Since the very beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has been working very hard to promote international adoption and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations. Just a little over a year after his election, Pope Francis was cited in a document of the United Nations Population Fund titled, "Religion and Development Post 2015." Beginning on page 20 of this document is a section explaining the nature and hopes of the SDGs. But on page 21, it indicates t … [Read more...]
Sign the Open Letter to Pope Francis!
NOTE: The Lepanto Institute is asking that faithful Catholics everywhere sign the open letter, promote it on social media, and email it to as many family, friends and colleagues as they believe would also sign the petition. The time for talk is at an end! Dear Pope Francis, If talk is cheap, then this summit on sexual abuse is worth even less. After three days of talking, the official spokesmen for the summit went to great lengths to claim that homosexuality was not a concern while … [Read more...]
Abp. Vigano: Homosexuality Has Become a Plague in the Clergy
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano released another communique regarding the ongoing homosexual scandal in the Church and the Vatican's continued failure to combat it. Abp. Vigano properly identifies the current crisis in the Church as the "plague of homosexuality in the clergy." Abp. Vigano said in his latest public address, "This is a crisis due to the plague of homosexuality, in those who practice it, in its motions, in its resistance to being corrected." --Click here to sign the petition a … [Read more...]
Creator of Safe-Abortion Fund Claims Papal Award is “Confirmation” of Her Work
Courtesy of Netherlands Government The Lepanto Institute teamed up with OnePeterFive and Maike Hickson in compiling this report. On January 12, OnePeterFive and The Lepanto Institute reported that Liliane Ploumen, a Dutch politician and international abortion activist, was received into the Order of St. Gregory by the Vatican in 2017 — a pontifical honor given for “meritorious service to the Church." Multiple diplomatic sources around the Vatican have now confirmed to OnePeterFive and the Lep … [Read more...]
Pope Francis Awards Architect of Safe-Abortion Fund with Pontifical Honor
On January 12, reports began surfacing on Twitter that Lilianne Ploumen, former Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in the Netherlands, was honored by Pope Francis with the title of Commander in the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great. The Lepanto Institute was able to confirm from a December 22, 2017 Dutch radio broadcast that Ploumen indeed received the honor. In a brief video clip promoting the broadcast, Ploumen displays the medal while saying that she re … [Read more...]