All last week, the Lepanto Institute was on location at the Airport Marriott in St. Louis to observe and counter goings on at the Association of US Catholic Priest’s (AUSCP) 2019 Assembly. Early in the week we were there, we exposed the fact that the AUSCP has officially and formally called for the ordination of women as Catholic priests. Other areas of concern regarding the AUSCP can be explored in the following other reports:AUSCP’s Plan for Ordained Women and Priestless parishes … [Read more...]
US Bishops Support Priest Assembly Calling for Women’s Ordination
The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP), which claims a priestly membership of just over 1,300 priests, issued a white paper on May 8, 2019, titled “AUSCP Declaration on the Status of Women.” This white paper calls for the priestly ordination of women and utilizes condemned Modernist reasoning to reach its conclusions. According to the St. Louis Dispatch, AUSCP members will be asked to affirm this declaration at the ongoing AUSCP 2019 Assembly in St. Louis.The Lepanto Institute has … [Read more...]
Girl Scouts Committee Disbanded Over Relationship with Oxfam. What about CRS?
In a letter dated February 18, 2016 and addressed to priests, scout leaders and the lay faithful of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Archbishop Carlson disbanded the Catholic Committee on Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts had been under increasing scrutiny by Catholics over the years because of its intimate relationships with abortion and contraception providing organizations, such as Planned Parenthood. The website Girl Scouts, Why not? is full of information documenting the Girl Scouts' promotion of … [Read more...]