Catholic Church

By Hannah Brockhaus for CNA, Catholic World Report - During a meeting in Rome Wednesday morning, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic synod of bishops told Pope Francis some of his gestures and statements have been “painful and difficult for the Ukrainian people.”... According to a Sept. 6 statement, the bishops said misunderstandings between the Vatican and Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war are used as propaganda by Russia, and so “the faithful of our Church are sensitive to every word of Your Holiness as the universal voice of truth and justice.”

By Robert Morrison, The Remnant - Francis’s attacks on Traditional Catholics have become so commonplace that they scarcely seem newsworthy, but on his September 4, 2023 return flight from Mongolia, Francis combined his attack on Catholics with a disturbingly bizarre suggestion that the only Catholic doctrines that we can defend are those truths contained in the Catholic creeds...

By Daniel Payne, CNA - Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, this week issued a pastoral letter stating that the Catholic Church has “no authority whatsoever” to ordain female priests or deacons, a declaration the bishop said was meant to address potential discussions at the upcoming global synod... The bishop issued the letter as a follow-up to his August pastoral document in which he warned of attempts to “present an alternative to the Gospel of Jesus Christ” and urged Catholics to “remain firmly upon the perennial teachings of the faith.”

By Nicholas Wylie, Church Militant - on Sept. 6th Gary's (Indiana) bishop, Robert McClory, will celebrate a so-called Green Mass at St. Ann of the Dunes in Beverly Shores in honor of the so-called Season of Creation... "Within the Catholic Church, a Green Mass is appropriately celebrated during the Season of Creation, which begins on Sept. 1 (the World Day for Prayer for the Care of Creation) and continues to Oct. 4 (the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi)," the diocese's press release stated. "The theme chosen for Season of Creation 2023 is 'Let Justice and Peace Flow.'"