We are now in the second full week of the Synod on Synodality. If you are like me, perhaps you have felt a strong inclination to follow the activities of the Synod closely. In fact, at one point last week I was in Eucharistic adoration and thought, “I should read about exactly what is said…
The open border and uncontrolled influx of millions of people have devastating consequences. It is a true crisis. Over the last two-and-a-half years, over 7 million illegal immigrants have entered the United States. That number does not include those who escaped detection and are not in any official counts. By the end of 2024, it…
On October 4, Pope Francis released apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum (Praise God) as a sequel to the 2015 encyclical letter Laudato Si’ (Praise be to you, my Lord). The publication coincides with the commencement of the 2023 Synod on Synodality meetings in Rome. My professional background on the international level over the past twenty-seven years…
Being the soul of good cheer that I am, the very last thing I want to do is send out distress signals, particularly about a Church I dearly love but increasingly fear may be in danger of losing her soul. I say that because it looks as if a certain hurricane from Hell is coming…
A ruling from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has placed a rapist priest back on the job in Africa, and canon law helped that to happen. On July 1, 2023, Fr. Hilary Ngome, who confessed to raping at least one 13-year-old girl, was fully returned to ministry by a Vatican decree, according to…
Pope Francis appointed Father Raimo Goyarrola as Bishop of Helsinki last month, after a four year sede vacante in the diocese. Goyarrola, a priest of Opus Dei and a physician, has lived in Helsinki since 2006, when he was assigned to work as a university chaplain in the country. His ministry soon expanded — in…
PHILADELPHIA (ChurchMilitant.com) – A left-wing journalist and activist who was allegedly killed by a 19-year-old has been accused of having molested the teenager since he was 15. Josh Kruger and Robert Davis Robert Davis, who is accused of killing 39-year-old Josh Kruger, reportedly revealed on the phone to his family on Friday that he had been in a…
VATICAN (ChurchMilitant.com) – An Italian nun speculates that St. Paul attended a “‘non ritual’ female liturgy” in Philippi. Mother Maria Grazia Angelini Mother Maria Grazia Angelini made the remark Friday in front of delegates at the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality during her “spiritual reflection on the theme of women and mission.” In her exegesis, Angelini proclaimed, “Strangely, Paul…
Confidential records from the Vatican’s October synod on synodality have been posted to an unsecured cloud server in the days since the synodal assembly began this month, with new records added as recently as Thursday. The records include rosters of synodal participants and their working group assignments — along with the reports filed by working…
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández gave another eye-catching interview this week, dedicated to one of the most controversial aspects of his work. In the Oct. 10 conversation with the Spanish website Religión Digital, the new prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) spoke about his department’s responsibility for clerical abuse cases….
