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Father Gloudeman speaks the truth on PentecostNames Bishop Rojas as one of 14 signing pro-LGBT statement

Father Gloudeman speaks the truth on Pentecost
Names Bishop Rojas as one of 14 signing pro-LGBT statement

Father Francis Gloudeman, a Norbertine priest, gave a homily on Pentecost Sunday at San Secondo d’Asti Church in Guasti (San Bernadino diocese) in which he named the ordinary of the San Bernadino diocese, Bishop Alberto

Cardinal Cupich: parish greeters to check vaccination cardsWill they ask, Do you smoke? Are you party to an invalid marriage?

Cardinal Cupich: parish greeters to check vaccination cards
Will they ask, Do you smoke? Are you party to an invalid marriage?

Yesterday I wrote about “the abuses of language…that I see in many recent pronouncements from our Church leadership,” with my focus on two recent Vatican announcements. Now let me turn to a few noteworthy

Bishop Barber robbed at gunpoint in his Oakland neighborhoodSurrendered cash and bishop's ring

Bishop Barber robbed at gunpoint in his Oakland neighborhood
Surrendered cash and bishop's ring

Bishop Michael Barber of the Oakland Diocese was robbed over the weekend at gunpoint as he was on his afternoon walk, saying his rosary, near the Paramount Theater, church officials confirmed on Tuesday.

Abp. Cordileone responds to attempts to derail USCCB discussion of Holy Eucharist"Those who do not want to issue a document on Eucharistic coherence should be open to debating the question with their brother bishops"

Abp. Cordileone responds to attempts to derail USCCB discussion of Holy Eucharist
"Those who do not want to issue a document on Eucharistic coherence should be open to debating the question with their brother bishops"

In response to the news that broke today in The Pillar that some bishops are attempting to intervene to shut down the dialogue on Eucharistic coherence at the USCCB’s June meeting, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone released the following

George Weigel and Cardinal Muller don’t hold back on Cardinal Ladaria letterCupich and Tobin as delegates of Democratic Party

George Weigel and Cardinal Muller don’t hold back on Cardinal Ladaria letter
Cupich and Tobin as delegates of Democratic Party

On May 13 Cardinal Gerhard Muller, former head of Rome’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), and George Weigel, veteran Vatican watcher, appeared on EWTN’s The World Over with Raymond Arroyo. They were asked

Bishops Stowe and McElroy advocate tax on coal, oil, and gas"We have to act now"

Bishops Stowe and McElroy advocate tax on coal, oil, and gas
"We have to act now"

Catholic support for a price on carbon dioxide emissions was on display during a weekend climate change conference, where two bishops, an environmental leader and former Vatican ambassador

Bishop McElroy demands nuclear weapon roll-backUrges diplomacy with Russia

Bishop McElroy demands nuclear weapon roll-back
Urges diplomacy with Russia

Catholic leaders, including San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy, and leading scientists across the country called today on President Biden to work for a world free of the nuclear threat. Bishop McElroy was recently

Cardinal Mahony asks Catholics to fight election law reformCalls it voter suppression

Cardinal Mahony asks Catholics to fight election law reform
Calls it voter suppression

….As the results of the 2020 presidential election were being certified by local officials, there were increasing attempts to delegitimize those results based on allegations of widespread voter fraud.

3 reasons why Archbishop Cordileone is right on reception of Holy CommunionSan Diego attorney Charles Limandri : "It is difficult to understand the rationale of Bishop McElroy"

3 reasons why Archbishop Cordileone is right on reception of Holy Communion
San Diego attorney Charles Limandri : "It is difficult to understand the rationale of Bishop McElroy"

The debate about whether Catholic bishops should allow obstinately pro-abortion politicians, like President Joe Biden, to receive Holy Communion, has recently been resurrected. This week, major news outlets have brought to light the divergent views on

Bishop Olmsted condemns “false patience” Urges all Catholics to read Archbishop Cordileone’s letter on Communion and abortion

Bishop Olmsted condemns “false patience”
Urges all Catholics to read Archbishop Cordileone’s letter on Communion and abortion

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