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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
VIDEO: Clarity from Card. Burke on marriage, indissolubility and the challenges we face
What a breath of fresh air! Here is a video of His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke delivering his recent talk to the Rome Life Forum. His Eminence addressed the problem of referring to the essentials of marriage as “an idea” … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Card. Burke, marriage, matrimony
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13 May 2016 – 99th anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
Today, Friday 13 May 2016, is the 99th anniversary of the Our Lady’s first appearance to the three shepherd children near Fatima, Portugal. Next year: 100. Portentous, given what’s going on in the Church these days. I, for one, am … Read More
“When Catholics cut themselves adrift from their own past, they do not thereby become profound thinkers”
Today at Crisis, the esteemed Anthony Esolen offers us some gold. After Our election, We shall appoint him as Plenipotentiary Extraordinary Minister for the Implementation of Ex corde Ecclesiae. A sample from his latest with my patented emphases and comments: Buying the Right Toys from … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Anthony Esolen
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“The Latin Mass of years gone by is becoming more popular again”
I think we have to pretty much give up on correct terminology now. It seems that the bifurcation is nearly complete. Latin has been isolated from the Novus Ordo, partly because those on the traditional side of thing perpetually called the … Read More
Sam Gregg of ACTON on medieval distinctions about usury and legitimate forms of money-lending
I saw at American Banker an interesting article by Sam Gregg of Acton Institute which is excerpt from his new book For God and Profit: How Banking and Finance Can Serve the Common Good. UK HERE How Medieval Monks Changed the Face … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Acton Institute, lucrum cessans, St. Bernardine of Siena, usury
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German theologian Robert Spaemann on #AmorisLaetitia: Chaos and schism, God forbid!
UPDATE: Spaemann’s interview is now in English. HERE We are all suffering from Amoris defatigatio, I know. But as the days and weeks pile up in the wake of Pope Francis Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, and many and varying accounts and interpretations of … Read More
PODCAzT 145: Athanasius Schneider on ‘Amoria laetitia’
In this PODCAzT I read for you the open letter by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of St Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan. It seems that it was originally released in Italian, but it was subsequently translated into … Read More
Bp. Schneider: Communion for divorced and remarried – the ‘homoousios’ of our days
Voice of the Family has an approved English translation of Bp. Athanasius Schneider’s comments on Amoris Laetitia. HERE It is important that everyone read this, agree or not. He adds an important perspective. I have already quoted from one part in … Read More
Nigerian Bishop speaks about Boko Haram
If there is one thing that John Allen (now of Crux 2.0) knows well, it’s the issue of persecuted Christians across the globe. At Crux, Allen has an interview with a Nigerian bishop, His Excellency Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto. His … Read More
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