Jeanie Hannaman

By Edward Pentin, EWTN News - Cardinal Raymond Burke is “very grateful” that Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia (The Beloved Amazon) did not explicitly call into question clerical celibacy or directly address the issue of women deacons, but he nevertheless finds the document “troubling” and does not expect these issues to now be left alone… “We’re weaker than ever in our witness,” he says. “What’s at stake right now is a fundamental misunderstanding about the Church herself and about the papacy, about the College of Bishops and Tradition.” Cardinals and bishops express their concerns directly to the Holy Father in private, he stresses, but he calls on the laity to also do their part, beginning with studying and knowing the faith.

By Mary Farrow, CNA - One of the most prominent people in the life of Jesus Christ, St. Joseph, his foster father, is also one of the quietest. And as such, he can be one of the most overlooked people in the Bible and in the Holy Family… But Fr. Donald Calloway is hoping to change that, because he thinks the world needs St. Joseph now more than ever. Calloway told CNA that he thinks people today are confused about meaning… People often approach the priest “so confused about the times we're living in when it comes to marriage and family, and you've got all this gender ideology stuff today. People are just really confused about what it means to be a man, what it means to be a woman.”

By Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th., Church Militant -  Cardinal Francis Arinze: "No priest has the right to demand that, and even no bishop has the right to demand you must receive on the hand."… Reception of Holy Communion on the tongue, a universal Catholic norm from time immemorial, is being set aside by many bishops owing to the possible spread of coronavirus… Cardinal Arinze: "No, no — the faithful remain free to receive on the tongue."… These directives are worded with the understanding that bishops cannot ban laity outright from receiving on the tongue… A well-respected canonist in Rome confirmed to Church Militant, "Only the pope has the power to modify the universal norm."