Catholic Family News
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| Type | Monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Catholic Family Ministries, Inc. |
| Publisher | Rev. Nicholas Gruner |
| Editor | Brian McCall |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Political alignment | Traditional Catholic |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 694 Niagara Falls, ON L2E 6V5 |
| ISSN | 1084-5682 |
| Website | CatholicFamilyNews.org |
Catholic Family News (CFN) is a Traditionalist Catholic monthly publication of Catholic Family Ministries.
History[]
Founded in 1994, CFN was run for many years by John Vennari (1958-2017). Vennari served as both editor and publisher of CFN. He was succeeded as managing editor by Matt Gaspers. Brian McCall became editor-in-chief in 2018. McCall is quoted as saying, "The newspaper will follow the direction (Vennari) set for decades and that direction does not and will not involve bigotry or injustice against any people on the grounds of race or ethnicity." The publishing company is considered a hate group.[1]
Editorial views[]
An associate and collaborator of Nicholas Gruner, Vennari was a frequent contributor to Gruner's Fatima Crusader. Catholic Family News has a close relationship with Marcel Lefebvre's Society of Saint Pius X. Vennari's funeral service, at his request, was conducted by members of SSPX.[2] SSPX publishing house, "Angelus Press", is a CFN advertiser and CFN editor Brian McCall has appeared at conferences sponsored by Angelus Press. In June 2018, shortly after becoming editor-in-chief, McCall interviewed Niklaus Pfluger, First General Assistant of SSPX.
McCall expressed his some of his views in the 2014 To Build the City of God: Living as Catholics in a Secular Age. In a chapter discussing "Modest Contact With the World: Women In Pants and Similar Frauds", McCall wrote, "Women must veil their form to obscure its contours out of charity towards men. To know that women in pants have this effect on men and to wear them is thus a sin against charity as well as modesty."[3]
In April 2019, McCall was one of nineteen original signatories to an "open letter" accusing Pope Francis of heresy.[4]
The paper also includes devotional materials, and articles on historic Roman Catholic teachings and persons. Articles have appeared on Sister Annella Zervas, O.S.B., Blessed Theodore Romzha, Mother Agnes Hart,[5] and Father Leo Heinrichs, O.F.M.[6]
Catholic Family News was designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in 2015.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ Tashea, Jason (October 3, 2018). "Oklahoma University College of Law associate dean resigns over sexist, homophobic writings". ABA Journal.
- ^ "John Vennari Laid to Rest in New York". SSPX. April 12, 2017.
- ^ Hutchinson, Drew (September 30, 2018). "OU law professor, associate dean expresses homophobic, sexist views in 2014 book". The Oklahoma Daily.
- ^ Benevento, Maria (May 1, 2019). "Letter signed by more than 1,500 accuses Pope Francis of the 'canonical delict of heresy'". National Catholic Reporter.
- ^ Rebecca Terrell, Mother Agnes Hart and the Sisters of Loreto, February 2010. Pages 3,4, 18.
- ^ Archbishop Amelto Giovanni Cicognani, Colorado's Martyr of the Eucharist, September 2009. Pages 11, 25.
- ^ Hartmans, Avery. "Jeff Bezos hinted Amazon might split from the SPLC over designation of extremist groups after pressure from a GOP lawmaker". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2015". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. February 17, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
Further reading[]
- Catholic Family News (masthead). Niagara Falls, NY: Catholic Family News. December 2006, p. 2.
External links[]
- Traditionalist Catholic newspapers
- Monthly newspapers