Pope Francis encouraged the priests to turn their gaze upon the crucified Lord and to weep over their sins in repentance, saying that tears can “purify and heal the heart.”
‘Francis is playing the role of Judas by sacrificing the traditional truths that the Church received from Jesus,’ Father Jesusmary Missigbètò writes.
‘Clearly, Francis has largely abandoned his task of protecting the faith of the Church and defending the unity of the Church,’ Fr. Joachim Heimerl told LifeSiteNews.
Fiducia Supplicans ‘provokes the wrath of God’ and ‘has no place in the Church,’ Fr. Joachim Heimerl said, urging Pope Francis and Cardinal Fernández to ‘publicly repent and ask God for forgiveness.'
Although Pope Francis has once again defended homosexual blessings as outlined in Fiducia Supplicans, the unchangeable teaching of the Catholic Church is that homosexual activity is intrinsically disordered and gravely sinful.
‘I never came into contact with the traditional Mass – at least not until Traditiones custodes,’ Fr. Joachim Heimerl writes. ‘I began to study it intensively, learned the rites and the Latin prayers, and discovered a huge treasure.’
Pope Francis is facing growing dissent among members of the Catholic Church over recent decisions that opponents portray as contrary to traditional church doctrine.The most controversial has been the publication of a document in December by a Vatican bishop, with the pope's approval, mooting the "possibility of blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples." While the document stressed that it did not change the church's stance on homosexuality, it brought a joint letter from...
Over the winter months, he has battled with bouts of bronchitis, cold and flu.
Over the winter months, he has battled with bouts of bronchitis, cold and flu.
Pope Francis broke tradition during the start of Holy Week on Sunday, skipping a reading of his annual Palm Sunday homily during Mass at the last minute. Reuters reported that the pontiff was in front of tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square when he skipped the homily but continued to run the service before heading out in the popemobile and circling the crowd. The 87-year-old pope has suffered in recent weeks from bronchitis and influenza, leading to him having an aide read his...
Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following an alleged assault in Dorchester. At around 10.50am on Sunday 24 March 2024, officers received a report that a woman had been assaulted earlier in the morning at an address in Damers Road. The victim – aged in her 40s from the […]