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Cdls. McElroy, Cupich send letter of ‘encouragement’ to Fr. James Martin’s pro-LGBT conference

Georgetown University's incoming president joined the heterodox cardinals in support of an Outreach conference this weekend at the Jesuit institution in Washington, DC.

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Antonino Cambria

• Jun 19, 2026Jun 22, 2026

Vatican’s pro-LGBT Synod report is a blueprint for doctrinal demolition

The report’s relentless focus on ‘discernment’ and ‘inclusion’ reveals an effort to normalize homosexuality within Church life and teaching while emphasizing a ‘transformation of practices.’

Opinion

Elizabeth Yore

• May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

Cardinal Eijk denounces pro-LGBT Synod report: ‘Fundamental contradiction of Catholic teaching’

Dutch Cardinal Eijk said that the Vatican’s final Synod report violates ‘the Catholic Church's consistent moral teaching’ and ‘must be forcefully refuted.’

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Emily Mangiaracina

• May 18, 2026May 19, 2026

Leading Catholic convert says Vatican Synod’s pro-LGBT move mirrors Anglican ‘schism’

A former Anglican chaplain to the Queen said the pro-homosexual Synod report strikingly echoes the Anglican Church’s embrace of sexual depravity and descent into schism.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• May 14, 2026May 15, 2026

Meet the architects of the Synod’s challenge to Church teaching on homosexuality

Cdl. Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio and Fr. Maurizio Chiodi, the men guiding Synod on Synodality Study Group 9, have spent years undermining traditional Catholic ethics.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• May 14, 2026May 14, 2026

Bishop Schneider: Synod report on homosexuality ‘crossed the line from orthodoxy into heresy’

Bishop Schneider warned that the report's call to go 'beyond' current Church teaching usurps God's authority and mirrors the serpent’s temptation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

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Andreas Wailzer

• May 12, 2026May 28, 2026

Courage International calls Vatican’s pro-LGBT synodal report ‘both calumny and detraction’

Courage International said that 'it is a great sadness and an additional wound to our members to have this false and unjust depiction in a Vatican document.'

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Doug Mainwaring

• May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

Bishop Strickland slams Fr. James Martin for supporting pro-homosexual Synod report

Bishop Strickland, who has called Synod Group 9’s new document a ‘direct assault’ on Catholic doctrine, fired back at Martin's praise for the paper as a ‘major step forward.’

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LifeSiteNews staff

• May 6, 2026May 6, 2026

Bishop Strickland: Synod report on homosexuality a ‘direct assault’ on Catholic teaching

When foundational moral truths regarding marriage, sexuality, sin, repentance, and salvation are treated as open questions, the crisis is no longer theoretical; it is present and active.

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Bishop Joseph E. Strickland

• May 6, 2026May 6, 2026

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Cdls. McElroy, Cupich send letter of ‘encouragement’ to Fr. James Martin’s pro-LGBT conference

Vatican’s pro-LGBT Synod report is a blueprint for doctrinal demolition

Cardinal Eijk denounces pro-LGBT Synod report: ‘Fundamental contradiction of Catholic teaching’

Leading Catholic convert says Vatican Synod’s pro-LGBT move mirrors Anglican ‘schism’

Meet the architects of the Synod’s challenge to Church teaching on homosexuality

Bishop Schneider: Synod report on homosexuality ‘crossed the line from orthodoxy into heresy’

Courage International calls Vatican’s pro-LGBT synodal report ‘both calumny and detraction’

Bishop Strickland slams Fr. James Martin for supporting pro-homosexual Synod report

Bishop Strickland: Synod report on homosexuality a ‘direct assault’ on Catholic teaching