Catholic Family News
 December 2006 front page | |
| Type | Monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Catholic Family Ministries, Inc. |
| Editor-in-chief | Brian McCall[1] |
| Managing editor | Matt Gaspers |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Political alignment | Traditional Catholic |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1151 Sheridan Dr. Tonawanda, NY |
| ISSN | 1084-5682 |
| OCLC number | 33088874 |
| Website | www |
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.[citation needed] 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."[2]
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 (SSPX). Vennari's funeral service, at his request, was conducted by members of SSPX.[3] The 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.
In 2014, McCall's book To Build the City of God: Living as Catholics in a Secular Age was published. 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."[4]
In April 2019, McCall was one of nineteen original signatories to an "open letter" accusing Pope Francis of heresy.[5]
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,[6] and Father Leo Heinrichs, O.F.M.[7]
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Catholic Family News classifies as a hate group for their adherence to integrism and the group's antisemitic claims.[8]
References
- ^ "Catholic Family News - Ontario Library Service Consortium - OverDrive". Ontario Library Service Consortium. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Radical Traditional Catholicism". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2022-03-19.