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| Vatican says 4 papal documents issued under Leo XIV are part of the ‘mandate’ of Pope Francis |
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Posted by: Stone - 9 hours ago - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Vatican says 4 papal documents issued under Leo XIV are part of the ‘mandate’ of Pope Francis
With two new documents in addition to the notes on marriage and Marian titles, 'the mandate Pope Francis had given us two years ago comes to an end,’
declared Fr. Armando Matteo.
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VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — During the presentation of the doctrinal note on marriage, Una Caro, in the Holy See Press Office on November 25, Father Armando Matteo, secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, stated that the two documents published this month – along with two soon to be released – are to be considered part of Pope Francis’ legacy.
“Together with the note on Marian titles and the note on monogamy,” the secretary said, “the dicastery is currently carrying out another study on the theme of the transmission of the faith, and is then completing the final report of the well-known Study Group No. 5 on the participation of women in the life and leadership of the Church, which will be delivered directly to the Secretariat of the Synod, which in turn will hand it over to Pope Leo.”
Matteo then specified that “in this way, with these four documents, the mandate Pope Francis had given us two years ago comes to an end. The dicastery now awaits an official and complete meeting with Pope Leo in January, so as to receive instructions for the next documents.”
The Vatican official acknowledged that the doctrinal note on Marian titles had been conceived under the reign of Pope Francis and desired by him, although the matter had already been unofficially known for some time to those frequenting Vatican circles.
The final report on the role of women in the life and governance of the Church will attempt to bring closure to the study carried out by the so-called Study Group 5 from the mutli-year Synod on Synodality. This is one of the most debated and controversial points in the synodal work of recent years.
Throughout Francis’ pontificate, numerous signs emerged showing the late pope’s intention to study and theologically justify the possibility of introducing women to Holy Orders.
From 2016 onward, Francis introduced various gestures and initiatives that opened debate on the role of women in the Church: from modifying the Holy Thursday rite to include washing the feet of women, to establishing a study commission on female deacons, to the passages in Amoris laetitia criticizing patriarchal cultures and promoting the dignity of women.
Also in 2016, the Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano published articles supporting the preaching of women, while in 2017 the Jesuit journal Civiltà Cattolica relaunched the question of female ordination. Later, in 2019, Bishop Erwin Kräutler – an advocate of women priests –authored the Instrumentum laboris for the Amazon Synod, and in the same year a private meeting of cardinals and bishops explicitly discussed female ordination. Finally, the Instrumentum laboris for the October 2024 synod took up the theme once more, inviting the Church to recognize official ministries for women, especially in the Amazon context.
During the first assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in October 2024, beside the official study groups, the existence of a confidential working group – identified precisely as Group 5 – had been reported. This group, whose members were not disclosed, had been tasked with addressing particularly sensitive matters.
Officially, in March 2024, the Vatican presented Group 5 as a study group on “theological and canonical questions concerning specific ministerial forms,” such as the role of women in the Church and “the possible admission of women to the diaconate.”
The secret nature of this study group sparked indignation among several synodal delegates, who demanded clarity regarding the transparency of the entire process. The widespread perception was that of a strategic laboratory where issues with potentially structural impact on the Church were being discussed.
The report soon to be delivered “directly into the hands of the Secretariat of the Synod,” and subsequently into the hands of Pope Leo, will contain the final theses of this secret study group.
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| The Hunt for the ‘Turkey Indult’ |
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Posted by: SAguide - Yesterday, 10:00 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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Did Ven. Pope Pius XII issue an indult in 1958 permitting American Catholics to eat turkey on the day after Thanksgiving—i.e., on Friday, a traditional day of abstinence from meat throughout the year?
Or was it actually Pope John XXIII, the man elected to succeed Pius XII a month before Thanksgiving that same year? Or did Pius XII (or John XXIII) simply give U.S. bishops ecclesiastical permission to dispense the faithful from abstaining from turkey the day after Thanksgiving?
Well, like a wonderful Thanksgiving buffet, there seems to be a bit of everything in this matter!
Full article link: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online...key-indult
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| Vatican ends routine use of Latin in sweeping overhaul |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-26-2025, 07:41 PM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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From the liberal Catholic outlet, The Catholic Herald - November 25, 2025:
Vatican ends routine use of Latin in sweeping overhaul
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The Vatican has announced the most far-reaching overhaul of its internal administration in a quarter of a century, with Pope Leo XIV approving two major regulatory texts that will reshape daily life inside the Holy See.
Signed on the Feast of Christ the King and published on 24 November, the new Regulation of the Roman Curia and the corresponding Regulation of Personnel set out a five-year ad experimentum framework intended to bring order, consistency and modern management to an institution long governed as much by custom as by law.
Among the most striking changes is the disappearance of the old requirement that curial acts be drafted “as a rule” in Latin. Vatican officials privately acknowledge that, with Italian, English, French and other modern languages now permitted for normal use, this will in practice mean the abandonment of Latin. Article 50 states that while “the curial institutions will normally draft their acts in Latin or in another language”, care will be taken to ensure that major documents intended for publication are translated into the most widely used languages.
Under the reforms, all acts intended for the Pope must be channelled through the Secretariat of State, and documents of broader significance must be shared across relevant institutions before publication. Interdicasterial meetings are now governed by mandatory procedures and scheduled collaboration. Officials interpret these moves as an attempt to restore coherence and accountability after years of overlapping jurisdictions and divergent administrative practices.
Another innovation directly concerns the Church’s faithful. For the first time, the regulations stipulate that dicasteries must “examine and, if necessary, adjudicate on matters that the faithful, exercising their right, directly refer to the Holy See”. In such cases, the local ordinary and the pontifical representative are to be consulted confidentially. In practical terms, this grants Catholics a right not to be ignored by Vatican departments and places a significant burden on officials who, until now, could decline to respond to sensitive or complex matters such as the Traditional Latin Mass.
Equally significant is the requirement that decisions affecting dioceses, religious institutes or movements must be preceded by consultation with their superiors. This appears to address past controversies in which bishops or religious superiors were disciplined, replaced or overruled without being heard, sometimes on the basis of incomplete or misleading reports. The regulations instruct Vatican officials to consult those concerned before taking action, restoring a degree of procedural fairness long criticised as inconsistent.
Digitalisation receives unprecedented emphasis. For the first time, Vatican offices will be required to use certified IT systems, digital archives, controlled destruction protocols and access logs. “The institutions acquire the IT systems necessary to carry out their work in accordance with procurement regulations,” the text states, subject to technical validation by the Secretariat for the Economy.
Alongside structural reforms, the new Personnel Regulation imposes more demanding expectations on the Vatican workforce. Staff are required to maintain “exemplary religious and moral conduct, including in their private and family lives, in accordance with the doctrine of the Church,” reflecting the long-standing view that service in the Curia is a form of ecclesial mission.
Employment rules have also been codified, including a six-day working week, fixed hours, 26 days of annual leave, limits on part-time work and strict bans on hiring relatives within the same office. Sick leave will be more closely monitored, and new evaluation systems will link responsibilities to measurable standards.
The regulatory texts seek to impose uniformity across the system, from drafting procedures and cooperation between dicasteries to personnel discipline. Some inside the Vatican see the reforms as a welcome return to clarity; others fear that increased centralisation may burden officials and concentrate too much authority in the Secretariat of State.
Few dispute, however, that the Curia now enters a markedly new phase.
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| Leo XIV Appoints "Extremely Liberal" Archbishop in Poland |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-26-2025, 09:47 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Leo XIV Appoints "Extremely Liberal" Archbishop in Poland
gloria.tv | November 26, 2025
Today, Pope Leo XIV appointed Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś as the new Bishop of Kraków in Poland.
Born in Krakow in 1964, he was ordained as a priest in 1988. In 2011, Benedict XVI appointed him as an auxiliary bishop of Krakow.
Pope Francis named him archbishop of Łódź in 2017 and cardinal in September 2023.
Francis' man in Poland
Edward Pentin described Cardinal Ryś on CollegeOfCardinalsReport.com as an extremely liberal bishop and as Poland’s "Pope Francis man". "His elevation to the cardinalate was seen as a reward and encouragement for his attempts to reform Poland's conservative Church."
Pentin added that, since Ryś became a member of the Congregation for Bishops in October 2023, new bishops in Poland have been more progressive than their predecessors. Like Cardinal Ryś, they all strongly promote the Church’s new synodal way.
In October 2023, Cardinal Ryś said that opposition to Pope Francis is "completely unjust" and "always based on one or two phrases taken out of context". He repeated: "It is completely unjust how we treat Francis in our discussions."
Eucharist Must Be Synodal, Not Action of One Priest
In October 2024, Cardinal Ryś said that the liturgical reform had yet to take place. He believes that the liturgy should not be the action of one priest alone, but rather a "synodal" action involving "all".
His vision of the Eucharist is as follows: "If the liturgy has a comprehensible language, the priest is facing the congregation and new books have been published, yet the liturgy still resembles a one-person show, with only a priest present, then the reform has not taken place."
In November 2024, he told Die Tagespost that Christ founded the Church to be synodal: "Jesus gave his Church a constitution based on synodality, hierarchy, collegiality, the Petrine office, and so on."
Any Muslim Welcome in Poland
He is a champion of uncontrolled migration. In a pastoral letter dated July 2025, he wrote: "Social teaching clearly states that every person has the right to choose where to live and to be respected in that place for their beliefs, culture, language and faith."
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| The Book of Destiny by REV. FATHER HERMAN BERNARD KRAMER |
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Posted by: Deus Vult - 11-25-2025, 04:09 PM - Forum: Articles by Catholic authors
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Full text link: The Book of Destiny (tap on the blue letters in the link to access through internet archive)
"The Book Of Destiny prophecies old new testament Apocalypse Kramer Catholic theology"
Book of Destiny is an in-depth analysis of the Apolypse that really makes sense. Proves it is a prophetic history of the Catholic Church. Proceeds chapter by chapter and verse by verse, explaining everything in terms of the language and symbolic meaning of Scripture itself. Gives the keys to understanding the Apocalypse. Shows we are on the verge of dramatic events! A masterpiece!
The Rev. Father Herman Bernard F. Leonard Kramer was born in 1884 at Petersburg, Iowa. After studying philosophy at Mt. Calvary for five years, and theology at Austria for one, he returned to America due to ill health and completed his studies at St. Paul Seminary. Subsequently ordained a priest, he served the Diocese of Sioux City for four decades before retiring to Oakland, California. After studying the Book of Revelations for thirty years, he released The Book of Destiny in 1955 through Buechler Publishing Company, Illinois. Father Kramer’s work also received the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur upon publication.
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