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[Catholic Caucus] The cardinals dodge the key issue
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (340+ words) Help is not on the way. Yesterday, in a cautious optimistic post about this week's meeting of the College of Cardinals, I observed that "it is difficult to imagine how the consistory could discuss the liturgy without immediately raising the…...
Pope Leo calls Second Vatican Council the ‘guiding star’ of the Church’s path
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (837+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday said the Second Vatican Council is the "guiding star" of the Church's path in his strongest statement to date in support of the controversial council. "It is the Magisterium (of the Second Vatican Council) that…...
Pope Leo begins a new catechism series dedicated to Vatican II
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (954+ words) Sculpture on St Peter's basilica door: Vatican II VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) " Pope Leo XIV announced Wednesday that he is beginning a catechesis series to "closely" study the Second Vatican Council, which many priests and scholars have affirmed to be in…...
AMERICA Prayer Vigil – 09 January 2026 [Prayer]
17+ hour, 57+ min ago (190+ words) I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads…...
[Catholic Caucus] Liturgy Sidestepped at Pope Leo XIV’s First Consistory?
20+ hour, 13+ min ago (190+ words) Some cardinals and faithful who have a devotion to the traditional Roman rite have expressed concern that the liturgy appears to be sidelined in the extraordinary consistory currently underway at the Vatican after the cardinals voted to give priority to…...
Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 8-January-2026
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1909+ words) Liturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II). 14. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all....
[Catholic Caucus] Pope at Audience: Second Vatican Council still guiding star of Church’s journey
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (782+ words) "It is the Magisterium [of the Second Vatican Council] that still constitutes the guiding star of the Church's journey today." Pope Leo XIV expressed this during his Wednesday General Audience, on January 7, in the Vatican, as he began a new…...
Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 7-January-2026
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1505+ words) Liturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II). 45. And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. 46. And when he had sent them away, he…...
[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Radcliffe: I support “moving ahead quickly” on female deacons
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (197+ words) Cardinal Radcliffe, who served as spiritual advisor to the Synod on Synodality, has given his support to "moving ahead quickly" with ordaining women to the diaconate. Interviewed by The Telegraph, Timothy Cardinal Radcliffe OP made a number of revelatory comments,…...
[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Barron criticizes ‘synodality’ and ‘Spirit of Vatican II’ in new statement
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (350+ words) Bishop Robert Barron has said that synodality, which questions settled doctrine, must not become a "permanent feature of the Church." In a statement published on January 6 on X, the bishop of Winona-Rochester in southern Minnesota said, "I understand that one…...