Papal Litmus Test, by Christine Niles

The papal nuncio to the United States is imposing a papal litmus test on U.S. bishops.

In his remarks at the bishops’ fall assembly in Baltimore, Maryland Monday, Abp. Christophe Pierre claims the bishops’ fidelity to Pope Francis will be measured by how well they implement his reforms.

That mercy, as critics have noted, has manifested itself by reversing longstanding Church teaching and discipline, including offering Holy Communion to the divorced and civilly remarried, being more welcoming to the homosexual agenda such as that promoted by Fr. James Martin, promoting a globalist vision of the world, including open borders and mass migration and dialogue to such an extreme that paganism is now being welcomed into Catholic churches. …