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Fiducia Supplicans: an exercise in smoke and mirrors, where spin becomes substance and appearance reality

December 21, 2023

St John Henry Newman once considered the possibility of the crisis that would emerge if a Church council or a pope introduced a doctrine that contradicted a previous council or a pope. It would shatter the notion of doctrinal development. At first sight the recent document Fiducia Supplicans suggests that this might have happened. Commentators have been

Pope’s end-of-year address to Church hierarchy: beware ‘rigid ideological positions’ that ‘prevent us from moving forward’

December 21, 2023

ROME – In his annual Christmas address to members of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis urged the Church’s governing bureaucracy to be open to change and to resist “rigid ideological positions” that prevent them from moving forward. Speaking to members of the curia during a 21 December audience, Pope Francis stressed the need to “remain

No, the Church has not changed her doctrine on the liceity or blessing of same-sex unions

December 20, 2023

The Vatican’s latest declaration bombshell, authored by one of the most senior clerics in the Roman Curia, has duped the international press and its readers alike into believing that the Catholic Church has softened its position on homosexuality. It hasn’t. In describing how sinners, who may be in a same-same relationship, may ask for a

‘I want to shout to the world that I’m innocent’ convicted Cardinal tells TV show

December 19, 2023

ROME — In his first major media engagement since being convicted of financial crimes by a Vatican tribunal and sentenced to five and a half years in prison, Cardinal Angelo Becciu appeared on an Italian TV show proclaiming his innocence. “I’m going to do everything I can, everything to demonstrate my innocence through the legal

Who would choose to be a Catholic at a time like this?

December 18, 2023

The phoney war is over. Civil war has been launched within the Church by Pope Francis and his recent appointee Cardinal Victor Fernandez. Many of the recent theological and political tremors that have emanated under the leadership of the Pope have produced a degree of incoherence and uncertainty. But the ambiguity is now over. Secular

Vatican trial raises the question: Is Pope Francis ‘Great Reformer’ or ‘Great Restorer’?

December 18, 2023

ROME – Anyone who’s ever read or seen Inherit the Wind knows that almost 100 years ago, a celebrated trial took place in the American state of Tennessee, dubbed at the time the “Trial of the Century”, in which a teacher was accused of teaching evolution in a public school in violation of state law, thereby creating

Pope has chosen where he wants to be buried

December 13, 2023

Pope Francis addressed concerns about his health in a recent interview while discussing plans for his own funeral and burial in a different location to the majority of his papal predecessors. After having to cancel a 1 – 3 December trip to Dubai for a United Nations climate summit due to health issues, the Pope

Palestine envoy to Holy See calls on ‘Catholic world’ not to lose ‘hope’ and to remember ‘baby Jesus’ during Gaza conflict

December 13, 2023

ROME – As the war in Gaza drags on, Palestine’s Ambassador to the Holy See offered an update on the situation on the ground and praised the Vatican’s support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, saying it is the only path to a lasting peace. “If we talk about a durable and comprehensive