Gloria.TV News on the 2nd of October 2014

The Pope Does not Suffer From Laryngitis: Cardinal Raymond Burke, the embattled Prefect of the Signatura Apostolica, said during a press conference organized by Ignatius Press that a simplification of the annulment process for marriages “would further encourage a defective vision of marriage and the family.” The simplification was proposed by ultraliberal cardinal Walter Kasper. Burke said that Kasper does not speak in the name of the Pope who – quote – “does not suffer from laryngitis and is not mute.” Ignatius Press is the publisher of the book of five Cardinals in defense of marriage, “Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church”.

The Church, The Only One To Fight Pedophilia: In an op-ed published in the Italian daily “La Repubblica” Sept. 25, former Vatican Spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls has emphasized the “legal rigor the Church has been maintaining against pedophilia for 20 years, ever since abuses first came to light.” He emphasized that “the Church is the only communitarian and institutional body that is effectively acting to eradicate pedophilia”.

Hiding Jesus: Every year Holy Family Parish in Inverness, Illinois, welcomes the Jewish Beth Tikvàh Reform Congregation in order to celebrate the Jewish New Year and the Day of Atonement in its church and throughout its campus. The local synagogue is not large enough to host these events. According to The Deacon’s Bench the trickiest part about the celebration of Jewish holidays in the Catholic sanctuary is – quote – “finding a discreet and sensitive way to hide Jesus.”

Once He Was A Neoconservative: Future Pope Francis was exiled by the Jesuits from 1990 to 1992 from Buenos Aires to Cordoba, Argentina. His only activity was to be a confessor. Francis calls this time in a recently published biography “Aquel Francisco” a “time of interior purification”. But he did not have to suffer long. In May 1992 he was made him an auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires. Pope Francis said about this time: “My authoritarian and quick way to take decisions has led me to be accused of being ultraconservative”.