Miscellanea

Aparecida in celebration for the mosaics covering those in Lourdes

The pope approves in France the covering of the works by Marko Rupnik, who is under trial for abuse, but blesses the solemn inauguration in Brazil of the basilica façade signed by the Centro Aletti

It seems that the right hand of Pope Leo XIV does not know what the left hand is doing, yet the Church of Rome does not appear concerned about clarifying anything to the faithful or even to the clergy. And yet, no explanation comes to mind.

The Lute Case and All Its Implications (Closely Touching Prevost)

The so-called Lute case (the nickname of Father Eleuterio Vásquez González, parish priest of the Chiclayo diocese in Peru) remains a subject of debate, not only within the Church. Vásquez was accused of sexually abusing three underage sisters, whom he allegedly had spend the night with in a parochial residence in the highlands. The complaints were filed directly with the then Bishop of Chiclayo, Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV; subsequently, in November 2025, the Vatican granted Father Lute a dispensation from the clerical state (a favour, not a sanction). However, the lawyer representing the victims, canonist Father Ricardo Coronado Arrascue, has been barred from acting on their behalf.

Is the Vatican complicit in persecution of China’s Catholics?

New revelations about secret consecrations of Underground bishops in China prove that the Sino-Vatican deal has firmly failed in achieving its aim.

The revelation that bishops are being secretly consecrated for the Underground Church in China is groundbreaking, since it undermines the entire narrative given by the Holy See regarding its dealings with the Communist state. The Vatican must now reject its 2018 deal with China or else risk being knowingly complicit with the persecution of Catholics, if it not doing so already.

CATHOLICS ENGAGE IN SPIRITUAL DENIAL

Will abuse victims ever see justice?

Eco-Paganism Reaches Fever Pitch in Synodal Church

More green communism and Earth worship are being shoved down our throats

Catholicism’s Surrender to Maoism

Beijing Chooses Communist Bishops. Rome Says Yes.

Beijing has chosen a new Catholic bishop who promoted Communist ideology, participated in Maoist political “re-education,” and dismissed reports of persecution against Catholics in his own diocese. Rome approved him anyway. The consecration of Paul Liu Honggang, argues Gaetano Masciullo, is a shocking example of what the Sino-Vatican agreement has produced: The Communist regime chooses, and Rome goes along with it.

The subterfuge to close abuse cases without trial or reparation that emerged from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Within the Church, there exists a method for concluding procedures concerning the abuse of minors that bypasses a verdict, does not declare facts, does not hear the victim, and leaves no public trace.

A long-awaited reckoning: A timeline of the Father Marko Rupnik case

Paper covers the mosaics designed by Father Marko Rupnik July 23, 2024, in the Luminous Mysteries Chapel at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington. Revelations of many allegations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against the Slovenian priest and former Jesuit were made public in 2022. The naming of judges in a canonical trial was the last official update of the case until 2026. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada)

Leo’s New Chinese Bishop Composed Hymn to Communist Party.

Rome’s version of unity accommodates Beijing

Head of Pontifical International Marian Academy Again Makes Heretical and Blasphemous Statements That Will Lead Souls to Hell

Because one has a duty to know and study, at the very least, the fundamentals of the Catholic faith, this type of chosen, convenient ignorance will not be a defense on Judgment Day.

Leo XIV summons world’s bishops to entrench heretical Amoris Laetitia

Pope Leo considers the highly controversial Amoris Laetitia a guiding text for the Church, elements of which many consider to be heretical

The Council merely wished the readings to be proclaimed in the vernacular