Amid the worst crisis in the Church’s history, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published the December 18 Declaration Fiducia Supplicans (FS), authorizing priests to bless adulterous and homosexual relationships. There followed a Clarification confirming what the declaration said. Both statements favor adulterous couples and homosexual pairs at a time … Read more

At a time when the sexual revolution is at its height, and when fashions, laws, and customs favor the sin against chastity, we have a pope who is not showing indignation against those closely or remotely responsible for this situation but rather complains about those upholding Church doctrine and carefully defending the … Read more

Over his ten-year pontificate, Pope Francis has scandalized the Catholic faithful through actions and words contrary to Catholic doctrine and morals. Here are some examples: He has welcomed warmly and supported unreservedly people living in public sin, such as homosexual and “transgender” “couples,” and appointed ecclesiastics who support them to high positions … Read more

In February 2015, the world was stunned by a video released by ISIS, the Islamist terrorist movement, showing the beheading of twenty-one Christians who preferred death rather than submitting to Islam. They were kidnapped Coptic Orthodox Christians and were slaughtered in Libya. Their attitude was heroic and worthy of admiration. The terrorists’ … Read more

“Buona Sera!”—“Good Evening!” With this commonplace greeting, devoid of any solemnity or unction, Pope Francis addressed the thousands of faithful waiting in Saint Peter’s Square for their newly-elected pope. These words set the style of his pontificate: informality, abandonment of protocol and disdain for ceremony. Ten years later, recently deceased George Cardinal … Read more

Everyone knows that the sun remains king of the skies in full splendor when an eclipse—a fleeting phenomenon—occurs and the moon’s shadow covers the earth. Likewise, when God allows His Church to go through crises, and shadows of confusion, error and heresy seem to overwhelm it, we can be sure that the … Read more

Shortly after returning from his Africa trip (January 31–February 5, 2023), where he celebrated a Zaire rite Mass to the sound of drums and dances, Pope Francis hastened to take another step to hinder even further the celebration and attendance of the traditional Latin Mass. On February 20, Arthur Cardinal Roche, Prefect … Read more