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Footnotes

  1. Beijing Catholic Forum for Sinicization of Theology, 2019.
  2. A dismissorial letter is a testimonial letter that allows a person to be ordained by a bishop other than the one who ordained them. They are used for people who are seeking ordination to the priesthood, or who are members of Religious Institutes or do not belong to the Diocese of the Bishop who is to ordain them.
  3. Robert Shine, “Pope’s Next Consistory Will Have a Number of LGBTQ-Positive New Cardinals,” by Robert Shine, Managing Editor, New Ways Ministry.org, Oct. 7, 2024, https://www.newwaysministry.org/2024/10/07/popes-next-consistory-will-have-a-number-of-lgbtq-positive-new-cardinals/. 10/7/24
  4. Shine, “Pope’s Next Consistory.”
  5. Fray Nelson, “Hablemos de homosexualidad en la Iglesia,” Infocatolica.com, Aug. 19, 2024 , el 19.08.24, https://www.infocatolica.com/blog/mundoescorinto.php/2408190323-hablemos-de-homosexualidad-en 10/15/24. (All emphases in this article are mine.)
  6. Church of England, Report of the House of Bishops Working Group on Human Sexuality (The Pilling Report), Church House Publishing, Nov. 2013, (Kindle version), par. 266, pp. 84-85. See also, Michael Haynes, “Pope Iinvites Nnotorious Ppro-LGBT Ppriest to Llead Kkey Synod Rretreat for Bbishops,” LifeSiteNews.com, Jan. 23, 2023, https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-invites-notorious-pro-lgbt-priest-to-lead-key-synod-retreat-for-bishops/. 10/15/24
  7. Timothy Radcliffe, “This Is My Body, Given for You,” Church Times, Apr. 18, 2008, https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2008/18-april/features/this-is-my-body-given-for-you. , 10/15/24
  8. Timothy Radcliffe, “We Cannot Embrace Our Faith if We Reject Our Bodies,” Outreach.faith, Jul. 30, 2024, https://outreach.faith/2024/07/timothy-radcliffe-o-p-we-cannot-embrace-our-faith-if-we-reject-our-bodies/. See https://books.google.com/books?id=XIgPEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false; “Tutti i passi che mi hanno portato qui”. L’incontro di un ragazzo gay col Papa, 10/15/24
  9. G. Bareille, Antinomisme, Dictionnaire de tThéologie cCatholique, (Paris: t. premier, deuxime partie, Letouzay et Ané, 1931), 1-2e partie, col. 1393, s.v. “Antinomisme.”.
  10. https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Joint-Homeland-China-Select-Port-Security-Report.pdf.
  11. https://homeland.house.gov/2024/09/12/new-investigation-by-house-homeland-select-committee-on-the-ccp-finds-potential-chinese-threats-to-u-s-port-infrastructure-security/.