Since November of 2018, St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Purcellville, Virginia has been without its pastor, Fr. Ronald Escalante. According to a press release from the diocese issued 7 December 2018, Fr. Escalante was placed on administrative leave “pending the outcome of an investigation of alleged boundary violations involving a minor and adults which transgress the Code of Conduct for Clergy in the Diocese of Arlington.”An update to the press release a week later states that even … [Read more...]
We Will Pray For You In Rome!
The Lepanto Institute will be in Rome this month (May 11-21) to attend the annual Rome Life Forum, the Rome March for Life, and the second annual conference of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family, which is on the topic of "Brain Death." While we are there, we will be making our annual pilgrimages to various holy sites, praying before a multitude of relics, and we would like to take your prayer intentions with us. So, if you have a particular intention, a private … [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...]
Catholic Doctrine Is Divine Unchangeable Doctrine
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) “Hold fast to the traditions which you were taught” (2 Thessalonians 2:15) “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!” (Galatians 1:8) Much is being said about certain changes introduced to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, liturgy, certain ordinary customs, and even the words of the Lord’s Prayer. Most of … [Read more...]
Bp. McElroy Defends Diocesan Employee in Same-Sex “Marriage”
On October 10, LifeSiteNews reported on one of the listening sessions held by Bp. McElroy at Our Lady of Grace Church in San Diego. During this session, one attendee was removed because of the concern she expressed over “an openly homosexual man ‘running the show’” at St. John the Evangelist parish. According to LifeSite: After the woman alleged that the parish of St John the Evangelist had an openly homosexual man "running the show," the Bishop cut her off, saying, "Alright, you've gone far … [Read more...]
