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Category Archives: 1983 CIC can. 915
Card. Müller: “[I]t is “better to vote for a good Protestant than for a bad Catholic.”
Holy Church is precisely for sinners, for bad Catholics. The Lord is going to sort us all out in good time, as in the parable of the wheat and the tares. Everlasting bliss for some, eternal agony and fire for … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Canon Law, Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged can. 915, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi
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Prot. N. 655/09/L v. can. 223 and bishops restricting Communion on the tongue
Remember 2009? H1N1 “Swine Flu” Pandemic. Right? Here’s some food for thought for bishops out there who think that they can simply run over the law – and people – via the excuse of can. 223. Meanwhile, in a US … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged can. 223, CDW, coronavirus, H1N1
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ASK FATHER: What to do if marriages are not allowed until the pandemic passes?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was wondering if, given the circumstances and churches not allowing\ marriages to take place, if the Church permits a civil legal marriage to afford the couple the legal rights of a married couple and hold … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Can we eat meat this Friday in the Octave of Easter? During the season of Easter?
Since we are now at the rough midpoint of the Easter Octave – Happy Easter! – let’s get out in front of this before the calendar clicks over to Friday From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife and I recently returned … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Priest allows EMHCs to take Communion home
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Some relatives told us that this past Saturday night for the Easter Vigil they were allowed to bring home consecrated hosts which then they decided to consume while watching a livestreamed Mass, at the moment when … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: How do we fulfill our Easter Duty in this time of pandemic lockdown?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Hi Father – my question is about how to fulfill the Easter duty during this time of quarantine. Does a spiritual communion during a “parking lot mass” on Easter Sunday count? Also, our pastor has insisted … Continue reading
LifeSite posts verbatim interview with Bp. Sorondo of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. It isn’t pretty.
Diane Montagna posted something at LifeSite that serves a good purpose. She sat down with the controversial head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (you know, the crowd that has Jeffrey Sachs on speed-dial) who are musing about “transhumanism”, Bishop … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Right of appeal of a diocesan Catholic school
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I pray that you will answer this query. Under canon law, is there any right of appeal regarding the closure of a diocesan Catholic elementary school, currently under the auspices of a particular parish. There are … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Pay the German “Church Tax” or not, given what the German Church is doing?
From a GERMAN reader… QUAERITUR: Currently, I am required to pay my income tax in Germany, which also includes the “Church Tax” as I have declared that I am a Roman Catholic. It appears one cannot just opt-out of this … Continue reading
D. Grand Rapids – Priest denies Communion to Lesbian judge married to a woman. He’s now under attack.
UPDATE 2 Dec 2019: This story has now thudded into a hardly surprising new phase. HERE She went to a Methodist “inclusion” gathering and tool their “communion”. I like the bit in the video where she says, “It’s not about … Continue reading
@JamesMartinSJ twists the truth again… on purpose?
Fr James Martin, LGBTQSJ. The Jesuit homosexualist activist. There are so many things to say about James Martin. Let’s focus today on the whopper he tweeted about Communion for pro-abortion politicians. Two tweets… connected. Denying Communion to politicians, Democrat or … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Canon Law, Jesuits, Liberals, Sin That Cries To Heaven
Tagged can. 915, Fr. James Martin SJ, homosexualist agenda
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Communion denied to pro-abortion candidate Biden. Good.
Here’s a good thing. The priest at this parish rightly denied Holy Communion to former VP Joe Biden according to can. 915. By can. 916 he should not have presented himself for Communion. From ABC news in S. Carolina. FLORENCE, … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Repeat a wedding ceremony with a friend presiding?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Long time reader, first time questioner. I have a friend that will soon be getting married. On Saturday he will have a traditional Catholic Church wedding. However, on Sunday he is having a reception in which … Continue reading
Canonist Ed Peters eviscerates bishops – one in particular – who won’t apply law
Right away go over to canonist Ed Peters’ place and read his vivisection of Card. Cupich. It’s not just Cupich whom he has eviscerated. It’s all the bishops who refuse to implement the Church’s Canon Law. I believe bishops take … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Canon Law, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, The Drill
Tagged can. 915, can.916, Card. Cupich, Ed Peters
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ASK FATHER: Missing Mass in a winter storm
From a reader… QUAERITUR: This Sunday morning a big snow storm made the roads look treacherous. I live 10 miles from church. I assumed Mass was cancelled but could find no texts or other notices either way. Later, I found … Continue reading
