Priest calls on Pope Leo XIV to remove female ‘prefect’ from Vatican dicastery leadership
By appointing a layperson as a 'prefect' of a dicastery, Pope Francis threw us back into times that the Church had overcome.
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Second session of conclave to elect new pope begins
Two sessions of voting will take place today, if necessary.
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EXPLAINER: How past papal elections have impacted current conclave procedures
Adjustments to protocols have been made through the years after rules and procedures for papal elections were put in place over 1,000 years ago.
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Pope Francis institutes 23 women as Lectors, described as ‘tectonic shift’ in Catholic Tradition
Following his Canon Law changes in 2021, Pope Francis has now instituted men and women as Lectors four times, citing the 'common priesthood' in doing so. Liturgical scholars have warned that such actions contradict centuries of Catholic Tradition.
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Archdiocese of New York dismisses increased requests for altar rails, claims ‘no need’ for them
The Archdiocese of New York says requests for altar rails, which easily allow for the proper posture of kneeling while receiving Holy Communion, are ‘picking up steam.’
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Catholics urge Canadian bishops to affirm Church teaching on contraception this Christmas
Pro-life group Everyday for Life Canada has called on the nation’s bishops to revoke the contraception-permissive Winnipeg Statement, which they say has led to an increase in abortion and euthanasia in the country.
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How dissenters tried to change Church teaching on contraception
In a talk at LifeSite's Rome Life Forum in Kansas City, moral theologian Dr. Janet Smith discussed the history of dissent from Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI's encyclical reaffirming Church teaching on the intrinsically grave evil of contraception.
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Bishop Strickland: Pope Francis’ comments on all religions being paths to God are ‘heresy’
I have often expressed my deep concern regarding heresy and the atmosphere of apostasy as it emanates from the Vatican, but I must now ask: ‘Where is the outcry of the shepherds? Where is the courage and conviction to defend our faith?’
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Priest slams plan for ‘Amazon rite,’ says Pope Francis ‘is not the master of the Holy Mass’
‘The Pope can no more invent a new Mass than he can invent a new Gospel, and Francis can no more ban the old Mass than he can ban one of the books of Holy Scripture!’ Father Joachim Heimerl writes.
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Do today’s young Catholics really ‘reject’ the Second Vatican Council?
Catholics who did not live through Vatican II view the council more dispassionately and even critically than by those who lived through the conciliar era and were caught up in the thrill of change and the optimism it promised.
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