In July of 2019, the Lepanto Institute published a report on a $750,000 grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) that went to an organization called the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN). These are the previous reports on ISN:US Bishops Send $750k to LGBT-Promoting Ignatian Network US Bishops’ Agency Doubles Down on $750k Grant for Pro-LGBT Org $750k from US Bishops Helped Finance Pro-LGBT Conference At issue was the fact that ISN has published a number of … [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...]
What I saw at the (w)REC in LA
The following is written by Christian Patin, founder of and head writer for www.Cathlogic.comThe 2018 Religious Education Congress is finally over, and not a moment too soon. This year, just as every other year in recent memory, the conference was armed to the teeth with dissident, problematic, outspoken, unruly leaders of the Church. From the notoriously gay-affirmative Fr. James Martin to the tragically misguided Fr. Bryan Massingale—and don’t forget the most reverend Archbishop Gomez … [Read more...]
Apologia for Apostasy: A Spiritual Reflection on Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’
The following is a guest article by Geoff Jablonski.Much has been said recently of Martin Scorsese’s latest film Silence. Debuting in Rome in November of last year, it has received critical acclaim from a number of places ranging from Hollywood blogs and movie critics to modern Jesuits such as Fr. James Martin. Sadly, the reviews of Fr. Martin and others, in explaining or defending the apostasy of the main character in the film, suggest that it is possible to maintain a true Faith in … [Read more...]
