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Latin Mass priest in Detroit tackles, restrains car thief suspect until police arrive

'I simply did what my conscience and good Catholic education naturally and instinctively told me to do,' Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins told LifeSiteNews.

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Ray Hilbrich

• Jun 3, 2026

Detroit archdiocese failed to properly investigate pornography on parish computers: whistleblowers

Despite reporting the material to the parish, the whistleblowers claim that both the parish and the archdiocese failed to adequately investigate the matter or hold anyone responsible.

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Antonino Cambria

• Apr 2, 2026Apr 2, 2026

Detroit faces lawsuit for criminalizing pro-life advocacy around abortion centers

Thomas More Society is challenging Detroit’s pro-abortion ‘buffer zone’ law on behalf of a sidewalk counselor who has faced retaliation for offering women free ultrasounds and other support.

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Thomas More Society

• Mar 27, 2026Mar 30, 2026

Detroit’s Archbishop Weisenburger covered up clerical sex abuse for decades: report

Rather than documenting transparency or corrective leadership, the report reveals actions that strikingly curtailed accountability and obstructed investigative clarity.

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Louis Knuffke

• Sep 19, 2025Sep 19, 2025

Faithful Catholics prayerfully protest Latin Mass suppression in Detroit

'Just like many other families, I want my eight kids, and possibly more in the future, to have access to all the beauty the Church has to give,' organizer Joseph VanAssche told LifeSite.

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Ray Hilbrich

• Aug 25, 2025Aug 25, 2025

Archbishop of Detroit appoints priest linked to heretical, pro-LGBT clergy group to prominent post

Abp. Weisenburger promoted Fr. Buersmeyer after he suggested the Church could support homosexual ‘marriage’ and defended a priest excommunicated for his role in the ‘ordination’ of a woman.

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Michael Hichborn

• Aug 11, 2025Aug 12, 2025

Detroit archbishop fires renowned conservative professors from Sacred Heart Seminary

'The firing of Ralph Martin and Eduardo Echeverria from Sacred Heart Seminary … is an act of a thin-skinned, petty tyrant,' said Eric Sammons, editor-in-chief of Crisis Magazine.

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Doug Mainwaring

• Jul 25, 2025Jul 25, 2025

New archbishop of Detroit, who restricted Latin Mass, joins march against Trump deportations

The protest was joined by Protestant and Jewish leaders and included hymns from other faith denominations, including one written by a 'transgender' Jewish person.

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Ray Hilbrich

• Jul 15, 2025Jul 15, 2025

‘Save the Latin Mass’ rally planned at Detroit cathedral following crackdown

The rally will be held on Saturday, June 28.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Jun 20, 2025Jun 20, 2025

Detroit archbishop shuts down most Latin Masses, bans ad orientem worship

Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger’s new liturgical policy ends all but four Latin Masses, prohibits ad orientem in the Novus Ordo, and tightens control over priestly permissions.

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Robert Jones

• Jun 16, 2025Jun 17, 2025

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Latin Mass priest in Detroit tackles, restrains car thief suspect until police arrive

Detroit archdiocese failed to properly investigate pornography on parish computers: whistleblowers

Detroit faces lawsuit for criminalizing pro-life advocacy around abortion centers

Detroit’s Archbishop Weisenburger covered up clerical sex abuse for decades: report

Faithful Catholics prayerfully protest Latin Mass suppression in Detroit

Archbishop of Detroit appoints priest linked to heretical, pro-LGBT clergy group to prominent post

Detroit archbishop fires renowned conservative professors from Sacred Heart Seminary

New archbishop of Detroit, who restricted Latin Mass, joins march against Trump deportations

‘Save the Latin Mass’ rally planned at Detroit cathedral following crackdown

Detroit archbishop shuts down most Latin Masses, bans ad orientem worship