Catholic Church

By T. S. Flanders, OnePeterFive - The interesting thing is to observe the great difference between the targeting of Bishop Strickland contrasted with the Vatican’s ignoring of +Vigano, ++Burke, +Schneider, who have all said things about Pope Francis which are equally or more critical than what Strickland has said. ...

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - The Master continues to need good counsel from men who know the ways of the world—and those of the inner circle of the Temple. In the meantime, collections have been great after the multiplication of loaves, and we are—well, I am—traveling in comfort. Next time I’m in town, let’s get together for lunch at that new restaurant near the Temple—“Harrods.” ...

By James Bogle, One Peter Five - A very revolutionary change, sneaked in by Pope Francis during the Covid-19 lockdown, was his Apostolic Letter Spiritus Domini of 10 January 2021, universally changing canon law for the whole Church regarding the so-called “lay institutes” of Acolyte and Lector that Paul VI first introduced (in his Ministeria quaedam of January 1973) to replace “First Tonsure,” the minor clerical Orders of Porter, Lector, Exorcist and Acolyte and the major Order of Sub-deacon.

By S.A. McCarthy, American Spectator - The fruits of the “synodal spirit” infecting the Catholic Church are revealing themselves: dissent and division. In a letter dated late last month, Berlin’s archbishop Heiner Koch gave priests of his archdiocese permission to bless same-sex unions, in direct defiance of the Vatican’s repeated clarifications. Back in March, the final meeting of the German Synodal Way approved a document calling on the nation’s bishops “to officially allow blessing ceremonies in their dioceses for couples who love each other and want to commit themselves .... "