The dissident Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP) is once again holding its Annual Assembly, this year in San Antonio, Texas, between June 23-26. The theme of this year’s assembly is Sex and Spirituality Pastoral Considerations. True to form, the AUSCP, while claiming to be “in good standing in dioceses and religious communities,” has invited a professor of theology whose most significant work was condemned by the USCCB, to keynote its assembly.This is not at all … [Read more...]
San Diego Parishioner Tells DC Catholics What to Expect Under Cdl. McElroy
Guest Commentary by Chasen Reynolds. Chasen is a former resident in the Diocese of San Diego under Bishop Robert McElroy. He is Catholic husband and father and currently lives outside of Dallas, Texas. Chasen enjoys writing on and discussing American politics, the Traditional Latin Mass, woodworking, and cigars.Earlier this week, the Vatican tapped Cardinal McElroy of San Diego to head the Archdiocese of Washington. Growing up in the Diocese of San Diego, my family and I experienced … [Read more...]
US Catholic Bishops Conference Member of Pro-Abortion Immigrant-Rights Coalition
While conducting research into organizations receiving funding from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the Lepanto Institute discovered that several Catholic institutions are members of a coalition called Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF). At issue is the fact that PIF that has taken a formal stance to defend abortion as a "right." The discovery was made while investigating the grantee, "Casa San Jose," which received $75,000 from the CCHD for the 2020-2021 grants cycle. … [Read more...]
US Bishop Conference Lobbies Congress to Fund Agency Funding Planned Parenthood
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) have once again written to Congress requesting “robust funding” for two agencies deeply committed to the promotion and distribution of contraception, one of which provides millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood.In a 1 December 2017 joint letter to the director for the Office of Management and Budget, and copied to all members of Congress, Archbishop Broglio, the USCCB’s chairman for the Committee on … [Read more...]
US Bishops Sack Faithful Priest, Still Employ Planned Parenthood Supporter
With unprecedented swiftness, the United States Bishops' Conference asked for the resignation of a consulting priest on same day his letter to Pope Francis was published. Capuchin Father Thomas Weinandy, who served as the USCCB's Executive Director of the Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices from 2005 to 2013, sent a letter to Pope Francis this past July, telling His Holiness that his "guidance at times seems intentionally ambiguous" and that he seems "to censor and even mock those … [Read more...]
