James Martin

American Bishops Often Fail to Defend the Faith and Faithful Priests

American Bishops Often Fail to Defend the Faith and Faithful Priests (15+ articles)

They have failed to defend the perennial teachings of the Faith, reprimand liberal priests who promote sin and heresy, nor defend faithful priests.

  1. James Martin Set to Speak to School Children on Welcoming Homosexuality in Cardinal Dolan’s Archdiocese – Complicit Clergy
  2. Cardinal Dolan endorses Fr. James Martin’s new LGBT activism group – lifesitenews.com – 7/19/22
  3. The US Bishops Promote a Protégé to the Rapist Theodore McCarrick – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics – 11/26/22
  4. Kids aren’t protected from LGBT ideology just because they attend Catholic schools – lifesitenews.com– 2/15/22
  5. Viganò calls on bishops to defend marriage, oppose the errors of Amoris Laetitia – Lifesitenews.com – 9/1/22
  6. California bishop blasts Cardinal-elect McElroy for thinking abortion ‘not wrong enough’ to discuss – Lifesitenews.com – 6/15/22
  7. Joe Biden is the ‘product’ of weak bishops who don’t defend Church teaching: Catholic activist – lifesitenews.com
  8. Chicago Archdiocese: We don’t oppose pornographic “children’s books” in public libraries | Chicago City Wire – 6/26/22 – they even slammed Catholic Vote, an orthodox Catholic lay organization
  9. Catholic bishops drop opposition to lesbian becoming a foster parent – Baptist News Global – 6/27/22
  10. Louisiana bishops conference endorses emergency contraception in cases of rape – lifesitenews.com – 7/19/22
  11. Gregory restricts Latin Mass, bans traditional sacraments in ‘vindictive, heartless’ decree – lifesitenews.com – 7/22/22
  12. 84 Catholic dioceses partner with student evaluation firm pushing drag queen books, LGBT ideology – Lifesitenews.com – 1/18/23
  13. These are the Bishops you need to be warned about (lifesitenews.com) – 8/9/23 – Pope Francis, Cardinal Cupich, Cardinal Gregory, Cardinal Tobin, Bishop John Stowe
  14. USCCB-backed law could force religious employers to protect employee abortions, contraception – Lifesitenews.com – 8/9/23
  15. IN-DEPTH: Abortion, Transgender Services, Communion, and the ‘Transition’ of Catholic Church Leadership | The Epoch Times – 8/21/23

Faithful Bishops and Priests are persecuted or cancelled and not defended.

  1. The Cry of Priests | The Vortex (churchmilitant.com) – Bishop Callahan of La Crosse cancelled Fr. James Altman but protects Mnsr. Burrill who was caught using a gay hookup app on his phone – 3/1/22
  2. Four Years Later the Lies Continue (churchmilitant.com) – 9/10/22 – Paul John Kalchik went into hiding after burning an LGBTQ Flag at his parish (Resurrection Parish) in Chicago and Cardinal Cupich attempted to banish him. The Chicago Police Department threatened to forcibly remove him from the parish. This threat was substantiated at the time by the parish’s vicar, Bp. Mark Bartosic.
  3. ‘Monsignor GRIDR’ Gets New Parish, Fr. Altman Remains Sidelined – Complicit Clergy – 6/12/22
  4. Another local Catholic priest Fr. Edward Meeks draws national criticism, this time for anti-vaccine remarks | Baltimore Brew – 11/30/21
  5. Priest canceled by Bishop for speaking out against the Church’s homosexual cabal – lifesitenews.com – 8/21/23
  6. S. Bishops Are Cowards (complicitclergy.com) – 11/16/23 – none of them defend Bishop Strickland.
  7. The Silence of the Bishops in Response to the Persecution of Cardinal Zen (complicitclergy.com) – 9/23/22
  8. Hilarious statement from the Archdiocese of Chicago about the suppression of the Institute of Christ the King | Fr. Z’s Blog (wdtprs.com) – 8/4/22 – TLM prohibited.

Pope Francis Acceptance of Homosexuality

Pope Francis Acceptance of Homosexuality (40+ articles)

  1. Apparently Supports same-sex civil unions in ‘apocalyptically scandalous’ interview – lifesitenews.com– 9/17/21
  2. Praises Fr. James Martin’s pro-LGBT conference as promoting ‘the culture of encounter’ – lifesitenews.com– 8/2/22
  3. Pontifical Academy for Life ‘likes’ James Martin’s latest Twitter post pushing LGBT agenda – lifesitenews.com – 9/7/22
  4. Pope Francis antagonizes orthodox Catholics in answers to James Martin’s pro-LGBT questions (lifesitenews.com) – 5/11/22
  5. Pope Francis praises Fr. James Martin’s pro-LGBT advocacy yet again in handwritten letter – Lifesitenews.com – 6/14/23
  6. Gerald Murray slams Pope Francis’ comments on homosexuality, African bishops – lifesitenews.com – 1/31/23
  7. Murray: Pope Francis’ new doctrine chief ‘must be resisted’ if he pushes homosexuality – Lifesitenews.com – 7/17/23
  8. Whoopi Goldberg meets with Pope Francis, champions his acceptance of homosexuality – Lifesitenews.com – 10/12/23
  9. Cardinals Burke, Müller condemn Pope Francis’ support for same-sex ‘blessings,’ Communion for adulterers – Lifesitenews.com– 10/6/23
  10. Priest to Pope Francis: ‘You are hurting my parish’ by promoting homosexuality
 – Lifesitenews.com – 10/9/23
  11. Cardinal Müller: Belgian bishops’ homosexual ‘blessings’ are ‘heresy and schism’ – Lifesitenews.com – 10/21/22
  12. Bishop Schneider: Blessing of same-sex unions is ‘an abomination’ (lifesitenews.com) – 11/9/23
  13. Pope Francis to clergy: Decide for yourselves whether to ‘bless’ homosexual unions – Lifesitenews.com – 10/2/23
  14. Cardinals Burke, Müller condemn Pope Francis’ support for same-sex ‘blessings,’ Communion for adulterers – Lifesitenews.com – 10/6/23

Blessings for Homosexual Unions – 12/18/23 – a sampling of 25+ articles

  1. Pope Francis publishes norms for clergy to ‘bless’ homosexual unions (lifesitenews.com) – 12/18/23 – Fiducia Supplicans
  2. Pope Opens Possibility of Blessing ‘Same-Sex Couples,’ Those in ‘Irregular Situations’ – CatholicVote org – 12/18/23
  3. Bishop Strickland urges bishops to say ‘no’ to Francis’ ‘blessings’ of homosexual couples – Lifesitenews.com – 12/18/23
  4. Archbishop Peta, Bishop Schneider ban ‘blessings’ of homosexual couples in Kazakhstan archdiocese – Lifesitenews.com – 12/19/23 – CLIP: Bishop Schneider on blessing ‘same-sex unions’ (lifesitenews.com) – 12/19/23
  5. Former homosexual: Pope Francis is inviting humanity to join Satan in mocking Christ and His Church – Lifesitenews.com – 12/19/23
  6. Homosexual Blessings: Austrian bishop says priests CAN’T refuse & Malawi bishops say NO WAY (lifesitenews.com) – 12/19/23
  7. Most American bishops are going along with Pope Francis’ ‘blessings’ for homosexual couples – Lifesitenews.com – 12/19/23
  8. CLIP: Bishop Schneider on Pope Francis’ papacy (lifesitenews.com) – 12/20/23
  9. Bishop Schneider: Blessing of same-sex unions is ‘an abomination’ (lifesitenews.com) – 12/20/23
  10. Prominent canon lawyer Fr. Murray excoriates new Vatican doc endorsing ‘blessings’ of gay couples – Lifesitenews.com – 12/20/23
  11. Two Commentaries by Two Prominent Priests on Fiducia Supplicans (complicitclergy.com) – 12/30/23 – Fr. Raymond J. De Souza, Fr. Gerald E. Murray: A disordered sexual relationship brought into being by self-indulgent shameless acts is not bless-able. FS is a scandal and a disaster for claiming it is.
  12. Archbishop Viganò: Bergoglio’s ‘blessings’ for homosexual couples show he is a ‘servant of Satan’ – Lifesitenews.com – 12/21/23
  13. Blessing Same-Sex Couples: a CA Roundtable | Catholic Answers Magazine – 12/21/23 – Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF)
    • Trent Horn – Given the practical difficulty involved in the wide variety of ministers giving and individuals seeking these “spontaneous blessings,” I would not have released the document—or at I least I would have included the reminder from the 2021 DDF ruling, still in force, that God “does not and cannot bless sin.”
    • Karlo Broussard – the DDF is safe doctrinally but has failed (gravely?) in exercising pastoral prudence. The damage has been done. Confusion is setting in. Let’s implore God that he will bring order out of disorder and peace out of chaos.
    • Cy Kellett – At every talk I give, I meet people who are at their wits‘ end with Francis and people who are at their wits‘ end with those who oppose Francis. Everybody seems on edge. This isn’t helping… Fiducia Supplicans, in my view, is basically correct in its approach to blessings—if what it’s saying is that Pope Francis wants people to receive the blessings of the Church without priests actually blessing sinful unions.
    • Todd Aglialoro – Fiducia Supplicans suggests that it is not their false claim to legitimate conjugal union or the sinful sexual acts that accompany it, but rather “all that is true, good, and humanly valid in their lives and their relationships”. This strikes me as, at best, an unrealistic view.  I fear that the result of this document will be to present confusion and scandal to the world… to dishearten and impede the efforts of faithful clerical and lay ministers currently resisting the tide of sexual libertinism…
    • Joe Heschmeyer – So what has the DDF now added to the conversation? The idea that in certain contexts, a priest might give an informal blessing to a “same-sex couple.” It’s not true, therefore (as some have said), that the DDF is okaying the blessing of same-sex “unions.” But it’s also not true (as others have claimed) that this is nothing new, since it’s just about blessing same-sex-attracted individuals. It’s not about individuals or unions, but a third thing, seemingly in between the two: a “couple.”
    • Tom Nash – nowhere does FS acknowledge and affirm chaste living, as do faithful apostolates that minister to persons with same-sex attraction. Consequently, whatever good intention he may have, a cleric who attempts to bless the relationship of a same-sex couple will do them a grave disservice.
    • Christopher Check – within hours of the Dicastery’s publication of Fiducia Supplicans, media all over the globe reported that the Catholic Church had reversed its teaching of 2021 that homosexual couples and “irregular” heterosexual couples cannot be blessed. The Catechism tells us that “scandal is an attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil. why would Rome cause scandal? Did the DDF not know what consequences FS would produce? One telltale sign: the word repent is noticeably absent from the document.
  14. Cardinal Müller tells Pope Francis: Blessing homosexual couples is ‘impossible’ and ‘blasphemy’  – Lifesitenews.com – 12/21//23
  15. Altier on Obedience of Faith – We Cannot and Will Not Bless Sin (complicitclergy.com) – 12/26/23
  16. On the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions | Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel’s Hope (motherofisraelshope.org) – 12/28/23
  17. Bishops can opt diocese out of same-sex ‘blessings,’ Vatican says – Washington Times – 12/28/23
  18. 2023: The Fiducia Fiasco, Synodality, Fr Rupnik, and more (youtube.com) – 12/29/23 – The Catholic Thing, Fr. Gerald Murray, Diane Montagna, Fr. Rupni, and Cardinal Becciu.
  19. Kirby – I Will Not Be Blessing Couples In Irregular Unions (complicitclergy.com) – 12/31/23. These ‘pastoral’ blessings do not require repentance and the desire to change like all other church blessings. These same-sex couples are in a state of sin. Conditions: no vestments, no formal prayers, not in civil union ceremony, must be spontaneous, not part of sacred liturgy. God & the Church cannot bless states of sin.
  20. ‘Same-Sex’ Blessings Doc Sparks Sustained Global Pushback: The Bishops and Dioceses Saying ‘No’ – CatholicVote org – 1/1/24
  21. Franciscan University professor calls for Pope Francis to resign following homosexual ‘blessings’ text – Lifesitenews.com – 1/2/24
  22. ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ 2.0| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com) – 1/4/24
  23. The Hidden Agenda Behind Same-Sex Blessings (complicitclergy.com) – 1/4/24
  24. Lawler and Arroryo Discuss the Confusion Surrounding Fiducia Supplicans (complicitclergy.com) – 1/4/24 – 21 minute video.
  25. LGBT ‘Catholic’ groups celebrate Fiducia Supplicans as an endorsement of homosexual relationships – Lifesitenews.com – 1/5/24
  26. Golden Opportunities Missed – The Catholic Thing – 1/5/24 – David Carlin
    1. The first thing we have to note is that most Americans who have heard of FS – whether Catholics or Protestants or non-Christians, and whether they be pro-SR or anti-SR – perceive FS as a significant victory for the LGBTQ+ movement, a movement which, as I see it, has as one of its aims to undermine and destroy the Christian ideal of sexual morality, hence Christianity itself.
    2. Most people see FS as the Catholic Church giving ground to the LGBTQ+ gang.  They see FS as a sign that Catholicism, like liberal Protestantism, will eventually remove homosexual practice from its list of serious sins.  Defenders of FS can tell people, all they want, that they are mistaken to see things that way; all the same, that’s how they see it.
    3. Second, the American Catholic bishops are once again offered a golden opportunity to put themselves at the head of the SR counter-revolution.  But to do this, they will have to do something that is almost a psychological impossibility for a Catholic bishop: they will have to make a public declaration of their disagreement with the pope.