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Category Archives: One Man & One Woman
VIDEO: Card. Burke about the future of the Five Dubia about ‘Amoris laetitia’
At St. Raymond of Penafort Church in Virginia (which if I am not mistaken was built by my my friend Fr. James Gould), another Raymond, Card. Burke, answered a question about the Five Dubia submitted by the Four Cardinals about the … Read More
Fr. Z’s take on the Pope’s remarks to Chilean Bishops
People are asking me in email what I think of the Pope’s alleged statements to Chilean bishops making their ad limina visit. Apparently the Holy Father told them, as reported by the UK’s best Catholic weekly The Catholic Herald (for which I write a … Read More
Posted in Francis, GO TO CONFESSION, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals
7 Comments
7 Comments
Clarity from Vancouver about Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried
It’s great to have some clarity for a change. Of course each dose of clarity makes the general confusion which some are fomenting more exasperating. Nevertheless, it’s great to have some clarity for a change. At the page of the … Read More
“If you don’t commit adultery, I’ll kill myself!” – “Well, okay.”
My friend Fr. Gerald Murray has again offered some insights over at The Catholic Thing about… The False and Dangerous Coccopalmerio Gambit Ready for some casuistry? [which is the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral … Read More
ASK FATHER: Wedding of Catholics with a non-priest out in Mother Nature
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My son and fiancee are Catholics and considering having a non-priest perform the ceremony in the Outer Banks, NC. We have two family members saying that as Catholics, they can’t attend the wedding because it is outside of the … Read More
“O you who come to this abode of pain…”, thoughts on ‘Amoris laetitia’
Today at The Catholic Thing Robert Royal has a short and suggestive piece about sex and deception. Dante – Il Poeta – gives him a lift. Royal recounts teaching Dante’s Inferno, the first part of the Divine Comedy, to students. One of the … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, One Man & One Woman
Tagged dante, Divine Comedy, Robert Royal
24 Comments
24 Comments
ASK FATHER: Uncle married his niece… is that okay?
From a reader… My mother in law married her much older uncle after abandoning her children. Why does the Catholic Church approve of this? Hang on. Before you make all sorts of assumptions, let’s drill in. The Code of Canon Law … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Canon Law, One Man & One Woman
Tagged can. 1078, can. 1091, consanguinity, marriage
33 Comments
33 Comments
List of Prelates For and Against the Five Dubia on ‘Amoris Laetitia’
A week or so ago, I received a working list of churchmen who seem to be in favor of submitting (and getting answers to) the Five Dubia of the Four Cardinals™, who seem to be against the same and who seem to … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, One Man & One Woman
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals
38 Comments
38 Comments
Talk from Ruth Institute: “Tips for Happy Marriage and Effective Parenting.”
I have gotten to know Ruth Institute and its chief Jennifer Roback Morse over the years at Acton University. I direct the married and the engaged, and those who sense that their vocation is to the married life, to this … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare, One Man & One Woman
Tagged family, marriage, parenting, Ruth Institute
2 Comments
2 Comments
Head of the Jesuits: “Doctrine is a word that I don’t like very much”
Yesterday I posted an entry with the title: Has the head of the Jesuits jettisoned doctrine and the words of the Lord in Scripture? The General of the Jesuits effectively said that doctrine has no fixed meaning and that we … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Pò sì jiù, You must be joking!
Tagged Arturo Sosa Abascal, Jesuits, Society of Jesus
68 Comments
68 Comments
Sal Fulminata on Daily Rome Shot 1698: a great book: “Oh yes, I have read it. An excellent book by a knowledgeable historian about amazing people and events. I also…”
