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Chinese Joseph Card. Zen’s Open Letter to all the other Cardinals
The great Chinese prelate Joseph Card. Zen has sent a letter to all of the members of the College of Cardinals. HERE It includes Dubia of the cardinal regarding “Pastoral guidelines of the Holy See concerning the civil registration of … Continue reading
Wherein Fr. Z offers a cautionary tale to those who struggle with liturgical conundra.
The site of the CMAA, Musica Sacra Forum, published response to the 29 – yes, twenty-nine – dubia submitted to the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”. The questioner is a Polish priest, I assume young, working on a doctorate. Folks, I get it. … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Si vis pacem para bellum!
Tagged dubia, PCED, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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Possible “formal correction” of Pope Francis?
If you read the LifeSite account, you have the impression that Card. Burke may be going for the “formal correction” option. HERE They seemed to have based their piece on Part 2 of an interview with His Eminence which The Wanderer posted. … Continue reading
Answers to “Dubia” from the Vatican! About the Traditional Mass and overly restrictive bishops.
If you are a priest who has been hassled by your bishop about saying the traditional Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum, pay attention. Help has arrived. Recently a priest of my acquaintance sent two questions to my old haunts the … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged can. 249, coetus, coetus fidelium, dubia, idoneus, PCED, Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
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Bp. Schneider: attacks on Four Cardinals, Five Dubia like time of Soviet Union
At LifeSite we read interesting remarks by Bp. Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan. Bp. Schneider made an interesting comparison. about a conference held in Rome. Present were the two of the Four Cardinals (Burke, Brandmüller) who submitted the Five Dubia and … Continue reading
CRUX: An exercise in contrasts concerning ‘Amoris laetitia’
At Crux there were a pair of pieces which were in sharp contrast. First, take note of Austen Ivereigh’s lengthy (and rather whiny) interview with Jesuit Fr. Antonio Spadaro. HERE He’s sooooo misunderstood! And he tells us about that at jesuitical length. … Continue reading
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Antonio Spadaro, can. 915, can.916, dubia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals
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ACTION ITEM! Petition in support of the Four Cardinals and Five Dubia
LifeSite has a petition in support of the Four Cardinals and their Five Dubia. HERE Please consider signing. I, for one, want clarity about the questions submitted by the Four Cardinals. The questions were necessary to maintain the integrity the … Continue reading
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Card. Burke, dubia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals
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IMPORTANT UPDATE – Dean of Rota: Pope could strip Four Cardinals of Cardinalate because of Five Dubia
UPDATE 1 Dec: This we now read at Religion Confidencial: Religión Confidencial publicó el martes una noticia que ponía en boca de monseñor Pio Vito Pinto, decano de la Rota Romana, la afirmación de que los cuatro cardenales que han … Continue reading
PODCAzT 152: Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Five Dubia of the Four Cardinals
You know about the Five Dubia of the Four Cardinals submitted, first privately, now publicly to His Holiness Pope Francis about Chapter 8 of Amoris laetitia. I have another PODCAzT about Bp. Schneider on Amoris laetitia. HERE The Four Cardinal and their … Continue reading
New US Cardinals respond, and don’t, to questions about Five Dubia of Four Cardinals
From LifeSite comes a piece by John Henry Weston about how the new US Cardinals reacted to questions about the Five Dubia submitted by the Four Cardinals. HERE Card. Farrell roughly pushed away a reporters hand with a recorder. Meanwhile: […] Cardinal … Continue reading
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, dubia, Four Cardinals
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More grease from the Smear Machine
The catholic Smear Machine is getting a lift from non-catholics. At Christianity Today, in their “Society” section of all places, comes a piece from someone named Henry Farley, whose name I have not yet encountered. He is, apparently, a Junior Staff Writer who … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Five Dubia and The Four Cardinals
The Smear Machine is grinding. right on schedule, the liberal news outlets are closing ranks to discredit The Four Cardinals who submitted dubia to the Holy Father about what are generally admitted by reasonable people to be confusing points. Thought: I suggest … Continue reading
INTERVIEW with Card. Burke about their Five Dubia about problems in Amoris Laetitia
In the wake of the Five Dubia about Amoris laetitia submitted by the Four Cardinals, one of The Four has been again interviewed. His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke was interviewed about the Five Dubia by the National Catholic Register‘s Edward Pentin, probably the … Continue reading
BOMBSHELL: The Four Cardinals Letter to Pope Francis – “Seeking Clarity”
UPDATE: I’d be willing to bet that The Four are merely the tip of the spear. I’d wager that they represent a large gang of quiet Cardinals who want answers, but because they are presently in curial or diocesan positions … Continue reading
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Card. Brandmuller, Card. Burke, Card. Caffarra, Card. Meisner, Card. Müller, dubia
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