In the 1970’s there was a tv show called the Six Million Dollar Man, which was about a man who had a series of body parts replaced by robotics. The tag-line of this show was, “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster.” The very idea of the show was that man could somehow be improved through technological enhancements. We can see … [Read more...]
Abp. Vigano: Homosexuality Has Become a Plague in the Clergy
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano released another communique regarding the ongoing homosexual scandal in the Church and the Vatican's continued failure to combat it. Abp. Vigano properly identifies the current crisis in the Church as the "plague of homosexuality in the clergy." Abp. Vigano said in his latest public address, "This is a crisis due to the plague of homosexuality, in those who practice it, in its motions, in its resistance to being corrected." --Click here to sign the petition a … [Read more...]
Open Letter to US Bishops Regarding AUSCP
The following open letter was sent this morning to bishops of the United States. The Lepanto Institute has created a web page with a sample letter that concerned parishioners can send to their bishops, asking them to ban the AUSCP from their diocese and forbid their priests from being members. NOTE THIS WELL - Call to Action and the succeeding decades of liturgical abuse and heresy could have been stopped, dead in their tracks if we had the ability to conduct this kind of research and get the w … [Read more...]
Fleecing the Flock: Is YOUR Parish Giving Money and Support to the AUSCP?
As the dissident Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP) prepares to hold its annual assembly in Albuquerque, NM next week, Lepanto Institute continues its coverage of this dissident organization. We have already illustrated how the AUSCP is seeking to create priestless parishes and is pushing for the ordination of women to the permanent deaconate. Last week, we published a report on the AUSCP’s destructive vision of priestly formation and how they are giving a podium at their Assembly t … [Read more...]
Is Archbishop Wester Feeding his Flock to the Wolves?
The 2018 Association of U. S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP) annual assembly is being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 25-28. This places the assembly in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, where Archbishop John Wester presides. As we reported previously, the AUSCP is a dissident organization pushing for ordained women deaconesses running priestless parishes among other abuses, so this couldn’t be an official diocesan sponsored event, right? Wrong. In June of 2016, Arcbhishop Wester agreed to p … [Read more...]