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The more vigorously the primacy was displayed, the more the question came up about the extent and and limits of [papal] authority, which of course, as such, had never been considered. After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything in liturgical matters, especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council. Eventually, the idea of the givenness of the liturgy, the fact that one cannot do with it what one will, faded from the public consciousness of the West. In fact, the First Vatican Council had in no way defined the pope as an absolute monarch. On the contrary, it presented him as the guarantor of obedience to the revealed Word. The pope's authority is bound to the Tradition of faith. … The authority of the pope is not unlimited; it is at the service of Sacred Tradition.
Joseph Ratzinger in The Spirit of the Liturgy
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"We as Catholics have not properly combated (the culture) because we have not been taught our Catholic Faith, especially in the depth needed to address these grave evils of our time. This is a failure of catechesis both of children and young people that has been going on for fifty years. It is being addressed, but it needs much more radical attention... What has also contributed greatly to the situation is an exaltation of the virtue of tolerance which is falsely seen as the virtue which governs all other virtues. In other words, we should tolerate other people in their immoral actions to the extent that we seem also to accept the moral wrong. Tolerance is a virtue, but it is certainly not the principal virtue; the principal virtue is charity... Charity means speaking the truth. I have encountered it (not speaking the truth) many times myself as a priest and bishop. It is something we simply need to address. There is far too much silence — people do not want to talk about it because the topic is not 'politically correct.' But we cannot be silent any longer."Raymond Card. Burke
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“The Church…cannot and should not replace the State. Yet at the same time….”
“The Church…cannot and should not replace the State. Yet at the same time she cannot and must not remain on the sidelines in the fight for justice. She has to play her part through rational argument and she has to … Continue reading
Obama Defends HHS Mandate: It’s “Not Fair” That Catholics Won’t Fund Birth Control
A biretta tip to CMR I saw this on Weasel Zippers. Pres. Obama simply lies to a reporter about the HHS mandate. He uses the dodge that “insurance companies”, not the Catholic institutions, will have to pay for the objectionable … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Amendment, freedom, HHS mandate, Obamacare, Obamatax, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, The First Gay President
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27 June: Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Fortnight For Freedom
According to the traditional, Extraordinary Form Ordo for today in the USA we can celebrated Our Lady of Perpetual Help, which has a proper Mass in the Missae pro aliquibus locis in the back of the 1962MR. Domine Iesu Christe, qui genitricem … Continue reading
PODCAzT 132: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 3
In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I write, namely, the defense of the … Continue reading
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Posted in Benedict XVI, Emanations from Penumbras, Linking Back, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, conscience, erroneous conscience, freedom, Joseph Ratzinger, religious liberty
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PODCAzT 131: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 2
In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I write, namely, the defense of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Amendment, Albert Einstein, Bl. John Henry Newman, conscience, freedom, HHS mandate, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, Socrates, St. Thomas More
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VIDEO about November. Fr. Z asks, “What is this? Tolkien?”
When I saw this video my first thought was, “What is this? Tolkien?” Perhaps it is. The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings present a seemingly hopeless struggle against evil. The protagonists were constantly challenged to overcome their limitations, … Continue reading
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Tagged conscience, election, freedom, life, marriage, November 2012, religious liberty
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ACTION ITEM ALERT! Pres. Obama, through a minion, attacks Catholic chaplains once again.
Everyone should know what the Obama Administration is doing to Catholics this time. I received my most recent copy of the magazine/bulletin of the Archdiocese for Military Services called Salute (that link will bring up a pdf of the article I am … Continue reading
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Tagged AMS, anti-catholicism, Archb.Broglio, Archd. Military Services, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, freedom, homosexuality, military chaplains, Pres. Obama, reliigious liberty, same-sex marriage
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Freedom: the right not to be offended?
From CMR: Sorry UK. It’s all over. Either emigrate out of there or be assimilated into the stale horrific world of rampant political correctness. This is amazing. And by amazing I mean sad yet completely predictable. A pub singer named … Continue reading
