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(LifeSiteNews) — Dear friends,
Do you think the Catholic faith is a “source of violence” or causes “suffering for the most vulnerable”?
Does the Church need “a genuine shift in mindset” to have “peaceful coexistence” with other religions?
What if three Vatican cardinals told you this – in a document signed by Leo XIV?
Because just last Wednesday, the Vatican issued a document saying just that.
And underneath the names of Víctor “Smoochie” Fernández and others is the signature of Leo XIV himself.
If you agree that this is unacceptable, then I need you to read this very carefully.
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But there’s more to this document than what I just told you. It also claimed that:
Satan must have been laughing when that document was published.
When the faith is attacked, Catholics are obliged to raise their voices and profess their faith.
“The faithful of Christ,” canon law says, “are bound to profess their faith whenever their silence, evasiveness, or manner of acting encompasses:
An implied denial of the faith
And which Catholic media outlets “professed the faith” after this travesty?
All I saw in the 24-48 hours after the document was released were a few neutral stories – with most outlets not reporting anything about it at all.
Friends, this is the sorry state of Catholic media in the Leo XIV era.
Pretty much everyone has dropped the ball – except LifeSiteNews.
When the Vatican drops doctrinal bombs like this, LifeSiteNews leaps into action:
First, we report the facts – from a Catholic perspective.
It’s a fact that “the DDF text contradicts Church magisterial teaching” – as our writer Emily Mangiaracina stated in her article.
Mentioning that is required by journalistic standards.
Next, we commission detailed analysis of the document.
LifeSiteNews has some of the best analysts in the world. Thanks to them, we also analyze the news, defend and profess the faith, and refute anything attacking it.
We’ve been doing the same in-depth analysis for:
No other Catholic news outlet of our size is doing this.
When Leo XIV promoted Bishop Pedro Valenci – who says women’s ordination and communion for active homosexuals are “open questions,” and that we need “the courage to make a different Church” – LifeSiteNews was there.
We’re the ones Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò trusts with exclusive interviews, warning that Leo XIV has “intensified” Francis’ agenda “on every front.”
The men of the “different Church” aren’t even hiding any more. And they’re accelerating.
I’ll be frank: They’re coming for your faith and the faith of your children. LifeSiteNews is the only Catholic outlet with the size and reach to stand in their way. But right now, our ability to do this is in serious danger.
Our Fall Campaign is currently sitting at 37 percent of the $750,000 target. I’m more concerned than I have ever been at this point during a fundraising campaign. If we do not raise the remaining 63 percent:
That is precisely what the modernists want.
They want to humiliate you by appointing pro-homosexual prelates with links to abusive priests and to trash the holy and apostolic faith as a cause of suffering and violence.
They want to mock God by awarding climate sustainability medals while suppressing venerable titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
They’ve broken the spirit of their former opponents and they want to break you and me too.
This is where you come in.
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It’s LifeSiteNews contra mundum.
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Yours in the fight for truth,
John-Henry Westen
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John-Henry is the co-founder and CEO of LifeSiteNews.com. He and his wife Dianne have eight children and they live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada.
He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout the world. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum, an annual strategy meeting for life, faith and family leaders worldwide. He is a board member of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party.
John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.
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