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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Magister: Comments on the state of the Curia
Some time ago I issued a serious rant. HERE I think you should take it to heart. From Sandro Magister: A Firing, a Demolition: Behold the New Curia The reform of the Vatican curia that Pope Francis is carrying out … Read More
Card. Burke’s interview in ‘La Verità”: More Cardinals are completely with the Four
Lots of lefties are hopping up and down in little circles because the Four Cardinals (Burke, Caffara, Meisner, Brandmueller) offered Five Dubia (questions, narrowly framed, asking for yes or no clarificatory responses) arising from the objective lack of clarity in … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Card. Burke, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals
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20 Comments
St Paul – Argument Of The Month – Live Stream
I am at St Augustine’s in St Paul where my old friend Fr Echert reigns. Years ago they started something called the Argument Of The Month – a moderate fight in front of a few hundred men in current topics. … Read More
Order of Malta to Pope Francis: No thanks.
From the Sovereign Military Order of the Knights of Malta comes a statement to Pope Francis. HERE The statement is pretty thick, but in effect SMOM is standing up for itself. The conclusion (but read the whole thing there)… […] … Read More
Another look at Fr. Cameli in Jesuit-run ‘America’: Use of Scripture
The other day there was misleading piece at Jesuit-run America by a Chicagoan Fr. Louis Cameli. He launched an ad hominem attack against the Four Cardinals of the Five Dubia. Cameli continued with a not entirely honest defense of his personally preferred … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, The Drill
Tagged accompany, America, Amoris Laetitia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals, Louis J. Cameli
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Card. Sarah’s new book available in ENGLISH
I warmly recommend that you – especially clergy – read everything you can get your hands on by His Eminence Robert Card. Sarah. I’m delighted to announce that Card. Sarah’s new book, Le Force du Silence, hitherto only in French, … Read More
Canonist Ed Peters explains situation to Crux priest. Important info for priests, confessors.
The other day at Crux there was a piece by Fr. Paul Keller about a theoretical (Deo gratias) case study in which the writer – basing himself on the objectively unclear notions of Amoris laetitia Chapter 8 – figures out how to … Read More
Variation on the dreaded Christmas gift sweater
This almost needs a caption call. From The Onion: Pope Francis Wearing Sweater Vestments He Got For Christmas Moderation queue is ON, of course.
FEEDBACK and REQUEST from seminarian
From a seminarian: Thank you kindly for the biretta program you set up. Because of this program, another seminarian and I (both attending the same seminary) received our birettas. Please pass on my thanks to our beloved benefactors and our … Read More
Card. Müller: “a possible fraternal correction of the Pope seems to me to be very remote”
UPDATE: Newly appended to the end of Pentin’s article on Card. Müller… Update 12 January 2016: A spokesman for Cardinal Müller told the Register that he was “speaking out of his authority as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine … Read More
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