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- Ben on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “TheCavalierHatherly – “positivam” in that instance would still be taken as a contranym adjective.”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “The “FORMULA OF ADHERENCE” is basically the opening clauses from the 1988 protocol between Abp. Lefebvre and Cardinal Ratzinger. The…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “This whole “mess” should come as no surprise to all but a few. Our current pontiff is a nicer version…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Couple things I am unclear on: 1. If laity occasionally attend then they don’t incur excommunocation so why can’t they…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Does “regarding subsequent reforms” include Amoris laetitia, Fiducia Supplicans, or the revision of the CCC on capital punishment? If it…”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “@Gregg, acknowledging LG 25 has been the request for 38 years; the formula is essentially what Ratzinger asked in 1988.…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Per Bishop Athanasius Schneider, there is no schism. https://mukwonago.wi.sspx.org/en/news/declaration-bishop-athanasius-schneider-sspx-consecrations-59783”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “A short funny video of the late, great Michael Davies on Canon 844. I have ran this past an old…”
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Tag Archives: conscience
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 … Read More
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. … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged conscience
19 Comments
19 Comments
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
Posted in Synod, The Drill
Tagged conscience, intrinsic evil, Samuel Gregg, Synod of Bishops
24 Comments
24 Comments
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 … Read More
Posted in Religious Liberty, The Drill, Vatican II
Tagged conscience, Dignitatis humanae, religious freedom, translations, Vatican website
27 Comments
27 Comments
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… … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Francis, The Drill
Tagged CCC 1782, CCC 1790, CCC 1800, conscience, DH 3, Eugenio Scalfari, interview, La Repubblica, Pope Francis, proselytize
115 Comments
115 Comments
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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
3 Comments
3 Comments
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 … Read More
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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Ben on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “TheCavalierHatherly – “positivam” in that instance would still be taken as a contranym adjective.”
