Interview: Does the Synod Concluding Document Contain a ‘Blueprint’ for a New Church?

Julio Loredo de Izcue, TFP member and co-author of the book titled The Synodal Process Is A Pandora’s Box, assesses the post-Synod Synthesis Report in an interview with LifeSiteNews Rome correspondent Michael Haynes. (An online and downloadable copy of the book can be found in the links provided, and print copies can be ordered here) The TFP … Read more

A New Church’s Birth Certificate?

A New Church’s Birth Certificate?

The Synod of Synodality’s first session closed in Rome on October 28 with the release of its “Synthesis Report.” Those who expected an incendiary document were dismayed by its failure to address thorny progressive claims such as women’s priesthood, same-sex “marriage,” LGBT rights and so on. The concluding document titled “A Synodal … Read more

Bombshell Book Author Addresses Catholic Fears on Synod

Bombshell Book Author Addresses Catholic Fears on Synod

On November 1, Feast of All Saints, concerned Catholics gathered at the Washington Bureau of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) in McLean, Virginia, to understand better what happened at the recently-ended Synod on Synodality. The TFP speaker, Jose Antonio Ureta, co-author of the bombshell book The Synodal Process is a Pandora’s Box: … Read more

The German Synodal Way: Will it Change Church Teaching to “Include” Homosexuals?

The German Synodal Way: Will it Change Church Teaching to “Include” Homosexuals?

Pope Francis has convoked a “Synod on Synodality” in Rome during October. Many faithful Catholics have expressed concern as the Synod’s promoters have proposed severe and potentially destructive changes to the Church’s structures and teachings. The following article, adapted from the recently published book, The Synodal Process Is a Pandora’s Box, discusses changes … Read more

The Bishop of Davenport Offers a Revealing Glimpse into The Shape of a Radical Post Synodal Church

The Bishop of Davenport Offers a Revealing Glimpse into The Shape of a Radical Post Synodal Church

The Diocese of Davenport (Iowa) issued a set of “Guidelines for Pastoral Accompaniment of Sexual and Gender Minorities,” designed to take effect on October 4, 2023. The four-page document was the product of almost three years’ work by the diocese’s “gender committee.” While its doubtful authority goes no further than that diocese’s … Read more

Synodal “Church Reform” Truly Means Democratic Upheaval in the Church

Synodal “Church Reform” Truly Means Democratic Upheaval in the Church

Pope Francis has convoked a “Synod on Synodality,” which will convene in Rome this coming October. Many faithful Catholics have expressed concern as the Synod’s promoters have proposed severe and potentially destructive changes to the Church’s structure. Synod leaders have repeatedly expressed their desire to discuss “church reform.” The following article, taken … Read more

Confessions of a Radically Excluded Catholic

Confessions of a Radically Excluded Catholic

One thing that characterizes the coming Synod of Synodality is its emphasis on listening to other voices. All voices. Catholics are told that “the spirit” speaks through all who are marginalized and excluded. Thus, listening to the widest variety of voices is necessary. In becoming a listening church, the “people of God” … Read more