Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano released another communique regarding the ongoing homosexual scandal in the Church and the Vatican's continued failure to combat it. Abp. Vigano properly identifies the current crisis in the Church as the "plague of homosexuality in the clergy." Abp. Vigano said in his latest public address, "This is a crisis due to the plague of homosexuality, in those who practice it, in its motions, in its resistance to being corrected." --Click here to sign the petition … [Read more...]
Open Letter to US Bishops Regarding AUSCP
The following open letter was sent this morning to bishops of the United States. The Lepanto Institute has created a web page with a sample letter that concerned parishioners can send to their bishops, asking them to ban the AUSCP from their diocese and forbid their priests from being members. NOTE THIS WELL - Call to Action and the succeeding decades of liturgical abuse and heresy could have been stopped, dead in their tracks if we had the ability to conduct this kind of research and get the … [Read more...]
Fleecing the Flock: Is YOUR Parish Giving Money and Support to the AUSCP?
As the dissident Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP) prepares to hold its annual assembly in Albuquerque, NM next week, Lepanto Institute continues its coverage of this dissident organization.We have already illustrated how the AUSCP is seeking to create priestless parishes and is pushing for the ordination of women to the permanent deaconate. Last week, we published a report on the AUSCP’s destructive vision of priestly formation and how they are giving a podium at their Assembly … [Read more...]
Is Archbishop Wester Feeding his Flock to the Wolves?
The 2018 Association of U. S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP) annual assembly is being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 25-28. This places the assembly in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, where Archbishop John Wester presides. As we reported previously, the AUSCP is a dissident organization pushing for ordained women deaconesses running priestless parishes among other abuses, so this couldn’t be an official diocesan sponsored event, right? Wrong.In June of 2016, Arcbhishop Wester agreed to … [Read more...]
Writer for Jesuit-Run “America” Magazine is Blaspheming Communist
America Magazine has long held a reputation for promoting hard left ideologies.Whether it was Franciscan Friar Daniel Horan’s June 26, 2015 celebration of same-sex “marriage,” or the blasphemous advertisement (image on the right) published in America’s December 2005 issue which depicted a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary enveloped in a condom, this Jesuit-run publication is constantly pushing the envelope against the Magisterial teachings of the Church. And yet, despite America Magazine’s … [Read more...]