Rev. Fidel Rodriguez, 66, was attacked twice during Eucharists last Sunday by a woman who later claimed she was a "lesbian".
The incident took place at St Thomas Aquinas Church in St Cloud, Florida, Diocese of Orlando. The woman first attended the 10am Eucharist, the First Communion of her niece. She stood in line for Communion, went up to the priest but didn't know what to do.
The priest, realising that she had no knowledge of the sacrament, politely asked her when she had last received Communion. She replied that it had been many years. He asked her if she had gone to confession, to which she rudely replied, "I don't need to explain that to you".
An hour later, at noon, the woman reappeared in the church for another Eucharist, also celebrated by Rev. Rodriguez. The woman was accompanied by her female concubine, whom the priest did not know.
The same situation repeated itself. The fury presented herself again to Rev. Rodriguez and asked to be given Communion. He asked her if she had …More

Tucho Fernández confirmed to VaticanNews.va (23 May) that he visited Coptic Pope Tawadros II and told him that he "shares" the teachings of a 7 March statement by the Coptic Church.
This statement calls homosexual acts "contrary to the human nature created by God". The text is supported by many quotes from the Bible.
Here are two extracts from the statement:
"As for someone who falls into homosexual behaviour, they are like heterosexuals who fall into the sin of adultery/fornication and need true repentance. Both need continuous spiritual and psychological follow-up. This follow-up has been shown to be effective with unwanted homosexual tendencies. As for those who choose to reconcile with their homosexual tendencies, give themselves over to homosexual acts, refuse spiritual and psychological treatment, and choose of their own free will to break God's commandment, their condition becomes worse than that of those who live in adultery or fornication. Therefore they must be warned and …More

As was to be expected, the Vatican has largely approved the decisions taken by Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth against the Carmelite nuns of Arlington, Texas.
However, the dismissal from religious life of the prioress, Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, was overturned by the Dicastery for Religious. The decree was announced by Bishop Olson on 22 May.
The dicastery rejected the nuns' complaints about the bishop's investigation into their convent, upheld the canonical warning issued to the nine nuns, threatening them with punishment if they continued to obstruct the investigation, and confirmed Mgr Olson's suspension of Mother Gerlach as prioress as a precautionary measure.
The Vatican considered an online affair between Mother Gerlach and a priest of the Raleigh diocese to be proven, but denied that this was an "abuse of her authority as prioress" as Mgr Olson had argued. Further, she was not given the legally required 15 days to appeal.
The Vatican is not known for its concern for canon …More

Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II received Tucho Fernández on 22 May to discuss the March decision of the Copts to suspend theological dialogue with the Vatican because of Francis' homosexual propaganda text 'Fiducia supplicans'.
A press release on CopticOrthodox.church, which could not have been published without Tucho's approval, says that Tucho supports the Coptic March statement against 'Fiducia supplicans':
"Cardinal Victor Fernández stressed that the Catholic Church fully supports this statement and is committed to everything contained in it, considering that these are the teachings of the Holy Bible", the press release says.
At the end of the meeting, Tawadros II spoke of a "path of love" between the Church and the Copts and the "importance of dialogue", and sent greetings to Francis. In this context, the terms "love" and "dialogue" must be synonymous with mutual deception.
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George Weigel, biographer and admirer of John Paul II [who made Bergoglio and McCarrick cardinals on the same day] and neoconservative warmonger, published a list of questions (CatholicWorldReport.com, 20 May) that Ms O'Donnell ("60 Minutes") should have asked Francis in her recent softball interview. Examples.
- Do you ever break bread with those with whom you might disagree, or seek input from outside your bubble?
- You say the ordination of women is not possible, while Cardinal Hollerich says these are "open questions" to be discussed at Synod-2024. Have you reprimanded Cardinal Hollerich?
- Have you ever thought of correcting the idea that Catholic teaching on morality and ecclesiology is not a matter of politics but of revealed truth?
- Why was Father Rupnik never punished for his fornication with nuns?
- Do you think anyone is interested in a Church that is unsure of what it should believe?
- Why have you deposed bishops without due canonical process?
- Why have you hurt those who …More