Cardinal Raymond Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, is expressing concern about several aspects of the Synod, including the push for changes in the handling of Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics as well as the way that information about the Synod is being "manipulated".
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The Synod of Bishops entered its critical second phase on Friday when the bishops formed into small groups to arrive at decisions about what should be in included in a document known as the "relatio" which will be the basis of discussion at the Ordinary Synod on the Family to be convene in October, 2015.
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The fifth, sixth and seventh sessions of the historic Synod on the Family continued to discuss "difficult pastoral situations" such as same-sex marriages, cohabitation, the divorce, and polygamy.
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The first ever U.S. beatification ceremony is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 4 when Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich will be beatified at Newark's Cathedral-Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is calling upon the faithful to devote Sunday, September 28, to prayer for the upcoming Synod on the Family scheduled for October 5-19 in Rome.
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In a
blog appearing on the Archdiocese of New York website, Cardinal Timothy Dolan says his agreement to serve as Grand Marshall at next year's St. Patrick's Day Parade, which will allow homosexuals to march under their own banner for the first time, has put him in a lot of "hot water" with the faithful.
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Monsignor Patrick Brankin
The exorcist for the diocese of Tulsa is warning attendees of this Sunday's black mass at the Oklahoma City Civic Center that they risk being possessed by the demons that are invoked in the ritual, especially if they are not in a state of grace, and is calling upon the faithful to engage in "intense prayer" to counter the evil of the rite.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, CDS
Once again the secular media is having a field day with yesterday's weddings at St. Peter's where couples who had lived in sin and/or already had children were married by the Pope - as if this was some kind of groundbreaking event meant to reveal Francis' shift away from Christ's teachings on marriage.
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In spite of a significant rise in the acceptance of gays and lesbians members in American religious congregations since 2006, acceptance among members of Catholic Churches is actually declining.
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The horrendous murder of three Xaverian Missionary sisters in Burundi last weekend at first seemed to be the result of a robbery gone awry, but new and grisly details about their deaths are raising serious questions about the motive behind the killings.
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