pell Trial Referred to Police by Australian Intelligence Agency
Cardinal Becciu has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or attempt to influence the trial of Cardinal Pell. - October 20, 2020

• Archbishop Cordileone Performs Exorcism at Site of Destroyed St. Junipero Serra Statue
This marks the second time that Archbishop Cordileone has performed an exorcism in connection with a destroyed statue of St. Junipero Serra in the Bay Area. - October 20, 2020

• Vatican Asks UN to Eliminate the Risks of Satellite Collisions in Outer Space
Recently two pieces of space junk, a defunct Russian satellite and a discarded part of a Chinese rocket segment, narrowly avoided collision. - October 19, 2020

• Cardinal Becciu ‘Vigorously’ Denies Interference in Cardinal Pell Trial
Cardinal Becciu’s latest denial comes after speculative reports in Italian newspapers earlier this month indicated he had been accused of wiring money from an undisclosed Vatican account to Australia while Pell was facing a 2018 criminal trial. - October 19, 2020

• Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Polish Bishop Under Investigation
Bishop Janiak was appointed Bishop of Kalisz by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. - October 17, 2020

• Richmond Catholic Diocese to Pay $6.3 million in Abuse Settlements
The diocese during February 2020 started an Independent Reconciliation Program to offer help to alleged minor sexual abuse victims through an independent arbiter. - October 17, 2020

• Byzantine Priest Who Made Up Hate Crime Ordered to Life of Penance After Abuse Allegation
Fr. Hutsko, 67, had been serving as pastor of St. Michael Parish in Merrillville, Ind., immediately south of Gary, before he was placed on leave in 2018. - October 16, 2020

• Bishop Daly Challenges Bishop McElroy’s Statements on Abortion and the 2020 Election
During an Oct. 13 virtual discussion about voting, the bishop of San Diego implied that Joe Biden’s overt support for abortion rights is a ‘prudential’ position that is acceptable for a Catholic politician to advance. - October 15, 2020

• Vatican Court Hears Charges on First Day of Priest Sex Abuse Trial
Fr. Gabriele Martinelli, 28, and Fr. Enrico Radice, 72, were present in the Vatican courtroom for the eight-minute hearing Oct. 14, accompanied by their lawyers. - October 14, 2020

• Analysis: What Does Cardinal Farrell's Promotion Say About the McCarrick Report?
If Cardinal Farrell is not raised at all in the McCarrick report, at least some commentators will wonder if the report had any intention of examining the networks of silence and complicity surrounding a serially abusive cardinal who damaged the integrity and credibility of the Church. - October 13, 2020

• ‘Security Consultant’ Linked to Vatican's Cardinal Becciu Scandal Arrested
Earlier this month, it was reported that Cecilia Marogna had received more than 500,000 euros from the Holy See’s Secretariat of State under the direction of its former sostituto Cardinal Angelo Becciu. - October 13, 2020

• Vatican Trial for Priests Accused of Abuse and Cover-Up in Vatican City Youth Seminary
The St. Pius X youth seminary was opened in 1956 at the request of Pope Pius XII, who wanted a place to foster vocations to the priesthood within Vatican walls. - October 13, 2020 

• After ‘Demonic’ Desecration, New Orleans Church Reconsecrated as Details About Priest Emerge
Fr. Clark and two women were arrested Sept. 30 and charged with obscenity after a neighbor observed through a window that they were filming sexual relations atop the altar, which was illuminated by stage lights. - October 13, 2020

• Local priest resigns from church due to relationship
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The Diocese of Austin has announced a local priest resigned this weekend after “crossing emotional and physical boundaries” with another adult several years ago. The Diocese says Father Brian McMaster resigned following a conversation with the Bishop of the Diocese. - October 12, 2020

• Pope Francis Calls for ‘Integral Ecology’ in TED Climate Countdown Video
Pope Francis’ video message was one of many sent by celebrities and public figures from around the world for the virtual TED Talk summit. - October 12, 2020

• New Orleans Archbishop: Priest’s Desecration of Altar ‘Demonic’
After an altar was defiled, Archbishop Aymond burned the altar and is consecrating a new one for the parish in New Orleans. - October 11, 2020

• New Orleans Priest Defiles Altar with Pornographic Filmmaking, Arrested for Obscenity
The Archdiocese of New Orleans announced the following day, Oct. 1, that Fr. Clark had been arrested and removed from ministry. - October 9, 2020

• Catholic Bishop: Pope Francis is Deeply Concerned About German Church
German media has reported that Pope Francis told Bishop Algermissen that the “Synodal Way” was too focused on “political questions,” such as the position of women in the Church and priestly celibacy. - October 9, 2020

• Cardinal Zen Challenges Cardinal Parolin Over China Deal Claims
In an essay published on his blog Oct. 7, Cardinal Zen, the emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong, offered an extended and personal critique of an Oct. 3 speech given by Cardinal Parolin on the history and future of the Church’s missionary activity in China. - October 9, 2020

• Priest in NJ, Former Prep School Chaplain, Charged with Endangering Students
Fr. DiStefano was an assistant principal in the New York City Public Schools and was a New York City police officer before being ordained a priest. - October 5, 2020

• Enrico Crasso Defends Management of Vatican Investments
Crasso, who worked with the Vatican starting in 1993, was named in reports last month alleging that Cardinal Angelo Becciu used millions of euros of Vatican charity funds in speculative and risky investments. - October 5, 2020

• Pope Francis Fills Committee to Monitor Internal Vatican Financial Decisions
The commission is responsible for monitoring those financial transactions which, mainly for reasons of security, are not subject to Pope Francis’ new anti-corruption norms. - October 5, 2020

• Cardinal Parolin Defends China Deal as Vatican Prepares to Renew Agreement
China was the subject of talks this week between Cardinal Parolin and the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has argued that the agreement has failed to protect China’s Catholics from a crackdown on religious believers under President Xi Jinping. - October 4, 2020

• Dossier To Vatican Alleges Cardinal Becciu Covertly Channeled Money to Australia
An Italian newspaper reported that Vatican prosecutors have received allegations that the funds were transferred after Cardinal George Pell returned there to face sexual abuse charges. - October 3, 2020

• Cardinal Zen on China: ‘There is Nothing More to Do Other Than Prayer’
Cardinal Zen has criticized the lack of transparency over the Vatican’s handling of China. - October 2, 2020

• Despite Differing Perspectives, US-Vatican Secretaries of State Discuss a Way Forward With China
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Oct. 1 at the Vatican with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Paul Gallagher, secretary for Relations With States. - October 2, 2020

• Rockville Centre is Fourth NY Diocese to File for Bankruptcy
Several dioceses in the state have filed for bankruptcy due to the large number of lawsuits filed under the Child's Victim Act. - October 1, 2020

• Podcast: 199: Clear Preaching For a Confused Church—Father James Altman
May 12, 2020, was a Tuesday. That was the day Father Jim Altman of the Diocese of La Crosse, WI, took the gloves off, in a manner of speaking. The lockdown was “locked-in” and Father Altman had had enough. He began streaming his Masses from St. James the Less church, and the priests’ homilies reflected a man impelled by the Holy Spirit: preaching the lordship of Jesus, calling out Church corruption, naming names (including names of liberal activist priests like James Martin, SJ, and Washington DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory.)

• An Urgent Appeal to Resist the Betrayal and Ruin of the West, Flower of Christian Civilization
The triple crisis of COVID-19, civil unrest, and economic disaster is now shaking the West’s spiritual and material foundations and the world. This is no ordinary crisis since it questions our time-worn certainties, changes our daily lives, and restricts Church freedom. In the face of this crisis, many are stunned and wonder what went wrong. Where is the West headed? Is it possible to avoid the approaching chaos? - October 30, 2020

• VIDEO: Dr. Taylor Marshall: Viganò Warns Trump of GLOBAL-GREAT-RESET: Deep Church and Katechon
On October 30, 2020 His Excellency Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has published a second open letter to President Donald J. Trump. Dr Taylor Marshall provides analysis of entire letter. - October 30, 2020

• An Urgent Appeal to Resist the Betrayal and Ruin of the West
The Catholic movement “Tradition, Property and Family” has issued the following urgent appeal in the face of current global threats which, they argue, aim to “destroy Western Christian civilisation’s remaining structures.”  - October 30, 2020

• Archbishop Viganò to President Trump: The Great Reset Is a Plan to Impose a Health Dictatorship
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former apostolic nuncio to the United States, writes a new open letter to President Trump on the eve of the U.S. Presidential Election on Nov. 3 - October 30, 2020

• Fratelli Tutti: A Socialist-Utopian, Ecumenical-Interreligious Encyclical
The new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti (hereafter FT), is an atypical papal document.
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- October 29, 2020

• VIDEO: Dr. Taylor Marshall: VIGANÒ on CHURCH vs. Anti-CHURCH with Matt Gaspers and Dr. Taylor Marshall
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has increased his attention to our current state of a battle between Christ and Satan, Church vs. Anti-Church. Matt Gaspers and Dr. Taylor Marshall discuss these topics and how they relate to Pope Francis. - October 28, 2020
 
• Faithful Resistance to Pope Francis’s Call for Civil Union Laws
Catholics have long extended the benefit of the doubt to Pope Francis when he frequently veers off the path of orthodoxy. With his latest statement regarding same-sex civil unions, there are no benefits in entertaining doubts. Many Catholics sense something is terribly wrong. - October 28, 2020

• JUST WAR AND FRATELLI TUTTI
Nobody expected the Church’s just war tradition to be a key part of the encyclical Fratelli Tutti, but another of Pope Francis’s footnotes has engaged the issue. At the same time, a recent argument over the decision to use the atomic bomb in Japan seventy-five years ago has revisited a similar question. - October 28, 2020

• Realism, the Pope, and the case for civil unions
Writing about the Pope’s much-remarked comments about remarks on civil unions Ryan Anderson and Robert George observe that “there is a plausible interpretation of Pope Francis’s comments under which they are consistent with historic Catholic teaching and moral reality.” - October 28, 2020

• Dogged – Catholic – Realism
Some of our hierarchs speak as if the moral law as regards sex, marriage, and family life were a bitter constraint, to be acknowledged perhaps, but also to be transcended in the name of Christian liberty and charity.  It is as if they believed what Nathanael Hawthorne himself did not, that our society is a step away from that of the grim hypocritical Puritans who pinned the scarlet A on the breast of Hester Prynne. - October 28, 2020

• VIDEO: Dr. Taylor Marshall: POPE FRANCIS makes more FRANCIS Cardinals - Now 57% Voting Cardinals
Pope Francis has chosen 13 men to be appointed to the Holy Roman College of Cardinals, 9 of whom are "Cardinal Electors" and eligible to vote in upcoming papal conclaves. This means that 57% of total electors have been named by Pope Francis. Dr. Taylor Marshall provides analysis of how Pope Paul VI changed the conclave and how Pope Francis has taken advantage of the new 1970s rules for Cardinals and Conclaves. - October 27, 2020

• Priest Canonist: Supporting Same-Sex Civil Unions Is a ‘Grave Error’
An expert canonist and priest, who prefers to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of this issue, shares his views on Pope Francis’ reportedly clear support for same-sex civil unions.
The Vatican has so far not clarified or corrected Francis’ remarks which were given in a new documentary film Francesco. His comments as they appeared in the film:  - October 27, 2020

• Documentary Trailer for Francesco Reveals a Deeper, More Dangerous Agenda
Catholics have been brawling for about a week now over the pope’s comments, released in the new documentary Francesco, in support of homosexual civil unions. Some stragglers, apparently immune to reality and all its pomps, are still in denial over the unprecedented support shown by Francis for these “gravely immoral” (the Church’s words, not mine) unions. ​​​​​​​- October 27, 2020

• VIDEO: Dr. Taylor Marshall: WILL POPE FRANCIS clarify "CIVIL UNIONS"? PLUS Pacha-Dunk 1 Year Later
Alexander Tchugguel recently led a group of Austrian Catholics with a sign on St Peter's Square requesting "Holy Father We ask for Clarity on Same-Sex Unions." Will Pope Francis clarify or has he already? Dr. Taylor Marshall and Alexander Tchugguel discuss, plus they discuss the dunk of Pachamamas one year later. - October 26, 2020

• Scapegoating Francis: How the Revolution of Vatican II Serves the New World Order
Editor’s Note: On October 24th, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò gave the address below to the attendees of the 2020 Catholic Identity Conference.
He sent the text of his address to 1P5 for publication. Since our receipt of that address, The Remnant has also published a video of the talk, which we have included preceding the text, for those who would prefer to view or listen. - October 26, 2020

• A Different, More Terrifying Cosmos: Our Brave New Lovecraftian World
In his most recent podcast, Steve Skojec described the obviously deliberate games of ambiguity of the Bergoglian pontificate as a “Lovecraftian puzzle game”. - October 26, 2020

• Crowding the conclave
The Pope, and the Pope alone, sets the rules for a papal conclave. The Pope, and the Pope alone, can change those rules— whenever he wants, for whatever reason he chooses. - October 26, 2020

• Once Again, New Cardinals Reflect Pope Francis’ Preferences
COMMENTARY: Catholics in the U.S. will pay most attention to the elevation of Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., whose appointment is a sign that some power centers matter more than others. - October 26, 2020

• Priest: Silent bishops will have blood of aborted babies on their hands if Biden wins presidency
Fr. James Altman noted the 'abject failure' of bishops to tell Catholics the truth that they 'can’t be Catholic and vote for a Democrat that supports the murder of babies' - October 26, 2020

• Priest Parables
Many parishioners are anxious when there is a change of pastors because a priest or a pastor is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. (Pastors can share the same concern about their new parishioners!) - October 26, 2020

• Analysis: How the Washington Post is Opening the Path to Use the Pope Against the Catholic Church
On Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asked his country’s legislature to consider a same-sex marriage bill, citing the words of Pope Francis. In the developing world, Maduro will not be the last politician to use that approach. - October 24, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: ASK FATHER: Recent comments about same-sex unions… a “slap in the face” of those trying to leave homosexual lifestyle?
From a reader in a comment…
QUAERITUR:

When “going to the periphery” crosses the line is when the exception becomes the rule of law. What about COURAGE ministry, isn’t this a slap in the face of those trying to enact 12 step program to leave homosexual lifestyle? - October 24, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: Venezuelan dictator Maduro cites Francis to promote same-sex marriage legislation
The other day I posted my thoughts about the dreadfully confusing and anxiogenic remarks on video made by Francis in which he obviously condoned same-sex civil unions, as he has done in the past.  HERE - October 24, 2020

• Pope Francis Oversteps the Papal Office
The endorsement of civil unions for same-sex couples by Pope Francis in the film Francesco, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, is a true scandal in both the technical and popular meaning of that term.  - October 24, 2020

• Archbishop Viganò responds to reports Pope will skip Midnight Mass on Christmas
This latest news has left the faithful bewildered, scandalized and abandoned by a hierarchy that found a way to gather in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Ara Cœli for a syncretistic rite presided by Jorge Mario Bergoglio, but which does not hesitate to suspend the celebration of Holy Mass on the Night in which the Church celebrates the Birth of the Savior. - October 23, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: FAIL! @JamesMartinSJ claims you can’t dismiss false teaching on same-sex unions because Francis developed doctrine. Wherein Fr. Z Rants

Jesuit homosexualist activist James Martin said this on CNN:

“[Pope Francis] may have in a sense, as we say in the church, developed his own doctrine. We have to reckon with the fact that the head of the church has now said that he feels that civil unions are ok. And we can’t dismiss that…. Bishops and other people can’t dismiss that as easily as they might want to.  This is in a sense… this is a kind of teaching that he is giving us.” - October 23, 2020

• 1P5 Podcast Ep. #72 – The Pope on Gay Civil Unions & Audience Q&A
On this episode, Steve dives into and tries to make sense of the controversy surrounding Pope Francis’s comments on gay civil unions, as well as the story the controversy has managed to cover for: a two-year extension of the Vatican’s blood money deal with Beijing. In the second half of the show, Steve answers your questions in an audience Q&A. - October 23, 2020

• FRATELLI TUTTI AND THE GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY
Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on “fraternity and social friendship,” will generate work for theologians for some time. The Holy Father employs formulations that will require study in order to be harmonized with previous teaching. It is important to note those formulations, but also to grasp the larger social vision that the pope proposes. - October 23, 2020

• What Did Pope Francis Say About Civil Unions?
On civil unions, the pope said that: “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered.” - October 22, 2020

• How long, O Lord? Praying about Pope Francis
Before I make some pointed remarks about Pope Francis’ latest demonstration of inadequacy, let me make one thing perfectly clear—for it is important to enter into this discussion somewhat chastened. If we are Catholic but have not prayed regularly for Pope Francis, we have no right to complain. Do we think Satan does not specifically target the successor of Peter? Do we think the prayers of the faithful are powerless against these attacks? - October 22, 2020

• What Every Catholic Needs to Remember About the Pope’s Opinions on Civil Unions
Whatever the Pope’s reason and motives for making his remarks in the interview, they remain his personal opinions. - October 22, 2020

• Holy Fire: Renewal After Destruction
Irecently received a message from a former student, now a teacher at Catholic High School, who alarmingly wrote: “Dr Murzaku – hoping you are well. Did you hear about the vandalism at St Agatha church in Sicily? It’s terrible.” She had taken one of my study abroad courses in Sicily and was devastated by the news. - October 22, 2020

• Pope Francis Didn’t Change Church Teaching on Marriage
COMMENTARY: There is less in the Holy Father’s comments than meets the eye, but it remains a significant statement, and what exactly it means remains unclear. - October 22, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: For those who don’t believe that Francis said that there should be legal same-sex unions.
For those who don’t believe that Francis said that there should be legal same-sex unions. - October 21, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: Francis has openly called for civil unions for homosexuals. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Today – the 1st anniversary of when the demon idols of the hideous Pachamama were pitched into the Tiber River [HERE] – we learn that Francis has openly called for civil unions for homosexuals. - October 21, 2020

•  ‘No one is saved alone’: Pope Francis calls on men to save each other
'Francis has substituted a horizontal, anthropological, one might even say psychological notion of salvation for the traditional meaning of salvation in Christianity' Dr. Peter Kwasniewski told LifeSiteNews. - October 21, 2020

• Pope Francis’s ‘Brotherhood’ encyclical leaves Chinese Catholics in the dust
If we are 'All Brothers' — as the Pope tells us — then what about our Chinese brothers? - October 21, 2020

• SCANDAL: Viganò on Pope's approval of 'gay unions'
The Vatican News website has reported the news that today at the Rome Film Festival a documentary film will be screened called Francesco made by director Evgeny Afineevsky. - October 21, 2020

• Pope Francis’s New Ostpolitik with Communist China Is Just Like the Old One
In September 2018, the Vatican and Communist China signed a landmark agreement in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agreed to recognize the Catholic Church as a legal entity in China. In exchange, the Vatican conceded to the CCP the power to appoint bishops over which the Vatican retains the right of veto. - October 21, 2020

• VIDEO: Dr. Taylor Marshall: Did Pope Francis Call for Same Sex Unions? How do we respond?
In the new biopic documentary film Francesco, Pope Francis said “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. I stood up for that.” Dr. Taylor Marshall gives analysis and then advises on what to do next. - October 21, 2020

• The Pope sows more seeds of confusion
Once again Pope Francis is spreading confusion among the faithful. How many times must this happen before all good Catholics recognize that we have a serious problem in the Church, and its name is Francis? - October 21, 2020

• Her abuse story was posted to her parish Facebook - and then taken down. Why it’s back, and why that matters
Gina Barthel, a survivor of clergy sexual abuse, has found that telling her story is an important part of her healing journey. - October 21, 2020

• 11 Bishops Tell Catholic Voters That Abortion Is Top Moral Issue
Church teaching is unambiguous: Abortion is always immoral and cannot be supported. Ahead of the November elections, numerous bishops have issued statements to remind Catholics of their duty to vote according to the Church’s moral teachings. - October 19, 2020

• Never Bet on Red — Why No One Can Be a Good Catholic and True Socialist at the Same Time
“The harvest of misery is before our eyes, and the dreadful projects of the most disastrous national upheavals are threatening us from the growing power of the socialistic movement.” —Pope Leo XIII - October 18, 2020

• Defending Life is not “Imposing” Religion
Mario Cuomo: The Myth and the Man by George Marlin is an important contribution to our better comprehension of a shameful fact in American political life: a significant percentage of the politicians who are the fiercest proponents of the continuing legalization of abortion on demand are baptized, even Mass-going Catholics, who often make a point of reminding voters of how important religion is in their lives. - October 17, 2020

• VIDEO: Dr. Taylor Marshall: VIGANÒ says Pope Francis' Encyclical comes from "WITHERED HEART of a BLIND MAN"
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano writes: "I believe that this very sad Fratelli Tutti represents, in a certain way, the emptiness of a withered heart, of a blind man deprived of supernatural sight, who gropingly thinks he can give an answer that he himself first ignores. I recognize that it is a sad and grave statement, but I think that more than asking ourselves about the orthodoxy of this document, we should ask ourselves what is the state of a soul incapable of feeling any surge of Charity, of allowing himself to be touched by a divine ray shining into that gloomy greyness represented by his utopian, transient dream, closed to the Grace of God." - October 16, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: Jesuits PROMOTE “Pachamama Day”. I am not making this up. Vatican “Earth Mother” coin.
Pachamama… this is a demon cult from S. America. Pachamama was venerated in an obvious pagan rite in the Vatican Gardens at the opening of the 2019 Synod of Bishops. At the close of the Synod a ritual Pachamama cult bowl was placed on the ALTAR of St. Peter’s Basilica at the expressed direction of Francis. OVER the bones of Peter! - October 15, 2020

• The Encyclical Era: Are Catholics Obliged to Read Every Papal Document?
For years as an Evangelical Protestant, the common discourse revolved around quotations from the Holy Scriptures. Speakers would talk at conferences. Pastors would preach. No one would think anyone really argued a point without copious references to the Holy Bible. I remember talking to my friends when I was a Protestant—we quoted the Scriptures in conversation. We had Bible studies and talked about what the Word of God meant to us personally. Any outsider would be able to find the authoritative text of the community by the proportion of quotations and authoritative weight given to the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. - October 15, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: Italian Bishops Conference newspaper, Avvenire, about pro-homosexuality book
More from the official newspaper of the Italian Bishops Conference Avvenire, which recently defended the kiddie-porn laden movie “Cuties”. - October 14, 2020

• VIDEO: Dr. Taylor Marshall: Pope Francis Mints Mother Earth Coins: Great Mother Goddess and a TransPriesthood?
Dr. Taylor Marshall explains how the goddess of Mother Earth was important in pagan Rome and how she was served by a transfeminine priesthood. - October 14, 2020

• Mixed Messages from the Vatican and Bishops
With the pope’s approval, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has issued a letter entitled The Good Samaritan devoted to the care of persons in the critical and terminal phases of life. - October 14, 2020

• I’m Catholic. Can I Disagree With Pope Francis on Property?
Pope Francis’s encyclical Fratelli Tutti presents a dilemma for all who defend the right of private property. On the one hand, the teaching document Pope Francis signed on October 3 questions this right. On the other, past popes, theologians, and canonists have always taught that private ownership, as it is largely practiced, is just and necessary for society’s proper functioning. This clash of opinions leaves many Catholics perplexed. - October 12, 2020

• Italian Philosopher: What if Francis Were the Last Pope of the Roman Catholic Tradition, & a Different Christianity Were Being Born?
Salvatore Natoli is an Italian philosopher, academic, and author of some renown. Today, we’ve learned that he has some noteworthy opinions on the pope’s new encyclical. - October 12, 2020

• VIDEO: Dr. Taylor Marshall: Demonic Infiltration: Priest Desecrates Altar with 2 Women
A priest desecrated an altar with two women: Fr. Travis Clark and two women, Mindy Dixon and Melissa Cheng, each face criminal charges for having relations ON A CATHOLIC ALTAR. - October 11, 2020

• Pope Francis pleases the world – and trashes Catholicism
Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s latest encyclical containing 43,000 words, has nothing to do with a well-known variety of Italian ice cream, although some loyal Catholics may be forgiven for crediting the traditional Tutti Frutti dessert with more depth, substance and meaning than the latest offering from the Holy Father. - October 11, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: More Jesuit Antics: Adoration of the Stanley Cup
From my youth I have been a hockey fan.   I get that the Stanley Cup is a big deal.  It would be pretty exciting to have that on display at a high school! - October 10, 2020

• ‘Fratelli Tutti’: Pope Francis’ Response to Current Global Political Realities
COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, not unlike Laudato Si before it, is more a political than a social document. - October 9, 2020

• Does Pope Francis Think the Death Penalty is Intrinsically Evil?
Since the release of Fratelli Tutti a few days ago, the debate over the Church’s re-imagined position on the death penalty — covered in some depth in the new encyclical — has resumed with gusto. And the questions that surround this “development” — particularly whether it in fact represents a contradiction — have far reaching implications for both the papacy and the deposit of faith, well beyond the confines of this particular issue. - October 7, 2020

• Does Fratelli Tutti Change Church Teaching on the Death Penalty?
Theologian Father Thomas Petri of the Dominican House of Studies says that Pope Francis is speaking in continuity with recent popes including Pope St. John Paul II, who issued “a very strong statement” about capital punishment in his 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae. - October 6, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: A curious feature of #FratelliTutti – self-referential
Today I saw a fascinating tweet from my friend Bree Dail.   She reposted “metadata” someone posted about citations in Francis’ new  Tutti Frutti… Frutti Fratelli… Fratelli Tutti….  Follow for the original by Catholic librarian Sharon Kabel. - October 6, 2020

• Why the Death Penalty Teaching Change Is a Perfect Doctrinal Trojan Horse
I’ve already written at length about the longstanding Catholic teaching about the death penalty and why Pope Francis is wrong in his attempts to change it. I won’t, therefore, rehash those arguments here. - October 6, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: An introduction to #FratelliTutti by @DrSamuelGregg
To all the people who are asking me to comment on Tutti Frutti… Frutti Fratelli… Fratelli Tutti… I suggest my friend Sam Gregg’s solid introduction to the document at Catholic World Report. - October 5, 2020

• Fr. Z's Blog: Becciu accused of bribing witnesses against Card. Pell using $1.14m of Vatican funds
This is important. BTW… the Cardinal’s name is pronounced like “bétchoo”. - October 5, 2020

• Pope’s New Encyclical Follows Spirit of Laudato Si: It Recycles The Same Old Themes
We’ve entered one of those moments again where there’s a a flurry of activity in the Church, and hardly enough time to analyze it in depth. To top it off, I’m feeling like I’m coming down with something and running on far too little sleep, so rather than trying to coax my brain into something fully coherent, I’ll be writing a couple of short pieces today on the biggest bits of news to get you up to speed. - October 5, 2020

• Did Disgraced Cardinal Becciu Pay to Have Cardinal Pell Convicted?
Let me start by answering the question posed in the headline: we don’t know. YET. But things are looking pretty suspicious. I’ll get to that in more detail in just a bit. - October 5, 2020

• Analysis: Two Years After McCarrick Investigation Began, Report Not Yet in Sight
As we approach two years since the investigation into the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., many Catholics are waiting for the report to be released. - October 2, 2020

• Clerical Leadership
When Vatican II began in 1962, I was already an adult, a college graduate, and a grad student in philosophy at Notre Dame – and so I’m old enough to have memories of the pre-Vatican II Catholic Church in the United States.  I vividly recall many things about the American Church in those old days, some of them pleasant memories, some not so pleasant. - October 2, 2020

• Pro-life leaders ask bishops to declare voting for Biden is a ‘mortal sin’
'The bishops have to find their voice and guide the flock.' - October 28, 2020

• Maintaining Christian Charity in Times of Upheaval
We live in a culture with a high ideological “hate quotient”—a noxious mix of contempt, unjust accusations, and volatile emotional reactions. But as Christians, we cannot give in to hatred and contempt, lest we place our souls at risk. “Every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire.” (Mt. 5:22) - October 19, 2020

• Pope Francis: Rediscover the Beauty of the Rosary
On the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Rosary, Pope Francis said that the Blessed Virgin Mary has urged the recitation of the rosary in her apparitions, “especially in the face of the threats looming over the world.” - October 7, 2020

• A Catholic Dad’s Cri de Coeur
By A Catholic Dad
Christe qui lux est et dies, noctis tenebras detegis, lucisque lumen crederis, lumen beatum predicans. I used to be obsessed with reading Church news. Every time I would get on my computer, I would open my email, Facebook, sometimes Twitter, and a selection Catholic news sites, all traditional, all decrying the evil in the Church. - October 6, 2020