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Category Archives: The Drill
QUAERITUR: If something is in the Catechism, do I have to give in, believe it even though it is different from what the Catechism taught before?
I am getting questions from lots people about Pope Francis’ move to change the Church’s doctrine concerning capital punishment. QUAERITUR: If this is in the Catechism, do I have to give in and believe it even though this is different … Read More
Pope Francis changed the Catechism about the death penalty. What next? Wherein Fr. Z opines.
I wonder if the recent move of the Holy Father to change the text – the teaching of the Church – of the paragraph in the Catechism of the Catholic Church about the death penalty will generate enough buzz to … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, capital punishment, Catechism of the Catholic Church, death penalty, development of doctrine, John Henry Newman, Juan Manuel de Rosas, lived experience, Pope Francis, Realities are more important than ideas
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75 Comments
Cri de Coeur: calls for punishing action against bishops complicit in L’Affaire McCarrick
Today I read at Crisis a smart piece by Eric Sammons which argued that, because of the unaddressed, indeed covered up scandal of McCarrick … and others, just wait!… Catholics should address the problem of feckless bishops by withholding money: … Read More
Who is behind that “Lovely, drippy, syrupy TLM and vocation video” and how are they being treated?
Yesterday I posted about a lovely video made in Italy, which clearly and in a positive light presents traditional liturgy of the Roman Rite and the priestly vocation. Because it was so well done, I did a little digging around about … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill
Tagged Archd. Ferrara-Comacchio, Fraternità Sacerdotale Familia Christi
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US Association of Consecrated Virgins condemns confusing new rules from Holy See
This is interesting… in the wake of the Holy See’s confusing document on consecrated virginity. Ed Peter‘s wrote: Now, according to the plain terms of ESI, the Blessed Virgin Mary, archetype of virginity consecrated to God, would not be eligible for admission to … Read More
Does “Beans” @MassimoFaggioli undermine ‘Humanae vitae’?
The war on the teaching of Humanae vitae continued today with an offering at ultra-liberal Commonweal by Massimo “Beans” Faggioli. Beans spends a lot of time on Twitter throwing out one inflammatory tweet after another as click bait. Faggioli takes … Read More
INTERESTING UPDATE – Pope Francis phones Gianni Vattimo, philosopher of “weak thought”
UPDATE 11 July: I received a fascinating email from a priest: In [Vattimo’s] book Credo di credere (his spiritual autobiography (reads like someone re-wrote Augustine’s Confessions after a healthy dose of laudanum), Vattimo writes that he prays the 1961 Breviarium … Read More
A mosque at the site of the Battle of Tours!
I saw a really interesting video at Jihad Watch. It is about the building of a mosque at the site of the super-important Battle of Tours, 25 October 732, where Charles “the Hammer” Martel routed the Islamic invaders. A mosque … Read More
POTUS, SCOTUS and “Judicial Humility”: a useful tip from @Judgenap
UPDATE: Anti-Catholicism is the last acceptable prejudice. Check out the WSJ piece about the group to which Judge Amy Coney Barrett belongs. ___ Originally Published on: Jun 29, 2018 I’ve been looking at the list of the SCOTUS candidates from … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Andrew Napolitano, judicial humility, Justice Thomas, POTUS, Pres. Trump, SCOTUS
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22 Comments
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