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BriefYoung Catholics and the Latin Mass
Rorate Caeli and Fr. Z reported that a majority of French priests aged 25–34 now celebrate the Traditional Mass. In IFOP’s published results, 6% of them celebrate only in the older rite; the 55% adds together several answers, mostly from priests who prefer the ordinary form.
About: Rorate CaeliJohn Zuhlsdorf
BriefAmoris Laetitia and Fiducia Supplicans
Bishop Athanasius Schneider says the Buenos Aires norms open "the door for all sacraments" to remarried couples who cannot live in continence, and that this is "against divine law". The norms add a condition he leaves out; his doctrinal objection reflects a real and unresolved dispute.
About: LifeSiteNewsAthanasius Schneider
BriefEcumenism and interreligious dialogue
The Remnant says Pope Leo XIV praised a Catholic-Lutheran agreement whose Lutheran positions "absolutely fall under" Trent's condemnations. The declaration itself says the condemnations keep their force as "salutary warnings"; whether its consensus holds is a long-running theological debate.
About: The Remnant
PreliminaryBriefSynodality and the Synod on Synodality
LifeSiteNews says Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão argued the Church "must accommodate" new forms of cohabitation rather than insist on an ideal family. His address lists cohabitation among changes he observes, and his "ideal family" line comes from Amoris laetitia itself.
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At a Rome conference, Cardinal Gerhard Müller said the Marian title Co-Redemptrix is "a truth objectively contained within revelation". A year earlier, a doctrinal note approved by Leo XIV judged the title "always inappropriate". Neither text defines the doctrine.
About: Stilum CuriaeGerhard Ludwig Müller
PreliminaryBrief
LifeSiteNews says the new adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization claimed women can "sense a call to priesthood". She did say that, at the 2024 synod. She also said ordained ministry for women was not on the table, and asked only that the discussion continue.
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PreliminaryAmoris Laetitia and Fiducia Supplicans
Commenting on Bishop Schneider's call to correct Amoris laetitia, Return to Tradition says Leo XIV has ruled out any change and that the exhortation lets remarried Catholics be "in good standing" without an annulment. One claim holds up; the other needs context.
About: Return to TraditionAthanasius Schneider
PreliminaryBriefAmoris Laetitia and Fiducia Supplicans
Return to Tradition says Leo XIV "BANS" Cardinal Burke and has told certain bishops they are not welcome. Burke wasn't among the participants the Pope chose, but we found no report of a ban.
About: Return to TraditionRaymond Leo Burke
PreliminaryBriefAmoris Laetitia and Fiducia Supplicans
LifeSiteNews says Sr Helen Alford "blasphemously claimed" that Jesus was initially flirting at the well. Her published text shows she quoted a fellow Dominican's deliberately provocative label for the first stage of the encounter.
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