De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Pope Francis named today to the College of Cardinals a pro-gay ultra-progressive who turned a blind eye to sex abuse. Namely, the bishop of San Diego, Robert McElroy. McElroy has distinguished himself by supporting causes close to Pope Francis’s heart and by having a consistent opposition to the teaching of the Catholic Church in a number of areas. He objects to Church teaching on abortion, divorce and “remarriage,” homosexuality, and the priesthood, and was described by America’s Vatican correspondent as being, “recognized in Rome as a top expert on the social doctrine of the church.” McElroy's appointment must be a clear endorsement of the man and his agenda. But it is also a blatant snub to Archbishop Cordileone . This appointment is unthinkable and unworkable in any other papacy as San Diego is suffragan of Los Angeles. But Pope Francis has done worse. In 2017 he made an auxiliary bishop of San Salvador a cardinal while the archbishop was passed over. Absurd, but purposeful. ...

David Gray has posted a video of Nancy Pelosi receiving Holy Communion at Holy Trinity Jesuit Parish in Georgetown.

The synodal Way increasingly appears to be about denying Catholic truth, you know, the truth that saves, the truth that built civilisation and culture - and "listening" to people in error - people pushing sinful positions. Even non-Catholic Christians recognise the very first stage of conversion is purgative: it is recognition of our brokenness and that we need God's help to save us, the help He has given us in Jesus. This fundamental dimension is utterly absent from this whole dialogue. I know a number of faithful Catholics who are prepared to put up with this because they believe that despite the broken people pushing agendas in the process, the Holy Spirit can still write straight with crooked implements. These faithful people believe that engaging with this process is essential, because, without faithful voices, only one side will be presented. I recently heard from a priest who told me he took the process seriously, spent three days with parishioners "discerning...

LifeNews reports that rabidly pro-abort Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, was seen at Holy Trinity in Georgetown, Washington D.C. and received Holy Communion. I would expect nothing less from Pelosi, especially given she probably feels completely vindicated having met with Pope Francis in October last year. If she understood the seriousness of her spiritual position she would not be so vehemently supporting abortion. But she is, and this necessitates further action from those seeking to save her. This motivation was clearly articulated by Archbishop Cordileone: "After numerous attempts to speak with Speaker Pelosi to help her understand the grave evil she is perpetrating, the scandal she is causing, an the danger to her own soul she is risking, I have determined that she is not to be admitted to Holy Communion." A memorandum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on "Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion", signed by its Prefect Cardinal Joseph Ratzin...

Today's homily from Our Lady of Ransom, Rayleigh, Essex, UK. Do I spend my Sundays monitoring homilies so I can bring you the dodgy ones? No, of course not. But this horrendous mess of a homily was brought to my attention by a troubled parishioner. You might remember Fox from this post  where he denied the existence of hell. Subsequently he uploaded a video where he explained to his parishioners the Church has got it wrong and he has figured it out - he's figured out what Jesus really meant and it isn't the "horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible teachings punched into us as children". This homily follows some of the same themes and hits some of these same notes. Soon after I posted that blog, the video evidence was removed and Fox appeared to have his preaching faculties removed as he stopped preaching homilies after the Gospel. It didn't really stop him though as he just gave his little lessons in abject heresy before the Mass started. Now he has started gi...

 Breaking news Having undertaken mammoth efforts to correct the speaker of the house, her bishop has finally decided he has no option but to publicly exclude her from receiving Holy Communion: After numerous attempts to speak with Speaker Pelosi to help her understand the grave evil she is perpetrating, the scandal she is causing, an the danger to her own soul she is risking, I have determined that she is not to be admitted to Holy Communion. https://t.co/l7M85CyG86 — Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (@ArchCordileone) May 20, 2022 He was immediately supported by bishop Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska: I support Archbishop Cordileone in his courageous pastoral outreach to a member of his flock. His actions are made as a shepherd with the heart of Christ. https://t.co/mRGCtE2ZN3 — James D Conley (@bishop_conley) May 20, 2022 This is, of course, the fulfilment of canon law: This is what had to happen. Writing to his priests today, Archbishop Cordileone lays out the timeline and says h...

New revelations came to light yesterday about LGBTQI+ author Simon Green thanks to a concerned member of Twitter. As previously reported , Green was cancelled from appearing at a book signing at Saint John Fisher School in Purley after concerned parents wrote to the Archdiocese to point out that Green's books are largely comprised of blasphemy and gay porn. Green threw a fit on Twitter and attempted to rally the gay outrage troops and this worked to a large extent. The techniques are, by now, familiar. One tactic is compelled speech, which can force you to say something that you believe isn't true to force you to act or speak against your own conscience. Like the Christian doctor who was struck off for referring refusing to use a transgender woman's pronouns  or the academics who have been hounded out of their institutions for stating something most people throughout all of human history have believed to be true : that there is a real difference between the sexes. This i...

It was a great privilege to be asked by Robert Nugent onto his Youtube Channel Decrevi: Determined to be Catholic, for a chat. If you're a regular reader, you will have seen Robert featured in numerous posts. He lives in the West of Ireland and is orthodox and faithful with a real desire to share his love of the Church with others. Like myself, this brings him into conflict with the forces which are working against this. Increasingly these forces are as much internal as external. In this discussion, we get to talk about a lot of what is currently happening in the Church and what we, as lay Catholics can do about it. I'd love to know what you think about our discussion to so please do like, comment and subscribe to Robert's very interesting and useful channel.

We ought to discern the truth about our modern schools, remove our children from their ravages, and turn to the building of homeschooling communities and to involvement in classical charter schools. It is the only reasonable response to our modern schools, which have become unreasonable and morally irresponsible. - Steven Rummelsburg This conversation between Steven Rummelsburg and Katherine Bennet is well worth a listen. It is very brave of Katherine, a Catholic School Teacher here in the UK, to be prepared to enter into an open dialogue about the problems we are facing in Catholic education today. Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg holds a degree in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. A school teacher, he is also a writer and speaker on matters of faith, culture, and education. Mr. Rummelsburg is a member of the Teacher Advisory Board and writer of curriculum at the Sophia Institute for Teachers, a contributor to the  Integrated Catholic Life ,  Crisis Magazin...

Therefore God also highly exalted him      and gave him the name      that is above every name, 10  so that at the name of Jesus      every knee should bend,      in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11  and every tongue should confess      that Jesus Christ is Lord,      to the glory of God the Father. -- Phil 2:10-11 Well worth watching this beautiful reflection on the Holy Name from Fr James Mawdsley. 

 This post follows on from the last one really, prompted by this: “Pope Francis on Saturday blasted Catholics who, hewing to old-school versions of liturgy like the Latin Mass, have made an ideological battleground of the issue, decrying what he described as devil-inspired divisiveness in the church,” reports @AP https://t.co/fLWNqIJ34L — Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) May 9, 2022 When you have a Pope who ignores problems, promotes abusers, pushes problematic ideas which are at odds with the faith, AND THEN BLAMES TRADS FOR CAUSING DIVISION, you know you have serious, serious problems.  These comments are utterly indefensible, especially in the context of a huge push from progressive commentators and outlets to say the pope promotes homosexuality: Pope Francis to LGBT Catholics on feeling rejected: “I would have them recognize it not as ‘the rejection of the church,’ but instead of ‘people in the church’. “A ‘selective’ church, one of ‘pure blood’, is not Holy Mother Church, ...

In a week dominated by the Roe vs Wade debate in the US , which has placed Eucharistic coherence bishops firmly in the spotlight once again, did Pope Francis take the opportunity to re-emphasize the Church's strict prohibition on abortion? Of course not! Instead he decided to start attacking Traditionalist Catholics AGAIN . CNA reports [my own comments in square brackets here]: Pope Francis said Saturday that the liturgy should not be “a battleground” for “outdated issues.” [I mean - seriously? Who made it a battleground  by overturning a provision made by his (still living) predecessor? Who has constantly attacked "rigid" Catholics ?] “I emphasize again that the liturgical life, and the study of it, should lead to greater Church unity, not division. When the liturgical life is a bit like a banner of division, there is the stench of the devil in there, the deceiver,” Pope Francis [said] [I agree, but the division and the deceit comes from those who fail to recognise the...

  The Conference Catholic Bishops of England & Wales (CCBEW) Website proudly proclaims  its National Synthesis Team begins its work for Synod submission to Rome. Members of the National Synthesis Team (pictured above) are: Miss Sarah Adams Director of the Department for Adult Education and Evangelisation Diocese of Clifton (Serving Wiltshire, Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire) Clifton is broadly considered to have the worst bishop in the UK - Declan Lang (although there is some stiff competition). Lang is a died in the wool liberal who was the first to adopt full draconian measures post Traditiones custodes . Lang, who was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Derek Worlock , supports all things that aren't Catholic, like "gay masses" . According to Wikipedia , the sum total of his educational prowess is a BA in history. Such a low educational bar leads one to conclude Lang is clearly a result of Worlock's "Magic Circle" episcopal appointments scheme. W...