Rupnik case, endless shame for the Vatican
The Dicastery for Communication continues to re-propose the works of the former Slovenian Jesuit accused of serious sexual abuse, in defiance of Cardinal O'Malley's dispositions. And even in Bologna, Archbishop Zuppi has given the green light to the completion of the incriminated mosaics. In the fight against abuse this pontificate has no credibility.
‘Vaccines did not stop Covid’: increases bishops’ moral guilt
The Italian Medicines Agency's admission that anti-Covid vaccines were ineffective in preventing contagion reopens the question of their lawfulness. Including on the subservience of the pastors who, without asking questions, pushed for mass inoculation.
‘Sufferance does not redeem’: PAV anaesthetises Redemption
In the notable controversial volume on the end of life the meaning of Salvifici doloris is turned upside down by denying that suffering can have redemptive value. If this were the case, the Passion of Christ would have been incidental.
A false scoop against Müller reveals nothing new
At the basis of the German cardinal’s early retirement lies a presumed scandal about the funds of the former Holy Office. But, the anonymous ‘revelation’ by The Pillar only recycles facts already known for years. And from which the former prefect emerges innocent.
Martyrdom, a constitutive element of the Church
Jesus sends His apostles out like sheep among wolves, that is into a hostile world. Like the first disciples, also Christians today are called to publicly testify to the Lord’s name as they did in the past, even at the cost of martyrdom. Christians knowingly share Jesus’s cross and resurrection.
The Church, a foretaste of Heaven
The Bride of Christ receives wounds to her flesh, but the errors of her children "do not compromise the purity and holiness of their Mother". She is the guardian of God's Light and the bestower of His Love, which is why so many children of the world abandon their prejudices and return to Her. From the lesson, "Who are you, Church of God?" that Dom Gérard Calvet († 2008) left to his novices.
Zuppi, the queer cardinal
At the Giffoni Film Festival, dedicated to children and the youth, the president of the Italian bishops exalts the queer family the ‘commune’ in which all family roles are deconstructed, with the declared aim of destroying the natural family. Such serious affirmations are something the cardinals should take this into account in the next Conclave.
Communauté Saint-Martin, too many priestly vocations annoy Rome
The reason for the forced ‘accompaniment’ imposed on the French community enjoying a boom of seminarians amid the general desert of vocations appears due to the Holy See finding the elevated numbers worrisome: too many priests and too many conservatives who risk infecting half of France.
Church crisis favours false St Athanasius pretenders
Today's ecclesial crisis resembles, in some ways, that caused by the Arian heresy. But the parallel between St Athanasius and some of today's schismatic prelates does not hold up: the holy bishop of Alexandria, exiled several times, defended the faith and at the same time remained obedient to Rome.
Switzerland, Catholic website offers church list for ‘gay blessings’
The Swiss organisation ‘Alliance for Catholic Equality’ has published a list of parishes willing to ‘bless’ irregular and same-sex couples. Few priests are listed, but the Fiducia supplicans drift continues to make headway.
Deaconesses, Pope shields behind Jesuitical preface
Women at the altar: five authors explore the question, including an Anglican “bishopess,” at least two of whom argue for female priests. The Pontiff pens the introduction but plays safe using ambiguity.
