Sorry but it's got to be said: could he have returned to a Latin American country (based on his name)? And yes, I know there are Hispanic Americans, but in my experience most Latino priests were born outside the U.S. In fact in my seminary days vocation directors lamented that local Hispanic youth weren't that interested in priesthood necessitating importing foreign students who often sadly left during formation.
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed common-sense changes to immigration and government benefits in the determination if an individual is likely to become dependent on government assistance in the future, which could affect their eligibility for a green card or visa. The change would restore broader discretion to evaluate all pertinent facts and align with long-standing policy that aliens in the United States should be self-reliant and government benefits should not incentivize immigration. The response from U.S. bishops was swift and predictable. In a 15-page letter, the general counsel of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, joined by officials of Catholic Charities USA and the Catholic Health Association of the United States, urged the Department of Homeland Security not to implement a proposed regulatory change on immigration and government benefits. “We believe the Proposed Rule conflicts with the dignity of the person and the common good that society …
How very, very sad. The good Monsignore, faithful to Mother Church and her tradition, is the latest victim to be thrown under the bus. One single slip of the tongue and you're fired immediately in this modern Church that speaks a lot of mercy, synodality and dialogue. If only Mgr Agostini had just written a couple of erotic books, if only he would understand the real art of kissing and know how to admonish the Co-Redemptrix, he still would be most welcome. There would be no problem whatsoever. But even if the micro would have been turned off: the stones will cry out one day and it will be horrendous!
As impolitic and coarse the remark may be, it defies logic that any superior would not immediately try to determine what veracity there was to the circumstances under which it was uttered. His affiliation with, and apparent support of, "traditional" liturgical practices does appear to be at odds with someone who would make such a vulgar insinuation even as a joke. What provoked his remarked? Given the unorthodox appointments of Prevost and the company he has kept since his 'elevation' to the chair of St. Peter, one can only wonder if the remark hit too close to home. Please 'Holy Father' do not prate about 'synodality' and 'dialogue' when someone who should have received compassionate correction and the opportunity for forgiveness is dealt with so summarily.
We live in an age that regards the identification of sin as the worst of all sins. As Regis Nicoll points out, “Today instead of 10 commandments, there is just one: thou shalt not judge.” Even within Christian circles, it is common to hear the phrases “Don’t judge” or “I’m not judging.” So afraid are we to commit this transgression called judgment that we hesitate to call out even the most blatant of wrongs. When we allow fear to eclipse our responsibilities to admonish grave wrongs and encourage virtue over vice, we abandon duties central to Christianity. Instructing the ignorant and admonishing the sinner are spiritual works of mercy that we seem to have abandoned due to the misguided notion that it harms rather than helps our neighbor. While it is true that, as Alice von Hildebrand argues, judgement can become sinful, and that puritanical attitudes have historically led to overemphasis on shame, the antidote is not to deny the reality of sin altogether. Virtue is found at the …
From the Lawrence Times: Tina Thompson found a different way to be Catholic. She was ordained in November as a Roman Catholic Woman Priest, an international group that has tethered itself to the Catholic Church but isn’t officially recognized. “This is about something so much bigger than me,” Thompson said in an interview on the Kansas Reflector podcast. “This is about women who want to show the world that we are the Roman Catholic Church.” Thompson said she is the first Roman Catholic Woman Priest in Kansas, but she is one of hundreds of women Catholic priests around the world. “We are still the church, but we are different in that we open the tent,” Thompson said. “We want everyone to feel like they are welcome.” Reflector Podcast · Kansas’ first woman priest found a different way to be Catholic The organization’s mission focuses on ordaining mostly women who feel called to priesthood. It is often oriented toward social justice, Thompson said. The organization says its ordinations …
Last week, we shared with you the story that David Salvato, the chancellor for the diocese of Joliet, ‘married’ his boyfriend on December 13. Bishop Hicks, the bishop of Joliet, has remained silent in spite of receiving dozens of emails and phone calls asking him to address this scandal. Hicks went as far as scrubbing the diocesan website to conceal that Salvato ever worked there. Now we learn that before he went to work for Hicks, Salvato worked as a canon lawyer for Archbishop Jose Gomez for 10 years. Salvato worked in the Metropolitan Tribunal were he oversaw the investigation of nearly 200 marriage annulment cases each year. Did you get that? Gómez assigned a homosexual man to make decisions about hundreds of marriage annulments in his archdiocese. How is someone who does not subscribe to the Catholic Church’s teaching on human anthropology make decisions about a sacramental marriage involving a man and a woman? A Catholic woman shared similar concerns in a comment on the Salvato …
El arzobispo de Nueva York borra las pruebas sobre su canciller homosexual: A pesar de haber recibido docenas de correos electrónicos y llamadas telefónicas instándole a abordar el escándalo de su canciller homosexual "casado" en la diócesis de Joliet, el recién nombrado arzobispo de Nueva York, Ronald Hicks, permanece en silencio. Según Clero Cómplice, Hicks incluso eliminó las referencias de la página web diocesana en un aparente esfuerzo por ocultar el hecho de que David Salvato hubiera trabajado alguna vez para él.