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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
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
23 Comments
23 Comments
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
Archbp. Myers: “Catholics must be in a marriage recognized as valid by the Church to receive Holy Communion”
Liberal-megaphone RNS’ and David Gibson have a damage control piece out right now. They may sense that things are not going well at the Synod for the Kasperite agenda. ROME — Even as Pope Francis and Catholic leaders from around … Read More
Card. Sarah: “We find ourselves between ‘gender ideology’ and ISIS”, apocalyptic beasts… demonic origin
What Nazi-Fascism and Communism were in the 20th century, Western homosexual and abortion Ideologies and Islamic Fanaticism are today. Thus, Card. Sarah. Robert Card. Sarah is Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and an amazing fellow. Read his great new … Read More
Synod note: Monday will bring interventions on Instrumentum Laboris 130
On Monday there will be interventions on Instrumentum Laboris 130: 130. Some families have members who have a homosexual tendency. In this regard, the synod fathers asked themselves what pastoral attention might be appropriate for them in accordance with Church teaching: … Read More
Questions about how you recite the Holy Rosary. POLLS
I am curious about how you readers recite the Rosary. There are regional and cultural variations. Context: I found my old audio files of my recitation of the Rosary in Latin that I used on my old Ustream feed (back when … Read More
Card. Napier corrects part-time papal spokesperson – UPDATE
1726 GMT: I just saw Card. Napier live on EWTN who had come directly from the Synod Hall. He made a bit of a correction to his own correction/addition of Fr Rosica. Be sure to pay attention to this. ____ … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Synod
Tagged Card. Napier, family, Fr. Thomas Rosica, Synod, Synod of Bishops
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42 Comments
Mass “of Belonging”. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
If you were in St. Petersburg, you could have attended a “Mass of Belonging”. From The Tampa Tribune: Sacred Heart Catholic Church celebrates inclusion with ‘Mass of Belonging’ TAMPA — Frank Sammartino and Don Sullivan said they did not feel … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, Sin That Cries To Heaven
Tagged welcome
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26 Comments
ASK FATHER: If 50% of marriages are invalid, how do I know if my marriage is valid?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: If approximately 50% of current “Catholic” marriages are actually invalid, how do I know if my marriage is valid? I was a cafeteria Catholic at the time of the wedding, husband was unbaptized. We got a … Read More
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