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- on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “Yay. Sounds like another way to be “nice” and “include” the priest in Confirmation. IMHO most of these situations will…”
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- on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “A wonderful and dearly departed Priest was given the faculties to Confirm when he was a Military Chaplain. Those Faculties…”
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Category Archives: PODCAzT
PODCAzT 132: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 3
In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I write, namely, the defense of the … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Emanations from Penumbras, Linking Back, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, conscience, erroneous conscience, freedom, Joseph Ratzinger, religious liberty
3 Comments
3 Comments
PODCAzT 131: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 2
In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I write, namely, the defense of the … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Linking Back, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, Albert Einstein, Bl. John Henry Newman, conscience, freedom, HHS mandate, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, Socrates, St. Thomas More
1 Comment
1 Comment
PODCAzT 130: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 1
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 1st Amendment, Benedict XVI, conscience, Fortnight for Freedom, freedom of conscience, HHS mandate, Joseph Ratzinger, marriage, Minnesota Marriage Amendment, Pres. Obama, The First Gay President
14 Comments
14 Comments
PODCAzT 129: Of the solstice, and The Baptist, and summer poems
Here is a little PODCAzT after a long hiatus. Today, the Summer Solstice, I talk about the Summer Solstice, but in light of St. Augustine and St. John the Baptist. I mentioned this in another post, but I spin it … Read More
Posted in PODCAzT, Poetry
Tagged Carl Sandburg, Emily Bronte, Emily Dickenson, John Clare, PODCAzT, Richard Wilbur, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Blake
5 Comments
5 Comments
ANNUNTIO VOBIS GAUDIUM MAGNUM! Habemus rivulum! (New iTunes feed available)
I am very grateful to readers who whinged at me about the problem with my iTunes feed for my podcasts. This lead me to gripe to you about it. This lead to my posting a question. This lead to comments … Read More
Santorum’s Catholicism, candidacy, and Archbp. Chaput’s address “The Vocation of Christians in American Public Life”
It is timely to haul this old PODCAzT out of cold storage. In light of presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s comments about Pres. Kennedy and Catholicism and the public square, let’s review Archbp. Chaput’s outstanding address in Houston in 2010. This … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, Dogs and Fleas, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty
Tagged Archbp. Chaput, Houston, public square
32 Comments
32 Comments
PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter
A priest friend reminded me that today is the day before St. Agnes Day, “The Eve of St Agnes” and that, therefore, this would be a good day to post about the famous poem by John Keats. And so I … Read More
Posted in PODCAzT, Poetry
Tagged Bleak Midwinter, Christina Rossetti, Eve of St Agnes, John Keats, Poetry
20 Comments
20 Comments
PODCAzT 125: The liturgical year and who we are. Season Appropriate Poems.
In this PODCAzT I return to a theme I have explored many times: the liturgical year. We will hear about the Advent and Christmas cycle so that we can get our bearings on where we are… and who we are. … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “Bruised: You might be limiting your vision of the Church, which extends beyond where you live. There are places in…”
