The media rejoiced over the bishops' liberal immigration stance while four dioceses quietly issued press releases about the 'credible and substantiated' claims 87-year-old Cardinal McCarrick molested a minor.
Pagliarani is considered a conservative in the Society. In a 2011 interview, he made it clear that the SSPX was not prepared to compromise on what it sees as its mission in order to achieve regularization by Rome.
The bill goes further than any other of its kind, applying to adults and potentially banning books and speech on overcoming unwanted homosexual attraction.
A group of Catholic clergy and theologians, including two bishops, have signed an ecumenical declaration with Anglican clergy published on the Vatican website that affirms the possibility that the Catholic Church might create a “female diaconate” in the future, which would imply a contradiction of Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Church’s 2000-year tradition.
Tempted by discouragement in the face of evil, we must learn the same lesson: If we truly love Christ, then we will love and long for a new Christendom, the flowering of His grace in this vale of tears.