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Category Archives: What are they REALLY saying?
Small groups as a method of controlling the agenda
I’ll wager that in the readership there are people who are experts on how to hold meetings, how to control the message and direction of meetings, changing minds, creating consensus, etc. I’ve only read a little about it. However, … Read More →
But WAIT! There’s MORE! Card. Duka of Prague sent DUBIA about Communion for the divorced and remarried. RESPONDED!
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, under the new leadership of now-Card. Fernandez, responded to a series of Dubia sent in by Dominik Card. Duka, OP, of Prague on 13 July 2023 about administration of Holy Communion to … Read More →
Telling
Pitiful turnout for today’s Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals in St. Peter's Square. pic.twitter.com/FnuKmqjsGI — Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) September 30, 2023 Sapienti pauca.
The Synod on Synodality (“walking together on walking togetherity”) tackles the problem of its own CO2 emissions
From the Italian site La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, not The Babylon Bee. My emphases: The letter kills, the Spirit vivifies and the Synod pollutes Over 300 members who will travel, talk, and in short emit Co2. In view of the … Read More →
Posted in Lighter fare, Synod, What are they REALLY saying?
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Tagged CO2 emissions, Synod
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7 Comments
Clarifications clarify the clarity of the clearness clarified.
I’m torn. I really am. On the one hand, don’t you wish they would just stop talking? Stop writing? For example, the new guy to head up the Dicastery (yeah, that’s what we call it now) for the Doctrine of … Read More →
A “Potemkin Synod” (“fake walking together”)
Run don’t walk to read a piece by a chap of whom I had not heard just a few short months ago. Larry Chapp has a great piece on the great façade of the upcoming Synod on Synodality (“Walking together … Read More →
Posted in The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, What are they REALLY saying?, You must be joking!
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Tagged Larry Chapp, Synod
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6 Comments
Blasphemous sermon about the Lord and the Syrophoenician woman in Matthew 15 by Francis’ close aide, Jesuit
As a preamble, Fr. Antonio (“2+2=5”) Spadaro, SJ … more HERE. Scroll down a little. Read about his interest in Pier Vittorio Tondelli. Fr. Antonio Spadaro, editor of the semi-official publication La Civiltà Cattolica, has been, at times, nearly sewed … Read More →
Francis gives more advice
Francis has said some puzzling things over the years. Recently, he has peppered the Church with a few more of his insights, whose depths defy easy exploration. One of them prompted Anthony Esolen (who has a new translation of Augustine’s Confessions coming … Read More →
What will the Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking together-ity”) be like? The LIST of participants is out.
What will the Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking together-ity”) be like? One clue is to look at the list of the participants. First, however, I note this, from Jesuit-run Amerika Magazine: Here is a list of the participants: HERE … Read More →
Posted in Pò sì jiù, Synod, What are they REALLY saying?, You must be joking!
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Tagged Synod
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8 Comments
New Prefect of DOCTRINE
The new Prefect of the Dicastery for Doctrine of the Faith is… incredibly… Archbp. Víctor Manuel Fernández You will know him as a ghost writer for his boss. Questions of plagiarism were raised in regard to Amoris laetitia. HERE He is also … Read More →
WICatholicGram on IMPORTANT expert canonical exam of the DDF SSPX Decree: It does NOT excommunicate SSPX priests or faithful who attend Masses, or change the practical canonical position of faithful seeking SSPX sacraments.: “Thank you, Father!”
