Catholic Church

October 31, 2023

Catholic Vote: “Resource” or “Millstone”? … Fr. James Martin’s ‘Outreach’: A Closer Look

By Catholic Vote News Feed - America Media in 2022 launched “Outreach,” an “LGBTQ Catholic ministry” personally founded by Fr. James Martin, SJ. The organization has weighed in on a number of debates during its first year, often criticizing U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders for their opposition to the LGBTQ movement... Outreach itself, meanwhile, has yet to face much scrutiny from a Catholic perspective. Here, CatholicVote’s Catholic Accountability Project provides a closer look at the controversial organization.

October 31, 2023

The Synod on Synodality, St. Thérèse and the Unspoken Reality of Perdition, by Edward Pentin

By Edward Pentin, EWTN News - From what can be gathered from the publicly restricted discussions at the Synod on Synodality, delegates talked a great deal about welcoming and inclusion, about some potentially radical changes in Church governance, and specific issues such as women’s ordination, homosexuality and immigration... The focus, therefore, appears to have so far been primarily on the temporal, on matters clearly pertaining to this world and mostly according to merely worldly perspectives, both regarding the Church and society.

October 31, 2023

Victims of Rupnik Release Statement Expressing Hope That Truth Be “Acknowledged”, by Christopher R. Altieri

By Christopher R. Altieri, Catholic World Report - “We were very surprised by the [27 October 2023] communiqué from the Holy See Press Office, in which the Holy Father asks the DDF to examine the Rupnik case and waives the statute of limitations to allow for a process to take place that may render justice for the victims,” the statement begins... “We hope,” the statement goes on to say, “that this is a suitable step towards seeing the truth acknowledged [It. riconosciuta].”... “We await further developments,” the statement concludes.

October 31, 2023

Synod Final Report Pushes Female Deacons and Lay Governance but Avoids Giving Firm Answers, by Michael Haynes

By Michael Haynes, LifeSite News - The concluding document from the Synod on Synodality’s October 2023 meeting has been released, with no definitive stance taken in terms of attempts to alter Church teaching on LGBT issues or female ordination, yet containing a host of subtle but significant calls for changes to the manner of the Church’s governance and daily life.