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Category Archives: Synod
ROME: “Shadow Synod” II September 10-12
I received word of a conference coming up in Rome. The conference is clearly part of an organized effort to influence the proceedings of the upcoming Synod of Bishop on the family… and not in a good way. This … Read More
And so it begins… Instrumentum Laboris (working document) for October Synod of Bishops
Last October we saw the disputes and problems that erupted during the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family. There were behind scenes plots, thefts of books, attempts to repress the press, revolt on the floor, sudden changes in procedures… … Read More
Polish, Eastern bishops meet separately to defend family, marriage
Remember the secretive, liberal, French, Swiss, German meeting of the circle around Card. Kasper’s proposal at the Gregorian University? They met to strategize about how to use the upcoming Synod, et al. Remember the recent meeting of presidents of … Read More
Ex Africa semper aliquid … antiqui!
What you failed to read at the National Sodomotic Reporter is that the presidents of Africa’s conferences of bishops met in Accra. Card. Sarah, one of my favorites, was there. They met in the open, by the way… not in … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Synod, The Drill
Tagged Africa, Card. Sarah, divorce and remarriage, Synod
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24 Comments
Card. Kasper and the game of lowering expectations
From the National Catholic Register we have this from EWTN host Raymond Arroyo: Cardinal Kasper Backpedals on Papal Endorsement of Controversial Proposal Almost single-handedly [well.. he had significant help… from the Pope himself, not to mention a gaggle of others] … Read More
Conspicuous absence from the recent “shadow council”
You heard about the strange “shadow council” held about the same time that the Pope’s council of the Synod of Bishops was meeting to discuss, inter alia, the upcoming Synod and its MO. HERE The “shadow council” was held in … Read More
IMPORTANT: Closed pre-Synod planning session held, “shadow council”
Here’s a disturbing report about how the upcoming Synod is being shaped. There is a lot to read here, but take time to do it. This is important. From CNA and Le Figaro with my emphases and comments: Rome, Italy, May 26, 2015 … Read More
Crazy talk from an Italian theologian… just the beginning of crazy
My fear for the last and the upcoming Synod of Bishops has not been that they would suggest to the Holy Father to change doctrine, but that they – and the discussions surrounding them – would raise expectations of things … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Synod, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Basilio Petrà
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21 Comments
Of a “gay Mass” sermon, the Poles, and a useful marriage resource for priests
A the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, there is a piece you readers of the Fishwrap might want to peruse. The writer points to a sermon recently given by His Eminence Vincent Card. Nichols of Westminster at … Read More
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