Weekly News Roundup: Recap of 2019, Pope’s Christmas Address, Hermits’ Declaration

In this week’s episode, CFN Editor-in-Chief Brian McCall and Managing Editor Matt Gaspers discuss the following news items:

• Recap of 2019 – Recalling Major Stories
  • WYD Panama (Jan. 22-27)
  • Papal Trip to UAE and “Human Fraternity” Document (Feb. 3-5)
  • Vatican Summit on “Protection of Minors” (Feb. 21-24)
  • Notre Dame Paris Fire (Apr. 15)
  • Open Letter to Bishops Accusing Francis of Heresy (Apr. 30)
  • Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider’s “Declaration of Truths” (June 10)
  • Amazon Synod (Oct. 6-27)
  • Archbishop Viganò Emerges as Voice for Tradition
• Pope’s Christmas Address to the Roman Curia
  • Dialectical View of History
  • Reference to Evangelii Gaudium (his own text) as “the most important pastoral document” since Vatican II
  • Denouncing “Rigidity” Yet Again
  • Cardinal Martini Quote
• Declaration of the Hermits of Westray
  • Is their local bishop’s response of “excommunication” legitimate?
• Dutch Priest Who Declared Himself an Active Homosexual Now Defended by Vatican

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