Plus, Cardinal Fernandez HATES ‘right wing’ Catholic media.
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Cardinal Fernandez
https:// infovaticana.com/2025/05/05/el-cardenal-victor-manuel-fernandez-carga-contra-infovaticana-y-otros-medios-catolicos/
Manipulating the Holy Father
https://cathcon.blogspot.com/2025/05/cardinal-hollerich-thinks-new-pope.html?spref=tw
https://www.mondayvatican.com/vatican/leo-xiv-the-pope-called-to-bring-unity
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Most Loved Anthony,
Sometimes reading “tea leaves” becomes easier when having the written testimony of those that brew the tea. Bishop Gerald Kicanas is a gift that keeps on giving – if you like to study “inside baseball” relationships.
Provided below is Bishop Kicanas’s testimony as to his relationship to another Chicago brother. This message, presented to the Tucson Diocese,
a post May 13 th 2025, Feast Day, Our Lady of Fatima :
My brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus,
Well, we saw the white smoke coming from the world’s most famous chimney on the top of the Sistine Chapel and we have seen the doors of the Balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica open as the Cardinal came forward to announce, “Anuncio vobis, gaudium magnum, habemos Papam, Roberto Francisco Prevost” and his name will be Pope Leo XIV, An American! Unheard of in history. But what an amazing choice.
I first met Pope Leo XIV almost 30 years ago in Chicago and we continued to correspond with one another when he went to become the Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru ( 2015-2023 ). At one point I asked him if he could help us by sending us a Spanish speaking priest because we were in serious need. Without hesitation he told me he would try and sure enough he quickly responded to my plea and sent a priest to serve among us. When that priest returned to his Diocese, then Bishop Prevost sent another priest to replace him. What a great help that was for our Diocese. Those priests were Fr. Rolando Monteza Calderón, who at the time was appointed as Parochial Vicar of Immaculate Conception from October 1, 2015, to February 25, 2019 ( Archbishop Weisenburger was named Bishop of Tucson July 2017 as Kicanas becomes “emeritus”). After Fr. Rolando, Fr. José Martín Uriarte Guevara came from March 25th of 2019 to December 31st, 2023 ( year 2023 is when Kicanas sent to “take down” Bishop Strickland – Provost Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops 2023 – 2025 )
As it turns out the story of Pope Leo XIV and the Diocese of Tucson carries an additional twist in our history. In 1999 the Catholic Foundation and the diocese hosted Father Robert Prevost, then the Augustian Provincial. Bishop Manuel Moreno was discussing the possibility of bringing Augustian priests to what is now Saint Augustine High School. At the time, the schedule and projected costs were not feasible ( Tucson Diocese bankrupt consequent to priest abuse 2005 ) . However, our archives prove that Father Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, did in fact visit our diocese. What an incredible blessing for our diocese.
Message from Pope Leo XIV to Bishop Kicanas
( FUNNY phrasing of above section “header” – the below reads that Kicanas visits Provost & why would Provost then send Kicanas a “message”?)
I have visited with Cardinal Robert Prevost each time I have been in Rome after he was appointed to serve as the Head of the Dicastery of Bishops. His responsibility was to recommend names for bishops throughout the world to the Pope. Even with all those responsibilities, when I wrote to him to see if he had time for a visit while I was in Rome, he never hesitated. My last visit with him was in February ( this conforms to Bishop Weisenburger being moved from Tucson to be installed Archbishop of DETROIT , February 11,2025 ). At that time, he was worried about the failing health of Pope Francis but was hopeful he would recover.
Our new Holy Father is a patient, highly competent administrator, reserved but decisive, caring and a great listener. You feel comfortable in his presence and sense he genuinely has an interest in you while you are with him. He loved his Diocese of Chiclayo, and it is no wonder that he mentioned his people there in his opening reflection to the world.
We will gather as a Diocese to pray for our new Holy Father this coming Sunday, May 18 at 10:00 am at St. Augustine Cathedral. You are most welcome to join us in that celebration. The Fourth Sunday after Easter was Good Shepherd Sunday and now, we have a new Shepherd to lead the Church.
As always, I thank you for your support and prayers.
Yours in Christ,
Most Rev. Gerald Kicanas
Apostolic Administrator, Diocese of Tucson
Blessings, Dr.Scott
“Tucho Fernández should know that our commitment is to truth, freedom of the press and fidelity to the perennial teaching of the Church. If Cardinal Fernández feels ‘persecuted’ by the publication of his own words, sermons and public decisions, perhaps the problem is not in the media that report them, but in the content of those statements.”
Thank you, InfoVaticana, that was priceless.
On the survey for the synods, my church at the time made sure we all got them. They were rigged multiple choice questions, and none of the choices concerned Catholic doctrine or the fidelity to moral life — they were all “How far do you want to go in ditching all the awful old stuff” sort of questions.