Chicago Cardinal Cracks Down on Traditional Latin Mass
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich has prohibited the celebration of Traditional Latin Masses on the first Sunday of every month, Christmas, the Holy Triduum, Easter Sunday, and Pentecost Sunday.
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Catholic Director Mel Gibson: ‘A Very Deep Sickness Afflicts the Church’
Catholic actor and film director Mel Gibson expressed his support for the views of outspoken Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who recently condemned Pope Francis as “the head of the most extremist faction of progressivism.”
Chicago Archbishop Presses Moral Equivalency of Abortion to Other Issues
Chicago archbishop Blase Cupich has once again downplayed the importance of abortion as moral and political issue, insisting that it must be seen as just one element of “a consistent ethic of life.”
U.S. Bishops Proclaim Abortion the ‘Preeminent’ Political Issue of Our Time
The United States bishops have adopted strong language to underscore the evil of abortion in an updated voter guide, calling the procedure the “preeminent” political issue of our time.
Catholic Bishops Warn Against Radical Illinois Abortion Measures
The Catholic bishops of Illinois joined together Thursday at the state capitol in Springfield to warn citizens the state is poised to pass the most extreme expansion of abortion rights in the nation.
Catholic League: It Is ‘Not Helpful’ to Ignore Homosexual Roots of Abuse Crisis
The Catholic League has criticized attempts by the New York Times and others to downplay or even deny the homosexual roots of the Church’s clerical sex abuse crisis.
Cardinal Cupich Denies Report He and Wuerl Contrived Separate Plan to Handle Abuse Claims
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich is denying a report that he and Washington, DC, Cardinal Donald Wuerl collaborated to formulate an alternate plan for bishop accountability in abuse claims ahead of a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
Chicago Cardinal Suspends Priest for Burning LGBT Rainbow Flag
Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich has removed a priest from his parish for publicly burning an LGBT rainbow flag.
Chicago Catholic Priest Burns LGBTQ Rainbow Flag in ‘Exorcism’ Defying Cardinal Cupich
A Catholic priest in Chicago says he burned a rainbow LGBTQ flag in a private “exorcism ceremony,” calling the flag a piece of “propaganda.”
Pope’s Appointments to Rome Summit Reveal Rift in American Church
The Vatican has released the full list of participants for the upcoming synod on young people underscoring a growing rift within the Catholic Church in the United States.
Amidst Scandals, Pope’s Popularity Plunges to All-Time Low
Pope Francis’s, approval rating has fallen to an all-time low according to a new CNN poll showing that fewer than 50 percent of Americans now have a favorable opinion of the pontiff.
U.S. Theologian Predicts ‘#MeToo Movement About Homosexual Abuse in Seminaries’
A prominent U.S. theologian said this week that recent revelations about clergy sex abuse will ignite “a #MeToo movement about homosexual abuse” both in seminaries and among priests.
Pope Remains Silent on Sex Abuse Allegations, Announces Environmental Event
Pope Francis offered a generic apology Wednesday for “ecclesiastical authorities in the past” who have not always been able to deal appropriately with crimes of sexual abuse, while maintaining his silence regarding recent allegations that the he is personally compromised by rehabilitating a known abuser.
Chicago Cardinal Says Allegations Against Pope ‘Because He Is a Latino’
Cardinal Blase Cupich suggested that allegations that Pope Francis knowingly rehabilitated an abusive American cardinal proceed from racism in a television interview with NBC News Tuesday.
Chicago Cardinal: Global Warming, Migrants Are ‘Bigger Agenda’ than Sex Abuse
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has downplayed bombshell allegations that Pope Francis knowingly rehabilitated an abusive American cardinal, saying the pope has a “bigger agenda” to worry about, such as protecting the environment and migrants.
Chicago Cardinal ‘Astonished’ by Allegations His Career Aided by McCarrick
Cardinal Blase Cupich released a statement Sunday expressing astonishment over recent allegations that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was behind his appointment as archbishop of Chicago.
Chicago Cardinal: I Wish Justice Scalia Lived to See Pope Outlaw Death Penalty
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, told a panel last week that he wished Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had lived long enough to see Pope Francis declare the death penalty “inadmissible.”
