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The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

November 4, 2025 Carl E. Olson 153

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released today a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” (Mater Populi Fidelis), and it has raised a few eyebrows along with […]

Analysis

Cardinal Fernandez discusses Fr. Rupnik: What did we learn?

January 25, 2025 Christopher R. Altieri 31

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is working—slowly—toward a full penal trial for the disgraced former celebrity artist-priest, Fr. Marko Rupnik (olim Fr. Marko Rupnik SJ), an accused abuser of dozens of victims, most of them […]

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Vatican announces press conference on ‘spiritual experience’ of Medjugorje

September 16, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News

ACI Prens… […]

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Fernández: Vatican’s new apparitions guidelines stress ‘caution’ in discernment process

May 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News

Rome News… […]

Chapp's Schtick

The population of hell and the limitations of human freedom

April 27, 2024 Larry Chapp 82

With the promulgation of the latest document from the DDF (Dignitas Infinita) much focus has been on the use of the word “Infinite” in the title as a qualifier for the ontological nature of human […]

Analysis

Fiducia Supplicans and the Christian Conscience

February 5, 2024 Nina Sophie Heereman 40

Shortly after the publication of Fiducia Supplicans, a friend asked me how she could reconcile the content of this statement with her conscience. As she is certainly not alone with this question, I have decided […]

The Dispatch

Cardinal Fernández says Pope Francis knew about his book ‘Mystical Passion’

January 18, 2024 Catholic News Agency 15

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández celebrates his Mass of titular possession at the Church of Sts. Urban and Lawrence at Prima Porta on the northern outskirts of Rome on Dec. 3, 2023. / Credit: Elizabeth Alva/EWTN

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 17, 2024 /… […]

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Cardinal Parolin: Fiducia Supplicans has ‘touched a very sensitive point’ 

January 13, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrating Mass for peace in Ukraine on Thursday in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, Nov. 17, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Vatican City, Jan 13, 2024 / 10:15 am (CNA).
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secreta… […]

Features

Rediscovered book by Cardinal Fernández features graphic erotic passages on ‘spirituality and sensuality’

January 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 66

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Rome Newsroom, Jan 8, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA).
A 1998 book by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández featuring provocative, sexually-charged themes has resurfaced, likely adding further scrutiny to the already embattled… […]

The Dispatch

Cardinal Fernández: Vatican’s same-sex blessings guidance is ‘clear answer’ to German bishops

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 18

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa

Rome Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 18:20 pm (CNA).
Amid significant confusion about the Vatican’s recent guidance on same-sex blessings, the document’s architect has lashed out at t… […]

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