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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
We must make the choice to persevere!
I share hereunder a note I received from one of you readers after my own post-synodal exhortation not to give up any ground in the Synod’s wake. We must persevere! In the face of what seem like decreasingly favorable odds, … Read More
Rome – Day 3: Synod Free Zone, Abbatial Mass and – Fr. Z rants
I have been – mostly on purpose – in a Synod Free Zone in the last few days, even though I am at Ground Zero. Yes, I am hearing a lot. No, I am trying not to let it … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Be The Maquis, Cri de Coeur, GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Olympian Middle, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Coetus Internationalis Summorum Pontificum, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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As the Synod ends…
My friend Fr Murray has good comments in his EWTN analysis of the Synod’s work: Fr. Murray touches on Pope Francis’ words about decentralization of the Curia. Robert Royal admits that he doesn’t know what Francis meant by decentralization and … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Synod
Tagged family, Fr. Gerald Murray, Synod
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ACTION ITEM! Support Our Lady of Hope Clinic!
I have an ACTION ITEM for you good readers. You have been generous to causes I have mentioned in the past. Sometimes people have a hard time finding causes to support. This is one of them that I admire. RIGHT NOW… … Read More
Archbp. Aquila: German bishops promote “cheap grace”
His Excellency Most Reverend Samuel Aquila, Archbishop of Denver, has something to say. From the NCRegister: Did Thomas More and John Fisher Die For Nothing? The idea that Catholics should be allowed to remarry and receive communion did not begin … Read More
URGENT: Romanian Greek Catholic Doctor’s speech to Synod! Members (all) get a serious talking to!
I saw this at Voice of the Family. You can find it other places too. The entire Synod of Bishops (and the fancy people running it) received a marvelously cold slap in the face with the wet towel of real … Read More
Pope Francis wants a transformation of the papacy and a synodal Church
Since the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Francis – or could we coin a new phrase? The “periphery of Pope Francis”? – I have been saying that his aim is to weaken the Roman Curia. HERE and HERE and … Read More
Synod Nightmare Scenario: Card. Burke on devolution of doctrine to local bishops and conferences
From Lifesite… read the whole thing, but this is probably the most important bit. There has been talk of devolving some decision making about various issues to regional conferences of bishops or to local bishops. That would, of course, be … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Synod
Tagged Card. Burke, Synod of Bishops
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Card. Burke: “Yes, I’m a fundamentalist”
In Italian bookstores a new book by Card. Burke has appeared in Italian: Divino Amore incarnato – La santa Eucaristia sacramento di Carità (Cantagalli). This is the Italian translation of His Eminence’s Divine Love Made Flesh. For the occasion, the Italian Il Foglio interviewed Card. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can a teen with hostile parents be baptized?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is it morally wrong to delay converting Catholicism? The potential convert believes the Catholic Church is the one true Church. However, she is a teenager, has very hostile parents, and is willing to wait a few years to make … Read More
