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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
SSPX reaction to the Anglican Ordinariate and the recent converts
Long-time participant HE alerted me to the following from the site of the SSPX. They are happy about the reception of so many former Anglicans entering into the Roman obedience. As you know, Anglicans are able to enter full union … Read More
Minnesota: Bp. Sirba testifies for defense of marriage amendment
The Catholic Spirit, Archdiocesan newspaper of my native place, has a piece about the testimony in defense of marriage given to the House Civil Law Committee of the Minnesota Legislature by His Excellency Most. Rev. Paul Sirba, Bishop of Duluth. … Read More
Not “your” body? Not your “choice”!
I found this on Fallible Blogma. I want to add a note. One of the things we were reminded of during the pontificate of Bl. John Paul II was that we are our bodies. His “theology of the body” served … Read More
Australian bishop removed from diocese for heterodox ideas
I have often thought that the Holy Father should reach out and remove a red hat from some cardinal’s head. Just one. Pour encourager les autres, as it were. Well… perhaps from time to time. From the Australian with my … Read More
John Paul II – priesthood
I owe this to His Hermeneuticalness and John Paul II. Full disclosure. I was ordained by John Paul II: One of the themes of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate was his insistence on the necessity of the priesthood and his … Read More
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Tagged beatification, Fr. Tim Finigan, John Paul II, priesthood
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OSV: Ecumenism and the Pope of Christian Unity
Our Sunday Visitor was kind enough to send me an advance copy of an editorial for their 8 May issue. I think, once you read it, you’ll know why they sent it. Allow me to preface this by saying that … Read More
Newt Gingrich on why he became a Catholic
I saw this in the Seattle Post Intelligencer but it goes back to a piece Newt Gingrich wrote for the National Catholic Register about why he joined the Catholic Church. I think it is interesting that the secular MSM picked … Read More
The fruits of Anglicanorum coetibus: new Catholics join the Anglican Ordinariate
From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald. My emphases. Ordinariate comes to life in Holy Week By Anna Arco & Simon Caldwell The world’s first personal ordinariate has grown dramatically during Holy Week. New members of the Personal … Read More
Dust up in UK over anti-Catholic legislation
From CNA: Royal row breaks out in UK over anti-Catholic legislation London, England, Apr 25, 2011 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In the week of the Royal Wedding, a centuries-old law banning British monarchs from becoming or marrying a Catholic … Read More
