Thanks to a combination of irresponsible reporting and the vague language contained in the first document released by the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops, the Vatican was forced to issue a statement yesterday reminding the public that this is just a "working document" and reflects no doctrinal changes in Church teaching.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, is expressing concern about several aspects of the Synod, including the push for changes in the handling of Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics as well as the way that information about the Synod is being "manipulated".
The fifth, sixth and seventh sessions of the historic Synod on the Family continued to discuss "difficult pastoral situations" such as same-sex marriages, cohabitation, the divorce, and polygamy.
The first ever U.S. beatification ceremony is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 4 when Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich will be beatified at Newark's Cathedral-Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is calling upon the faithful to devote Sunday, September 28, to prayer for the upcoming Synod on the Family scheduled for October 5-19 in Rome.
Monsignor Patrick BrankinThe exorcist for the diocese of Tulsa is warning attendees of this Sunday's black mass at the Oklahoma City Civic Center that they risk being possessed by the demons that are invoked in the ritual, especially if they are not in a state of grace, and is calling upon the faithful to engage in "intense prayer" to counter the evil of the rite.
Once again the secular media is having a field day with yesterday's weddings at St. Peter's where couples who had lived in sin and/or already had children were married by the Pope - as if this was some kind of groundbreaking event meant to reveal Francis' shift away from Christ's teachings on marriage.
In spite of a significant rise in the acceptance of gays and lesbians members in American religious congregations since 2006, acceptance among members of Catholic Churches is actually declining.
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