''Catholic Family News'' (CFN) is a

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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."

Editorial views

An associate and collaborator of

Nicholas Gruner Nicholas Nightingale Gruner (May 4, 1942April 29, 2015) was a Roman Catholic priest and a promoter of the message of Our Lady of Fátima, a recognized apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fátima, Portugal, in 1917. Father Gruner's interpretat ...

, Vennari was a frequent contributor to Gruner's ''Fatima Crusader''. ''Catholic Family News'' has a close relationship with Marcel Lefebvre's

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(SSPX). Vennari's funeral service, at his request, was conducted by members of SSPX. 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." In April 2019, McCall was one of nineteen original signatories to an "open letter" accusing Pope Francis of heresy. The paper also includes devotional materials, and articles on historic Roman Catholic teachings and persons. Articles have appeared on Sister

Annella Zervas Mary Annella Zervas (7 April 1900 – 14 August 1926) was a Benedictine nun who died after a three-year battle with the skin disease Pityriasis rubra pilaris. Prior to the 1960s, Sister Annella's grave in St. Joseph, Minnesota was considered a place ...

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Theodore Romzha Theodore George Romzha ( uk, Теодор Юрій Ромжа, hu, Romzsa Tódor György, 14 April 1911 – 31 October 1947) was the bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1944 to 1947. Assassinated by the NKVD, he was bea ...

, Mother Agnes Hart, and Father

Leo Heinrichs Leo Heinrichs, O.F.M. (August 15, 1867 – February 23, 1908) was a Catholic priest of the Franciscan Order. While assigned to St. Elisabeth of Hungary Church in Denver, Colorado, Heinrichs was fatally shot while distributing communion. The shoo ...

, O.F.M. According to the

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, Catholic Family News classifies as a hate group for their adherence to

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and the group's antisemitic claims.

References

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External links

Bryan McCall's campus page
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