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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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- prayfatima on Daily Rome Shot 1655: inconsistencies: “OKC Catholic Dad: I echo your sentiments and am getting bothered by all the images that are floating around portraying…”
- on Card. Koch, Prefect for Christian Unity, makes observations about the SSPX: “Yes, overturning TC should be done. It effectively escorted people away from “diocese approved” traditional Mass locations right into the…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “Always thought, must begin with the unification of the calander of the vetus and novus ordo. . Rome and tradition…”
- on Card. Koch, Prefect for Christian Unity, makes observations about the SSPX: “I did not mean to be pejorative. That’s the term of art that was in general use when I was…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “Pater – thank you for reminding us of this great anniversary… we should continue to honor and observe it despite…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1655: inconsistencies: “@WVC- I am not underemphasizing anything. The liturgical abuses pre-VII were bad enough that it was part of what prompted…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “What is needed is an honest assessment of Vatican II and the aftermath. And a clear statement on what is…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “Well, the meteor thing could happen… “Sister Lucia, in 1944, before writing the third Secret of Fatima to send to…”
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Category Archives: One Man & One Woman
ASK FATHER: Can divorcees with “annulments” be prevented from marrying if there are young children?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Something that I have been wondering about is whether or not the Church could deny marrying a couple where one intended spouse was previously married, had children then the Church granted an annulment [declaration of nullity] … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, One Man & One Woman
Tagged can. 1066, can. 1071, divorced and remarried, Monitum, vetitum
5 Comments
5 Comments
ASK FATHER: Is the “annulment” process in the US just a rubber stamp?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a quick question so I’ll keep this message short. Knowing several Catholics in my childrens’ Catholic school who have been divorced and remarried after getting an annulment, I wonder how to explain it all … Read More
U.S. priest in L’Osservatore Romano promotes either dissoluble marriage or polygamy
You have to pay attention to language, especially in the hands of libs. They twist and they turn. They set you up with implicit premises which you might breeze right by. They lead you astray and into the dark places … Read More
Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Gerald Bednar, indissolubility, marriage, matrimony, polygamy
27 Comments
27 Comments
ASK FATHER: Marriage licenses with “Spouse 1” and “Spouse 2”
From a Protestant clergyman reader… QUAERITUR: Thank you for your blog. Your courage and clarity motivate me. I am a Protestant clergy and am struggling with whether or not I should even morally be signing marriage licenses anymore. I had … Read More
Italian media reports on @BishopMorlino of @MadisonDiocese and on Card. Müller
At the Italian site La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana there are two stories which merit attention. First, they report on the current kerfuffle stirred by the Left against Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison. The Extraordinary Ordinary. HERE Here’s … Read More
Outstanding sermon! Fr. Lankeit @PhoenixDiocese – response to unscrupulous homosexualist agenda
The last time I was in Phoenix I didn’t have the chance to meet Fr. John Lankeit, rector of the Cathedral of Sts. Simon and Jude (a great feast day for another reason). I have written about him before HERE. … Read More
Canonist Ed Peters contributes: A note on Madison’s funeral policy
From the spasmodic reactions of hysterical homosexualists and their abettors, you would think that the chancery personnel in the Diocese of Madison were clubbing babies… no, that wouldn’t be so bad…. baby seals … no, gay baby seals and eating their beating hearts … … Read More
Cri de Coeur from a Catholic married couple. Wherein Fr. Z rants from his heart.
I’m tired of the whine from certain homosexualists and their agenda, to the detriment of concerns of people to adhere to God’s plan and nature and many other serious concerns which we face as a Church and society. I was … Read More
Lunacy in Lyon
LifeSite has a horrifying article about a development in France… poor poor France. C’mon, faithful Catholics! Allons y, traditional co-religionists! Marry and have lots of kids! Anyway, back to the Lunacy in Lyon. Ban on Communion for divorced and remarried … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, divorced and remarried, Lyon
19 Comments
19 Comments
ASK FATHER: Assistant priest wonders what to do if pastor won’t speak to adulterous couples who receive Communion.
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Here is a question which perhaps you could answer for those of us who are parochial vicars. What should we do if people regularly present themselves for communion who are married outside the Church? Ordinarily, we … Read More
prayfatima on Daily Rome Shot 1655: inconsistencies: “OKC Catholic Dad: I echo your sentiments and am getting bothered by all the images that are floating around portraying…”
