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Cardinal Tagle celebrates 7 years of Pope Francis

Cardinal Tagle celebrates 7 years of Pope Francis: “A simple ‘parable’ of God’s closeness and compassion”

Bishop who called Pope Francis the antichrist defies Polish Church order to stay silent

Bishop who called Pope Francis the antichrist defies Polish Church order to stay silent

Bologna cardinal Matteo Zuppi

Bologna cardinal rails against Church “prophets of calamities who confuse conversion with relativism”

'Wounded Shepherd - Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church' (by Austen Ivereigh)

‘Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church’ (by Austen Ivereigh)

Cardinal Sarah (l), and Archbishop Gänswein (r)

Gänswein takes down Cardinal Sarah, again: “Benedict never approved the celibacy book”

Pachamama thief Alexander Tschugguel (l)

German diocese bans Pachamama thief for “reprehensible” promotion of Church “division”

Vatican cardinal Pietro Parolin responded to the Rome national conservatism conference in an event with Sant'Egidio

Vatican responds to Rome national conservatism conference: “Nationalisms are childish reactions to the great global world”

The Pachamama statue

Theologian blasts Pachamama desecrator for “damaging” Catholicism

Populists play off John Paul II against Francis, Europe

In Rome conference, populists, conservatives play off John Paul II against Francis, Europe

Cologne cardinal Woelki

Cologne cardinal Woelki paying price for allergy to reform? 120,000 left local Churches just in 2019

German Catholics blast Cardinal Müller's 'synodal path' Nazi comparison

“So far away from reality”: German Catholics blast Cardinal Müller for “synodal path”-Nazi comparison

Gänswein and Benedict

Papal Prefect relieved of Francis duties to care for deteriorating Benedict: report

Cardinal Müller (in the mitre), nervous about the German Church's 'synodal path'

Beyond the pale: Cardinal Müller compares synodal path to rise of Nazi Germany

Optional celibacy for priests (stock)

Italian theologian accuses ultraconservative Pope blackmailers on optional celibacy of “indecency”, “serious distortion of truth”

Priest Robert Sirico launches his anti-Francis economy book in Madrid

Anti-Francis lobby ramps up attack on Pope’s economic vision with pro-free market book launch in Madrid

Italian cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, against the Francis critics

Italian cardinal tells Francis critics to become Protestants if they don’t like Pope

French model for ultra-Catholics, far-right politician Marion Maréchal

Bannon’s “gladiator school” idea for ultra-Catholics infects France

Penha Longa in Portugal, site of an ultraconservative rival to Pope Francis' Assisi conference on the economy

110 bishops conspire in “secret” ultraconservative rival to Francis economy conference

Rogue arch-conservative prelate Jan Paweł Lenga

Polish Bishops disown rogue arch-conservative prelate who called Francis a “heretic”

Francis, Gänswein and Benedict

Benedict’s personal secretary denies Francis pressure to scratch Emeritus’ name from celibacy book cover

Francis, Sarah and Benedict

Benedict and Sarah lose out on celibacy: Francis ready to approve married priests

Cardinal Sarah and Pope Benedict

German laypeople accuse Benedict, Sarah of creating “division” in Church with “irresponsible” anti-optional celibacy stance

Pope Francis January 14 at Mass at the Casa Santa Marta

In midst of Sarah scandal, Pope laments “much harm” done by “incoherent and schizophrenic” pastors

Cardinal Sarah with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Bombshell: Benedict asks for name, image to be removed from celibacy book Sarah said they co-wrote

A priest saying the Mass (stock)

Sicilian archbishop reminds Benedict, Sarah that Francis is pope: he makes the decisions on celibacy

Cardinal Robert Sarah with Pope Benedict XVI

“Totally disloyal”: Catholic Twittizens roast Benedict and Cardinal Sarah for new book stifling celibacy debate

Bishop of Trieste Giampaolo Crepaldi

Italian bishop rants against “vulgar and blasphemous” depictions of Christ by “liberal intellectuals”

Nuncio in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Thomas Gullickson

Nuncio in Switzerland sends Church back centuries with “recourse to approved authors” in theology

The infamous 'pope slap'

Francis’ apology for ‘pope slap’ hailed as “immaculate blueprint for saying sorry”

Far-right Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán

Catholic, other Churches turn blind eye to Christian-nativist populist slide in Hungary