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Pope Francis names pro-LGBT Cardinal McElroy to Washington Archdiocese

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, known for his aggressive pro-LGBT advocacy, to lead Washington’s archdiocese as Cardinal Wilton Gregory retires.

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David McLoone and Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 6, 2025Jan 8, 2025

Archdiocese of Washington facing deep financial trouble after restricting Latin Mass parishes

Crippling financial woes in the Archdiocese of Washington have only multiplied following Cardinal Wilton Gregory’s restrictions on flourishing Traditional Latin Mass parishes, with annual deficits tripling to $10 million.

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DC Rosary Rally

• Dec 12, 2024Dec 12, 2024

Disgraced Cardinal Wuerl received over $4 million from Archdiocese of Washington since 2020

Cardinal Donald Wuerl continues to receive substantial payments from the DC archdiocese since retiring in disgrace over his mishandling of sex abuse, though the amounts have declined following media scrutiny.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 17, 2024Apr 18, 2024

Lepanto Institute launches survey to rate orthodoxy, trustworthiness of US bishops

‘It is time, perhaps past time, long past time, for the faithful to encourage, I might say demand, that their bishops fulfill the responsibility of their office,’ Fr. James Altman said in a promotional video for the Lepanto Institute’s bishop trust survey.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Jul 11, 2023Jul 12, 2023

Vatican says ‘nighty-night, baby’ to episcopal reform by putting liberal cardinal on congregation to pick bishops

Newark's Joseph Tobin is infamous for his 2018 bedtime message, but the Church chooses to look the other way.

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Mar 4, 2021Jul 30, 2021

Retired, disgraced Cardinal Wuerl received over $2 million last year from Washington Archdiocese

The amount was more than double that given to the formation of priests in the same year, which totaled $1,000,481.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Mar 4, 2021Jun 18, 2021

Biden attends Sunday Mass at ultra-liberal Jesuit-run church

Holy Trinity Parish, located near Georgetown University, displays a Black Lives Matter banner near its entrance.

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Doug Mainwaring

• Jan 25, 2021Jun 18, 2021

Catholic University of America has become ‘Catholic in name only’: Former employee

Leftist propaganda now holds sway over traditional Catholic ideals at CUA, says a former administrative assistant to the university.

Opinion

Theresa Nixon

• Aug 4, 2020Jul 30, 2021

Abp. Viganò names DC National Shrine rector Msgr. Rossi as homosexual predator

'Monsignor Rossi is, without a doubt, a member of the 'gay mafia.''

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Martin M. Barillas

• Jun 18, 2019Jun 18, 2021

JP II’s biographer: Viganò told me 6 years ago he had advised Pope Francis on McCarrick

George Weigel says the archbishop informed him three times that he related to the pontiff what he knew about the now-disgraced churchman.

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Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Jun 3, 2019Apr 22, 2024

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Pope Francis names pro-LGBT Cardinal McElroy to Washington Archdiocese

Archdiocese of Washington facing deep financial trouble after restricting Latin Mass parishes

Disgraced Cardinal Wuerl received over $4 million from Archdiocese of Washington since 2020

Lepanto Institute launches survey to rate orthodoxy, trustworthiness of US bishops

Vatican says ‘nighty-night, baby’ to episcopal reform by putting liberal cardinal on congregation to pick bishops

Retired, disgraced Cardinal Wuerl received over $2 million last year from Washington Archdiocese

Biden attends Sunday Mass at ultra-liberal Jesuit-run church

Catholic University of America has become ‘Catholic in name only’: Former employee

Abp. Viganò names DC National Shrine rector Msgr. Rossi as homosexual predator

JP II’s biographer: Viganò told me 6 years ago he had advised Pope Francis on McCarrick