heresy Archives

Critics accuse Amazon synod of ‘poly-demonism’

Vatican
Oct 4, 2019

In the first of many counter-events to this months Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, key critics of Pope Francis blasted him promoting widespread heresy in the Church, saying his agenda for the 3-week gathering is demonic and calling on him to resign.

Some Quebec bishops uneasy with pro-life leader’s anti-Francis stance

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
May 9, 2019

Some Quebec bishops have expressed discomfort that the main Quebec organizer for the May 9 National March for Life in Ottawa signed a letter accusing Pope Francis of heresy.

Theologians, cardinals defend pope’s theology in wake of heresy charge

Vatican
May 9, 2019

A week after the release of an open letter accusing Pope Francis of heresy, cardinals and theologians in Rome take up the pontiff’s defense.

Conservative critics call on bishops to censure Pope Francis for heresy

Vatican
May 1, 2019

A new open letter from conservative critics of Pope Francis has accused the pontiff of committing heresy and called on the world’s bishops to censure him and – if necessary – declare that he is no longer pope.

Massachusetts bishop calls for professor to disavow “blasphemous” views on sexuality of Jesus

Church in the US
Mar 31, 2018

A Massachusetts bishop has called the notions of a New Testament scholar in his diocese “highly offensive and blasphemous,” and has called on his Jesuit college to ask him to publicly disavow his writings on the sexuality of Jesus.

After initial bang, why’s the ‘filial correction’ now seem a whimper?

Analysis
Nov 2, 2017

Nearly six weeks ago, a 25-page letter, signed by 62 theologians and clergy, accused Pope Francis of promoting heresy in ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ his 2016 document on the family. In a statement, the organizers called this ‘filial correction’ an epoch-making act, and it made a huge splash in the press. Why, then, haven’t more of the pope’s critics added their name to it?