Theologian laments how ‘anything goes’ in the Church now
'The loss of substance within the Church due to inconsistency is enormous,' writes Professor Hubert Windisch.
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Articles tagged Vatican
Leo XIV embraces ‘profound change’ in Church’s stance on false religions
Leo XIV’s ‘A Journey of Hope’ rejects the Church’s historic approach to religious error as ‘defensive’ and ‘insular’ while advancing a ‘new paradigm’ of interreligious dialogue.
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Synod report proposes sweeping expansion of lay authority in canon law
Proposed changes to canon law from the Synod commission would dramatically expand the roles of lay Catholics in Church governance and judicial proceedings.
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Traditional Catholics Silenced Under Leo XIV’s Call for Unity
Pope Leo XIV speaks of unity, inclusion, and love. But traditional Catholics are being locked out of churches, denied access to relics, and excluded from pilgrimages. This Faith & Reason examines the inconsistency between calls for inclusion and the treatment of the SSPX and faithful attached to the Traditional Latin Mass, including the denial of access to relics during a pilgrimage in Ontario. The discussion turns to President Trump’s decision to limit certain media organizations’ access to the White House, contrasted with a guest’s account of a Catholic journalist allegedly threatened with exclusion from Vatican events under Pope Francis. The […]
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Traditional Latin Mass celebrated at St. Peter’s Basilica for feast of St. Michael
This is at least the second year that a Solemn High Mass was permitted at the St. Michael altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, after several years of restrictions under Pope Francis.
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Vatican to host event on same date it denied Summorum Pontificum Latin Mass
The Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage had asked to celebrate a pontifical Mass on October 24. After being rejected, the Vatican revealed it would instead host a lecture on St. Francis of Assisi.
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Pope Leo XIV responds to Trump’s CNN White House ban
Pope Leo reportedly responded to a liberal journalist about Trump’s CNN ban that he is ‘very happy that here you are all welcome, and good coverage, I think, is very important.’
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Catholic diocese hid Vatican decree reinstating suspended traditional priest
A Vatican decree declared Cardinal Anders Arborelius’ 2024 suspension of a traditionalist priest invalid, but the diocese reportedly withheld it from clergy and faithful for months.
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Rupnik victims publish open letter to Pope Leo ahead of Lourdes visit
Five women who have accused disgraced Fr. Marko Rupnik of sexual abuse condemned the Vatican’s ‘violence of silence and abandonment’ and called for transparency and a fair trial.
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EXCLUSIVE: Excommunicated priest: ‘Resistance’ can be necessary to remain Catholic
Fr. Leonardo Pompei argues that Catholics must neither blindly obey every papal act nor transform their own theological conclusions into dogma to remain faithful to God and His Church.
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