Tag Archives: CDF

New CDF Prefect on talks with the SSPX

Posted on 24 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From CNA:
Rome, Italy, Jul 24, 2012 / 04:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).
Although the new head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is optimistic about reconciliation with the Society of St. Pius X, he says that the teachings … Continue reading →

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Proposal and Counter-Proposals for Pope Benedict and the SSPX

Posted on 20 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I was sent a link to an article in The Remnant on the SSPX situation.  The article contains the following statements:
Instead of harassing Bishop Fellay to sign a doctrinal preamble, the Vatican should require every superior, university president and ordinary … Continue reading →

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New Prefect at CDF: Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Bishop of Regensburg

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

As most of us expected, the resignation (because of the age limit) of the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, William Card. Levada, has been accepted and the Holy Father has appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller, 64, previously the … Continue reading →

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NCReg Interview with the new VP of “Ecclesia Dei”, Archbp. DiNoia

Posted on 1 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At the National Catholic Register there is a long interview with the new Vice President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, His Excellency Most Reverend, J. Augustine DiNoia, OP.
He said that, since he hasn’t actually begun his work at the … Continue reading →

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Sr. Sandra Schneider’s NunThink, or, Why The CDF Is Picking On The Magisterium of Nuns

Posted on 16 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

NunThink 
In the recent interview in the Fishwrap with the CDF’s Prefect Card. Levada, there were some fascinating things.
He revealed quite a lot about the manner of work of the CDF, he admitted that he made a mistake, he described the … Continue reading →

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Another view of the LCWR dust up

Posted on 16 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a friend on the LCWR (a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns):
LCWR
It occurs to me that some people are just not understanding in general what a deviation this group is.
Would it be easier to understand if there … Continue reading →

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Card Levada makes pointed comments about LCWR

Posted on 13 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The nearly ubiquitous John L Allen, Jr., still and sadly writing for the Fishwrap, reports for the same the following. I insert some emphases and comments:
Vatican official warns of ‘dialogue of the deaf’ with LCWR [a subsidiary of the Magisterium … Continue reading →

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Fishwrap on the heaving thronging pro-LCWR rally!

Posted on 12 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Jamie Manson, whose mentor … mentrix?… when obtaining the coveted MDiv at Yale was RSM Sr. Margaret Falrey, the highly-noted author about “self pleasuring”, is aflutter in the Fishwrap that tens of people showed up in NEW YORK CITY for … Continue reading →

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COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR (i.e., the meeting they had)

Posted on 12 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From VIS:
COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR
Vatican City, 12 June 2012 (VIS) – Given below is the text of an English-language statement released by the director of the Holy See Press Office concerning a meeting held at the Congregation for … Continue reading →

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The CDF wanted to hurt Margaret Farley, not help her sales. Right?

Posted on 12 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some Fishwrap types have chortled that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith aided sales of Sr. Margaret Farley’s dread and perverse book.   Why, they burble, would the bad men at the CDF do something so stupid as … Continue reading →

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