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Heterodox Bishop Stowe praises Francis, says he ‘inspired’ him on LGBT issues

Bishop John Stowe has become known for attacking immutable Catholic teaching on faith and morals, including when he allowed a gender-confused woman to live as a ‘male’ hermit.

News

Stephen Kokx

• Apr 30, 2025Apr 30, 2025

Liberal-funded group compiling list of Canadian churches opposed to LGBT ideology

Rainbow Faith and Freedom, a Liberal-funded LGBT activist group, is compiling a database to rate Canadian religious groups on their compliance with radical gender ideology.

News

Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Apr 30, 2025

EXPLAINER: The strict rules of the conclave and why the Catholic Church has them

Precautions taken for the conclave may seem extreme to some, but the Catholic Church has firm reasons for maintaining this sacred tradition.

Opinion

Thomas Colsy

• Apr 30, 2025

After 12 years of Francis, faithful Catholics must not recognize the election of a heretic

If the cardinals elect a known heretic, who is clearly ineligible to become pope, then they will surely invite God’s wrath as never before in the Church’s history.

Opinion

Robert T. Morrison

• Apr 30, 2025Apr 30, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Fr. James Martin says Pope Francis wanted to make LGBT people ‘feel at home’

Speaking to LifeSite in Rome, Fr. James Martin praised Pope Francis' legacy on LGBT issues, saying he 'really did do more than all of his predecessors on that issue.'

News

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 30, 2025Apr 30, 2025

China ‘elects’ two bishops, rejecting Vatican authority

The appointment of two bishops highlights what little regard Communist China has for the role of the Holy See or Church law.

Analysis

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 30, 2025Apr 30, 2025

Rome’s cardinal fears Church ‘reform’ in jeopardy, urges continuation of Francis’ legacy

Ahead of the conclave start on May 7 there is much work for the cardinals to do and already talk that a struggle will emerge between Francis' legacy and a reversal in style.

Analysis

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 29, 2025Apr 29, 2025

US papal nuncio says ‘I don’t see any flaw in Pope Francis’

America's Nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre, a key figure behind Bishop Strickland’s removal, lauded Pope Francis’ pontificate without reservation ahead of the May 7 conclave.

News

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 29, 2025Apr 29, 2025

Archbishop Viganò: ‘Cardinals’ created by Bergoglio ‘cannot validly elect a pope’

‘A College of Cardinals composed of 108 ‘cardinals’ created by a Jesuit who usurped the Papacy for twelve years cannot validly elect a legitimate pope,’ Archbishop Viganò stated.

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Stephen Kokx

• Apr 29, 2025Apr 29, 2025

Enough of Francis-inspired pro-LGBT blasphemy. Cardinal Sarah’s time has come

Pope Francis did more to set back the cause of those of us who daily deal with unwanted same-sex attraction and gender confusion than perhaps any man in history.

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Doug Mainwaring

• Apr 28, 2025Apr 29, 2025

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Heterodox Bishop Stowe praises Francis, says he ‘inspired’ him on LGBT issues

Liberal-funded group compiling list of Canadian churches opposed to LGBT ideology

EXPLAINER: The strict rules of the conclave and why the Catholic Church has them

After 12 years of Francis, faithful Catholics must not recognize the election of a heretic

EXCLUSIVE: Fr. James Martin says Pope Francis wanted to make LGBT people ‘feel at home’

China ‘elects’ two bishops, rejecting Vatican authority

Rome’s cardinal fears Church ‘reform’ in jeopardy, urges continuation of Francis’ legacy

US papal nuncio says ‘I don’t see any flaw in Pope Francis’

Archbishop Viganò: ‘Cardinals’ created by Bergoglio ‘cannot validly elect a pope’

Enough of Francis-inspired pro-LGBT blasphemy. Cardinal Sarah’s time has come