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Category Archives: The future and our choices
CRISIS: A reflection on differences of the Novus Ordo and Traditional Roman Rite
From the useful Crisis with my emphases and comments: Worship Worthy of God MICHAEL J. ORTIZ July 7 is [already!] the tenth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum, a decree that allows priests to celebrate the form of the … Read More
The latest SCOTUS decision affirming Religious Liberty – Trinity Lutheran v. Comer
At Crisis there is a masterful explanation of the most recent US Supreme Court decision which upheld (7-2) religious liberty. On days like today, we need some GOOD news. I won’t do anything with it here. You should go there … Read More
ASK FATHER: When do traditional Catholics throw in the towel?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have been engaged in a deep theological and spiritual crisis for 10 years now, struggling to remain Catholic or finally cross the Bosphorus and convert to Orthodoxy. [pffffft] It seems that with every passing day, … Read More
VIDEO Edward Pentin and Fr. Murray on the Five Dubia of the Four Cardinals
Here is a great video for your information. Ed Pentin, arguably the best English-language Vaticanista in Rome right now is interviewed. Fr. Murray begins his remarks at 10:00 (don’t miss it).
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Edward Pentin, Fr. Gerald Murray
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BUX “We are in a full crisis of faith!” Wherein Fr. Z muses on the times.
Some of you will remember those commercials years ago where some guys, sitting with friends is a loud restaurant, says something like, “My broker is Joe Bagofdonuts. Joe says…”, and suddenly the entire restaurant is dead still with everyone leaning … Read More
More concerning the alleged “commission” to reinterpret ‘Humanae vitae’
Andrea Gagliarducci has a thought provoking offering for his weekly Vatican Monday. He raises the question of who will defend the legacy, the magisterium of Pope John Paul II. He writes about the Left, liberal sex-obsessed agenda: Humanae vitae and those … Read More
Disaster in liberal Germany leads to massive parish crisis closures
By their fruits… From this story at volksfreund.de It looks as if the German Diocese of Trier will reduce the number of parishes from 887 to 35. Dear readers, parishes are not the sole responsibility of bishops and priests. They are … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Turn Towards The Lord
Tagged Archd. Hartford, D. Trier
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The Catholic Church has succumbed to a “liberal left ideology which is destroying the West”
Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register has a riveting interview with an Egyptian Greek Melkite Jesuit. No, no. This is a good one. He interviews Fr Henri Boulad, an expert on Islam. You would do well to read the whole thing … Read More
ISIS burns 19 girls to death in iron cages because they refused sex to jihadi captors
More from the Religion of Peace. We learn this via the site of Pamela Geller. Islamic State (ISIS) burns 19 Yazidi girls to death in iron cages after they refuse sex to jihadis […] According to the local activists, the … Read More
Catholic Herald: Is there really an Old Mass revival?
From the UK’s best Catholic weekly the Catholic Herald, print edition (subscribe HERE). My emphases and comments. Is there really an Old Mass revival? Ten years ago Benedict XVI lifted restrictions on the Old Rite. So what had changed in Britain, … Read More
