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Tag Archives: conscience
LENTCAzT 2020: 28 – Tuesday in the 4th Week of Lent: Conscience and making excuses for sins
It’s Tuesday in the 4th Week of Lent. The Roman Station is San Lorenzo in Damaso, another of the many churches dedicated to St. Lawrence, so beloved of the Romans. Card. Bacci talks about a well-formed and about a badly-form … Continue reading
Posted in LENTCAzT, PODCAzT
Tagged Antonio Card. Bacci, conscience, LENT, LENTCAzT, podcast, PODCAzT
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IMPORTANT: Interview with Card. Caffarra about the Dubia and ‘Amoris laetitia’ confusion
UPDATE: I was sent this Tweet of Matteo Matzuzzi of Il Foglio: Diversamente da quanto si legge in giro, Caffarra @ilfoglio_it non risponde a Müller (questione cronologica) https://t.co/cSnq1DwrFk — Matteo Matzuzzi (@matteomatzuzzi) January 14, 2017 [Decoded: “Differently from what is … Continue reading
Conscience, Communion in this epoch of mercy. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
In this epoch of mercy, encounter and accompaniment, it seems that the categories of law, doctrine and conscience are becoming less and less meaningful. Certain churchmen today are opining about, for example, conscience and the reception of Holy Communion. … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged conscience
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Sam Gregg on “primacy of conscience”
Sam Gregg of Acton Institute has a great piece today at Crisis about the topic of “conscience”. My emphases. An Archbishop and the Catholic Conscience Conscience is one of those subjects about which numerous Catholics today are, alas, sadly misinformed. Despite … Continue reading
VIDEO: Wherein Card Arinze explains “conscience”
The mighty Francis Card. Arinze gave a video interview to LifeSite. He reminds everyone of what real primacy of conscience is in the Church’s teaching. He clarifies that we have the responsibility to have a properly formed conscience. We cannot simply claim … Continue reading
Sam Gregg: Intrinsic Evils, Final Realities, and the Synod
At CWR, Sam Gregg has a good piece of analysis. Samples… It was inevitable. Any discussion about marriage and the family during a synod of Catholic bishops was always going to involve questions of morality. Just as the furor around Humanae … Continue reading
Posted in Synod, The Drill
Tagged conscience, intrinsic evil, Samuel Gregg, Synod of Bishops
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English translation problem on Vatican website of key paragraph of an important document
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was reading an article on the SSPX website on Religious Liberty last night. In it, they quoted Dignitatis Humanæ of the Second Vatican Council. Interestingly, the part the SSPX would particularly object to is missing on the … Continue reading
Posted in Religious Liberty, The Drill, Vatican II
Tagged conscience, Dignitatis humanae, religious freedom, translations, Vatican website
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Pope Francis interview in La Repubblica, or, “Is This Now My Fate?”
My email is filled with notes from people who need to be talked off the ledge. The reason – this time – is Pope Francis’ interview with Eugenio Scalfari, the atheist editor of the vile Italian daily La Repubblica. BTW… … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Pope Francis, The Drill
Tagged CCC 1782, CCC 1790, CCC 1800, conscience, DH 3, Eugenio Scalfari, interview, La Repubblica, Pope Francis, proselytize
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Nifty! Virtual Vigil for Religious Liberty
Have you seen the Virtual Vigil for Religious Liberty? You can virtually attend a rally. BUT… BUT… you have to PRAY too, right? Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty O God our Creator, through the power and working of your … Continue reading
PODCAzT 132: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 3
In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I write, namely, the defense of the … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Emanations from Penumbras, Linking Back, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, conscience, erroneous conscience, freedom, Joseph Ratzinger, religious liberty
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PODCAzT 131: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 2
In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I write, namely, the defense of the … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Linking Back, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, Albert Einstein, Bl. John Henry Newman, conscience, freedom, HHS mandate, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, Socrates, St. Thomas More
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PODCAzT 130: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 1
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 1st Amendment, Benedict XVI, conscience, Fortnight for Freedom, freedom of conscience, HHS mandate, Joseph Ratzinger, marriage, Minnesota Marriage Amendment, Pres. Obama, The First Gay President
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D. Tyler: A spiffy sermon for the opening of the Fortnight of Freedom
From the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the Diocese of Tyler, comes this sermon from Fr. Anthony McLaughlin. He nails it. He sets up the context, lays out many examples of how the Obama Administration has been undermining freedom, … Continue reading
List of Catholic entities which filed against the Obama Administration
Our objections to Pres. Obama’s attacks… are not about politics or political parties are not about being Catholic are not about contraception. No, on the contrary, they … are about conscience are about religious liberty are about our rights from … Continue reading
Posted in Religious Liberty
Tagged 1st Amendment, conscience, federal law suit, Pres. Obama, The First Gay President
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The “First Gay President”, orientation, and military chaplains
A reader sent me a link to a story on Gateway Pundit about the latest moves in what I am convinced is an effort to drive sound military chaplains out of military service. Obama Continues His Assault on Christians: Will … Continue reading
VIDEO about November. Fr. Z asks, “What is this? Tolkien?”
When I saw this video my first thought was, “What is this? Tolkien?” Perhaps it is. The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings present a seemingly hopeless struggle against evil. The protagonists were constantly challenged to overcome their limitations, … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Emanations from Penumbras, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Pray For A Miracle, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices
Tagged conscience, election, freedom, life, marriage, November 2012, religious liberty
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VIDEO: Georgetown and Kathleen Sebelius
The Cardinal Newman Society has this about Georgetown University’s invitation of HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius, supporter of Tiller the late-term abortionist, the President’s pointman in the attack on the Church’s and on freedom of religion, the architect of forcing Catholic … Continue reading
A Good Friday Liturgy intercession in the light of our current concerns
In light of the current circumstances we face as Catholics, as people of all faiths, and as American citizens, this is excerpted from the Good Friday intercession prayers in the Ordinary Form: IX. For those in public office Let us … Continue reading
Pres. Obama owes you and me an apology!
Mr. President, you owe me and millions of American Catholics an apology. You apologized to Islamic extremists and other Muslims abroad and in the United States for something done against the Islamic faith by mistake. What you are doing to … Continue reading
