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Category Archives: One Man & One Woman
Of “paradigm shift” interest
May I direct the readership’s attention today to an amusing piece at First Things? The pseudoanonymous writer pokes fun at inconsistencies in a speech recently delivered by a certain prelate at a certain well-known English university. As it opens, we … Read More
Wherein Archbp. Chaput wins the pastoral Super Bowl in @ArchPhilly
Two items concerning Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles Chaput have come across my scree in the last few hours. First, today I received PDF (PDFs are clunky) of a column that that Archbp. Chaput wrote for their archdiocesan newspaper. In this column, … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. Chaput, Archd. Philadelphia, Erasmus, homosexualist agenda, homosexuality, manhood, same-sex unions
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18 Comments
Fr. Murray looks again at the Profession about marriage issued by the Bishops of Kazakhstan
Not long ago, the Bishops of Kazakhstan issued a document, a Profession of the Immutable Truths about Sacramental Marriage. I wrote about it and provided an audio reading of it HERE. At The Catholic Thing my friend Fr. Gerry Murray has written … Read More
WRONG: Maltese, Germans, Argentinians and now Braga. “Patently and gravely wrong.” Ed Peters explains the situation.
My old pastor and mentor, Msgr. Schuler, used to say: When you’re right, you can’t be wrong. The flip side is: When you’re wrong, you can’t be right. There are a lot of people out there who are just plain … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Canon Law, Fr. Z KUDOS, One Man & One Woman, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Archd. Braga, can. 915, can.916, Ed Peters
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10 Comments
Hitchens: We were told not to worry.
At First Things, Dan Hitchens nailed it. Look at this. When communion for the remarried was reintroduced into Catholic discussion a few years ago, we were informed that it was a “pastoral” and “merciful” initiative. Those of us who pointed … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Dan Hitchens, divorced and remarried, Kasperites
16 Comments
16 Comments
The Pope marries a couple on the papal airplane. Hmmm.
I fairly dread papal trips these days. You never know what is going to happen on the papal airplane. Will there be another presser in which the Holy Father will say something like, “Who am I to judge?” That was … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Look! Up in the sky!, One Man & One Woman
Tagged martimony, martrimony
41 Comments
41 Comments
Yet another German moral mudslide: bishop proposes blessing homosexual relationships
Yesterday I took time away – mostly – from the blog and email. I checked in only long enough to approve comments in the queue, etc. Of course today lots of things are going “DING”, whimpering for my attention. Most of … Read More
Is the #AmorisLaetitia agenda just the warm up for the full assault on #HumanaeVitae?
If the unrepentent sinner, unshriven and without a firm purpose of amendment, can officially be admitted to Holy Communion, it’s game over for discipline in the Church. It’s over for authoritative teaching on faith and morals. If Christ was wrong about marriage … Read More
PODCAzT 160: Bishops of Kazakhstan issue “Profession of the immutable truths about sacramental marriage” AUDIO
As the controversy erupted at the irruption of Amoris laetitia, I opined that, even though the document could be read in a properly orthodox way, those who were inclined not to support the Church’s teaching would say it meant something innovative … Read More
USCCB: Created Male and Female: An Open Letter from Religious Leaders
I was alerted to something interesting on the website of the USCCB. The bishops posted a letter signed by religious leaders of various groups. HERE My emphases. Created Male and Female: An Open Letter from Religious Leaders December 15, 2017 … Read More
Gregg the Obscure on Full contact martial arts as mandatory seminary training.: “@Not , my nearby orthodox synagogue (a friend who was an actual factual descendant of A’haron was there until he…”
