Editor’s Note: There is a long history in the Church of courageous bishops standing up to tyrants and evil rulers and denouncing their wickedness. Pope Gregory VII (r. 1073-1085) denounced and excommunicated the...
Archive - August 2021
Weekly News Roundup: Pope Francis on Hypocrisy, Traditionis Custodes Updates, New SSPX Church in Vienna
This week, CFN’s editors discuss: Pope Francis on Hypocrisy: IroniesTraditionis Custodes Updates: Pittsburgh Bishop Bans Private TLMs / Trad Superiors Summoned to Rome?Personnel is Policy: Pope Accepts Resignation of...
The Fall of Afghanistan and the Resurgence of Radical Islam
Image: Taliban jihadists occupy the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan after taking control of the city on Aug. 15, 2021. (Zabi Karimi / AP) As I write this, the news is full of reports that Kabul has fallen to...
Weekly News Roundup: Pope Says Ten Commandments Are Not “Absolutes”, Fall of Afghanistan, Cardinal Burke’s Health
This week, CFN editor-in-chief Brian McCall discusses: Pope Says Ten Commandments are Not “Absolutes”Fall of Afghanistan and Resurgence of Radical Islam While U.S. Military Becomes More “Woke”See...
Weekly News Roundup: Pope Francis on Keeping the Commandments, Panel Discussion on “Traditionis Custodes”, Vaccine Mandates and SCOTUS
This week, CFN’s editors discuss: Pope Francis: “Encounter with Jesus is More Important Than All the Commandments”Cardinal Müller Comments on Punishment of Priest Known for Battling...
Abp. Viganò Invites Bishops and Priests to Fast, Recite Leo XIII’s Exorcism Prayer on Vigil of the Assumption
INVITATIONTO BISHOPS AND PRIESTS FROM AROUND THE WORLDTO A DAY OF FASTINGAND THE RECITATION OF THE EXORCISM OF LEO XIIION THE VIGIL OFTHE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY INTO HEAVEN In this moment of very serious...
Listen to CFN’s Brian McCall in a Second Society Podcast
Listen to a roundtable discussion among CFN Editor-in-Chief Brian M. McCall, E. Michael Jones, Tim Kelly and host, David Schmitt, at The Second Society podcast: “Reproduction for Europeans and Christians: from...
Weekly News Roundup: Pope’s August Prayer Intention, Reception of Traditionis Custodes, Vaccine Mandates and Conscientious Objection
This week, CFN’s editors discuss: Pope Francis: Church’s “Vocation” is “Evangelization,” Not “Proselytism”Reception of Traditionis Custodes by Bishops; Kremlin Santa Marta...
Abp. Viganò Offers Advice to Priests on Responding to Traditionis Custodes
(Image: Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò offering the Traditional Latin Mass.) Editor’s Note: After Archbishop Viganò released his video message on Traditionis Custodes, LifeSiteNews and CFN contributor Dr. Maike...
WATCH: Fr. Michael Rodríguez on Traditionis Custodes
Catholic Family News has invited back by popular demand Fr. Michael Rodríguez, a priest of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, who delivered an outstanding testimony at the 2019 CFN Conference, “The New Mass: Fifty...