Catholic Church

May 31, 2019

Laughing It Off: Pope Francis Responds to Heresy Accusation, China Concerns

By Courtney Grogan, CNA - Pope Francis said he reacted “with a sense of humour” to the accusation of heresy made against him earlier this month… “It does not hurt me at all. Hypocrisy and lies hurt me, these hurt me. But such a mistake, where there are even people who have filled their heads with … no, please, you have to take care of them too,” Pope Francis said in a Spanish interview published May 28… Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki asked the pope how he took the accusation that he was a heretic, to which he responded, “With a sense of humour, my daughter.”

May 30, 2019

Bishop Paprocki, Illinois, Condemns ‘Gravely Immoral Action’ of Illinois House Passing ‘Radical’ Pro-Abortion Act

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois issued strong words against the Illinois House passing Senate Bill 25 on May 28, calling it a "gravely immoral action."… The legislation, titled "The Reproductive Health Act," would overhaul the state's abortion statute. The measure passed 64-50 in the House today. Several Democrats voted against it… The act is being called the most liberal reproductive health care measure in the country… The Thomas More Society called the act "the most radical piece of abortion legislation that has ever been introduced in Illinois."

May 30, 2019

Reflections on the Feast of the Ascension, by Jonathan B. Coe

By Jonathan B. Coe, Crisis Magazine - During this interim between the Resurrection and the Ascension, (Jesus') followers ask him if he is going to restore the kingdom of Israel at this time and he replies that they are not privileged to know the Father’s plans on such matters. He then tells them that they will receive power when the Holy Spirit is given them to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

May 30, 2019

New Interview, New Revelations Damage Pope’s Credibility, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Yet even that outlandish suggestion is not enough to bring the Pope’s two claims into a workable alignment. Because if Archbishop Vigano had informed him, then even if the Pope somehow forgot, he could not truthfully say that he knew “nothing” about the McCarrick scandal… Archbishop Vigano, not mincing words, made his own position perfectly clear in responding to the new papal interview: “What the Pope said about not knowing anything is a lie.”