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Pope Invites Anti-LGBT Pentecostal ‘Apostle’ to Synod

Pope Invites Anti-LGBT Pentecostal ‘Apostle’ to Synod

By Jules Gomes • September 22, 2023 •

Pope Francis has invited a leading Pentecostal so-called apostle and televangelist who supports the criminalization of homosexuality to participate in the forthcoming Synod on Synodality. Professor Opoku Onyinah, who backs the anti-LGBT bill unanimously passed by the Parliament of Ghana in July, will be permitted to join in the synodal discussions as a "fraternal delegate," but he will not be allowed to vote.  Read more

White House Accuses Republicans of ‘Stunt Hearing’

White House Accuses Republicans of ‘Stunt Hearing’

By Church Militant • September 21, 2023 •

The White House criticized the House Oversight chairman for scheduling an impeachment hearing of President Joe Biden just two days before the deadline to fund the government for the coming fiscal year. Read more

Catholic-Related Crossfire on Capitol Hill

Catholic-Related Crossfire on Capitol Hill

By Church Militant • September 21, 2023 •

During his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland faced accusations of operating the Department of Justice with an anti-Catholic bias and favoritism towards the Biden administration.  Read more

You Are Saved by Faith

You Are Saved by Faith

by Trey Brock, MA • September 21, 2023 •

The doctrine of justification has always hinged on the question of faith; that is, the question of belief, choice and salvation. This is why every debate among Christians — be it between Catholics and Protestants, Protestants and Protestants, or even Catholics and Catholics — has at its core the question, "How are we saved?" Of course, the answer is settled: For every man that has been saved or will be saved, it's their faith that grants them entrance into the Kingdom of God. Read more

Secret Probe Reveals AU Bishop Abused 71 Aboriginals

Secret Probe Reveals AU Bishop Abused 71 Aboriginals

By Jules Gomes • September 21, 2023 •

A confidential investigation authorized by Pope Francis into an Australian bishop has found that the prelate may have sexually abused and groomed 71 young aboriginal males. In the 200-page bombshell report, witnesses described Bp. Christopher Saunders as "a sexual predator" who sought "to prey upon vulnerable aboriginal men and boys" and groomed his victims, plying them with cash, alcohol, hotels, phones, phone credit, air and bus travel. Read more

Kansas Nixes Ability to Change Sex on Birth Certificates

Kansas Nixes Ability to Change Sex on Birth Certificates

By Church Militant • September 20, 2023 •

The state of Kansas is changing its birth certificate policy to stop permitting gender-confused individuals from altering their sex on important documentation. Read more

Pennsylvania Students Protest Trans Bathroom Policy

Pennsylvania Students Protest Trans Bathroom Policy

By Church Militant • September 20, 2023 •

Hundreds of students marched in protest as their school district failed to protect vulnerable women from mentally ill men. Students at Pennsylvania's Perkiomen Valley School District staged a walkout Friday after the school board failed to pass a policy prohibiting biological males from using female restrooms.  Read more

1 in 3 US Adults OK With ‘Open Marriages’

1 in 3 US Adults OK With ‘Open Marriages’

By Church Militant • September 20, 2023 •

Only half of U.S. adults find "open marriages" unacceptable, as the nation's moral collapse continues. A Pew Research poll published last week found a greater acceptance of marital infidelity among younger adults. Read more

Victims Slam Pope for Whitewashing Ex-Jesuit Abuser

Victims Slam Pope for Whitewashing Ex-Jesuit Abuser

By Jules Gomes • September 20, 2023 •

Victims of the sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by a former Jesuit celebrity artist are condemning Pope Francis and the diocese of Rome for downplaying the egregious acts committed against over 25 nuns. In a letter to Pope Francis published Tuesday, former nuns of the Loyola Community said they were "left speechless" by Rome's cover-up of serial abuser Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik.  Read more

Don’t Go Down the Dead-End Road of Sedevacantism

Don’t Go Down the Dead-End Road of Sedevacantism

By Church Militant • September 20, 2023 •

A Catholic prelate is denouncing the notion that Pope Francis is not the valid pontiff of the Catholic Church. Would-be sedevacantists should take notice. Bishop Athanasius Schneider produced the latest anti-sedevacantist commentary in a Sept. 18 statement, aptly titled "About the Validity of the Pontificate of Pope Francis." Read more

Americans Divided on Trans Ideology, But Not Woke Sports

Americans Divided on Trans Ideology, But Not Woke Sports

By Church Militant • September 19, 2023 •

A 2023 Gallup poll is revealing a decline in American citizens' overall support for gender-dysphoric accommodations. The numbers show that while Americans are divided on whether or not a person can be "transgender," there is much less of a divide about whether someone should be able to compete against the opposite sex in sports. Read more

Join the Worldwide Novena to the Leader of God’s Army

Join the Worldwide Novena to the Leader of God’s Army

By Martina Moyski • September 20, 2023 •

Faithful Catholics around the world are invited to join Benedictine monks in England for a novena to St. Michael the Archangel. The novena begins on Sept. 21 and runs through Sept. 29, the Feast of St. Michael. It's being initiated by the Benedictine monks of the historic St. Michael's Abbey in Farnborough, 30 kilometers outside of London. Read more

From Anti-Human Trafficking Hero to Senate Hopeful

From Anti-Human Trafficking Hero to Senate Hopeful

By Church Militant • September 19, 2023 •

The real-life inspiration behind the hit film 'Sound of Freedom' is thinking about running for U.S. Senate. Tim Ballard, the man behind the movie and founder of Operation Underground Railroad, is considering the bid on the heels of a recent announcement by Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, indicating that the incumbent will not seek reelection. Read more

Tone-Deaf US Bishops Call to Celebrate National Migration Week

Tone-Deaf US Bishops Call to Celebrate National Migration Week

By Martina Moyski • September 18, 2023 •

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling for a celebration of mass migration and open borders amid an unprecedented deluge of illegal migrants passing into and throughout the country. The USCCB announced the celebration of National Migration Week, scheduled this year from Sept. 18 to 24. The annual event, intended to bring attention to the plight of migrants in the United States and around the world, culminates with World Day of Migrants and Refugees, established by the Holy See over 100 years ago. Read more

Fr. James Martin Faces Resistance at New York Parish

Fr. James Martin Faces Resistance at New York Parish

By Alexander Karzon • September 18, 2023 •

Although dissenters seeking to corrupt the Church from within are given platforms — even in Catholic parishes — the efforts of some laymen show that faithful Catholics won't sit idly by and let authentic Church teaching be ignored. On Sunday, Sept. 17, Church Militant Resistance organized over a dozen Catholics to protest Fr. James Martin's appearance at St. Pius X parish in Scarsdale, New York. The group objecting to Martin's message included Resistance members from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey chapters, as well as members from Tradition Family Property and Westchester County Pro-Life. Read more

Michigan AG Seeking to Lock Up Trump Supporters

Michigan AG Seeking to Lock Up Trump Supporters

By Nicholas Wylie • September 19, 2023 •

A Michigan man is seeking the dismissal of the state attorney general's trumped-up charges of forgery and conspiracy surrounding the 2020 presidential election. Clifford Frost Jr.'s legal team filed a motion for summary disposition on Thursday, requesting that the eight charges brought against him by Michigan's pro-Marxist attorney general, Dana Nessel, be dropped. Read more

Pope Defrocks Patron of Marian Vision for Sex Abuse

Pope Defrocks Patron of Marian Vision for Sex Abuse

By Jules Gomes • September 18, 2023 •

A prominent Filipino priest, celebrated for promoting devotion to the Rosary and a controversial Marian apparition, has been laicized by Pope Francis for allegedly abusing minors. The diocese of Borongan announced Sunday on its Facebook page that the holy father "has dismissed from the clerical state Fr. Pio Cultura Aclon." The priest is "no longer a cleric and cannot exercise priestly ministry in the Church." Read more

Cardinal Directs Priests to Promote Other Religions

Cardinal Directs Priests to Promote Other Religions

By Jules Gomes • September 19, 2023 •

The cardinal-archbishop of Goa is directing priests and faithful to promote other religions — after a priest's sermon rebuking Catholics for venerating Hindu gods and patronizing witchcraft went viral on social media. Responding to Cdl. Filipe Neri Ferrão's directive, Salesian nuns running the Auxilium School in Mapusa venerated the idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha "with a traditional lamp lighting followed by a prayer service to invoke the blessings of Lord Ganesha." Read more