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Category Archives: POPES
Pope Francis: Women must not be clericalized!
In La Stampa we find a report on yet another interview Pope Francis has given, apparently to La Stampa. I haven’t found the whole thing yet. [UPDATE: Italian Original HERE.] But in the summary we read: Commenting on Curia reform, the … Read More
Of Nativity Scenes and Vatican Budget Cuts
Over the last years we have learned that the St. Peter’s Square nativity scene has often cost upward of half a million euro. There has been not a little graft involved. We also know that the Holy See has some … Read More
Fr. Z on Fr. Finigan on the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
His Hermeneuticalness, the mighty P.P of Blackfen, the Dean of Bexley, the indominable Fr. Timothy Finigan opines on the situation the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate are faced with. The Commissar appointed by the Prefect of the Congregation for Religious, João … Read More
Posted in Be The Maquis, Benedict XVI, Francis, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Reading Francis Through Benedict, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Fr. Finigan, Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, João Card. Braz de Aviz, Pope Francis, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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VIDEO Interview with Card. Burke on EWTN – on Francis, the Ap. Exhortation, Summorum Pontificum
Be sure to view the recent episode of The World Over on EWTN. Raymond Arroyo interviewed His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke on a range of issues. They dig into The Francis Effect, the recent Apostolic Exhortation and its controversy, reform … Read More
Communion for divorced/remarried. Ed Peters on what’s at stake.
Sacramental marriage is either indissoluble or it not. Over at his fine canon law blog, canonist Ed Peters has something to say about an upcoming, building controversy. Let’s understand what’s at stake by Dr. Edward Peters I suspect we’ll see … Read More
1st Year Anniversary of @Pontifex
I saw on News.va that today, one year ago, Benedict XVI launched @Pontifex on Twitter. Pope Francis has continued to use it, no doubt through surrogates. Here is his latest Latin tweet: Expers laetitiae nulla concipi valet Ecclesia quae tum … Read More
TIME and Pope Francis – POY
So, Pope Francis is TIME magazine’s Person of the Year. That’s about all I have to say about that, given the other names on that list. Though… If being Person of the Year is about the impact the person made, … Read More
Michael Coren on Popes who condemn “unfettered” capitalism
Michael Coren, the author of the recent title The Future of Catholicism, has a comment about a Pope who condemned “unfettered” capitalism. Keep in mind that “unfettered” capitalism is nowhere to be found. With that… from Coren on Mercatornet: I … Read More
Posted in Francis, Liberals, The Drill
Tagged capitalism, Michael Coren, Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIII, Rerum novarum
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Pope Francis v. world hunger
The Pope pitched in for a campaign against world hunger with a video message. His Holiness is using social media. QUAERITUR: Is the problem of world hunger Western greed and indifference or the rampant corruption in places where people are … Read More
An observation for Mr. Novak on Pope Francis and “trickle-down” in EG 54
I note that Michael Novak has tackled the issue of the Pope’s comment on economics in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium. He had an interview with National Review. Alas, I think Mr. Novak got a couple things wrong. In a … Read More
Posted in Francis, The Drill
Tagged "trickle-down", Evangelii gaudium, free market, Michael Novak, Pope Francis, translation
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