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Tag Archives: Four Cardinals
Something fun for Friday
First, since it’s Columbus Day, a friend texted: “We remember Columbus, who brought racial diversity to a previously mono-racial continent.” God Bless, Christopher Columbus. Next, this is worthy of some of Zuhlio’s album covers. Also, you saw the video of … Continue reading
Dubious dubia about the Dubia
Once upon a time there was a Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation that caused a lot of head scratching. And so some Cardinals got together, four in all, and asked the writer of the Exhortation – or rather the Pope whose signature … Continue reading
Commandments are NOT mere “ideals” from which some are excused because, “They’re tooo haaard!” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
With all the chatter these days about virtuous behavior being an “ideal” and jawing about “paradigm shifts” and so forth, I present anew something I posted exactly one year ago today. ___ Originally published 17 Feb 2017 Look. I’m the … Continue reading
Peters on Nichols
The distinguished theologian Fr. Aidan Nichols, OP, recently gave a talk to a group of Anglican and Orthodox (both of whom are not yet in union with the Pope of Rome) about what might be done in view of the … Continue reading
A Response to the Tornielli/Walford papolatrous attack on the Four ‘Dubia’ Cardinals
A few days ago Vatican Insider, at La Stampa, run by the ultimate Italian weather vane Andrea Tornielli, supplied a piece against the Four Cardinals of the Five Dubia (and against anyone who agrees that more clarity is needed) by … Continue reading
Posted in The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, divorced and remarried, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals, Stephen Walford
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Fr. Murray on 1 year after ‘Amoris laetitia’: The state of the question.
My friend Fr. Gerald Murray, frequent contributor at The Catholic Thing and quite simply the best clerical TV commentator around (EWTN has to kick its game up to deserve him). Fr. Murray has offered comments about Amoris laetitia one year after its … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Posts, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals, Fr. Gerald Murray, Juan Manuel de Rosas, People's Theology, praxis
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URGENT PRAYER ALERT! The Four Cardinals of the Five Dubia ask an AUDIENCE
From Edward Pentin at the faithful National Catholic Register (not to be confused with faithless Fishwrap): Full Text of Dubia Cardinals’ [The Four Cardinals who submitted the Five Dubia] Letter Asking Pope for an Audience The April 25 missive was hand-delivered to … Continue reading
VIDEO: Card. Burke about the future of the Five Dubia about ‘Amoris laetitia’
At St. Raymond of Penafort Church in Virginia (which if I am not mistaken was built by my my friend Fr. James Gould), another Raymond, Card. Burke, answered a question about the Five Dubia submitted by the Four Cardinals about the … Continue reading
Fr. Z’s take on the Pope’s remarks to Chilean Bishops
People are asking me in email what I think of the Pope’s alleged statements to Chilean bishops making their ad limina visit. Apparently the Holy Father told them, as reported by the UK’s best Catholic weekly The Catholic Herald (for which I write a … Continue reading
Posted in Francis, GO TO CONFESSION, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals
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List of Prelates For and Against the Five Dubia on ‘Amoris Laetitia’
A week or so ago, I received a working list of churchmen who seem to be in favor of submitting (and getting answers to) the Five Dubia of the Four Cardinals™, who seem to be against the same and who seem to … Continue reading
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, One Man & One Woman
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals
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Commandments are NOT mere “ideals” from which some people are excused because they’re hard! Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Look. I’m the first one to admit that I am a sinner. I sin and I go to confession with a firm purpose of amendment. When I fall, I get back up, again with a firm purpose of amendment. I … Continue reading
Card. Coccopalmerio’s booklet: The Response™? Apparently not.
Yesterday, I posted HERE about the release of the booklet by Card. Coccopalmerio, Prefect of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. It was ballyhooed as The Response™ to the Five Dubia of the Four “intransigent” Cardinals, who are dissenters because they … Continue reading
Posted in The Drill
Tagged adultery, Amoris Laetitia, can. 1387, Card. Coccopalmerio, Ed Peters, Edward Pentin, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals, solicitation
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New booklet by Cardinal asserted to be response to the Five Dubia of the Four Cardinals
In the shallow, liberal, Italian Catholic weekly Panorama we are informed about a booklet now out over the name of Card. Coccopalmerio, Prefect of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. It is ballyhooed as “the response” to the Five Dubia of … Continue reading
Card. Müller weighs in on ‘Amoris Laetitia’, informally answers the Five Dubia
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is doing his job. His Eminence Gerhard Ludwig Card. Müller, has given a long interview to the Italian Catholic monthly Il Timone. Title: “You don’t negotiate Truth.” He comments on … Continue reading
Canonist Ed Peters: different ways people deal with Canon 915 (denial of Communion)
The distinguished, commonsensical canonist Ed Peters has a blistering bit today at his blog In the Light of the Law. Let’s see what he has to say, with my usual emphases and comments. I’ll cut in to the meat. You should … Continue reading
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
Background support for the Five Dubia
Edward Pentin, probably the best English language journalist working around the Vatican these days, posted at the National Catholic Register a piece about support for the Four Cardinals and the Five Dubia. Yes, he writes about Card. Müller’s TV interview which … Continue reading
Card. Burke’s interview in ‘La Verità”: More Cardinals are completely with the Four
Lots of lefties are hopping up and down in little circles because the Four Cardinals (Burke, Caffara, Meisner, Brandmueller) offered Five Dubia (questions, narrowly framed, asking for yes or no clarificatory responses) arising from the objective lack of clarity in … Continue reading
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Card. Burke, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals
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Another look at Fr. Cameli in Jesuit-run ‘America’: Use of Scripture
The other day there was misleading piece at Jesuit-run America by a Chicagoan Fr. Louis Cameli. He launched an ad hominem attack against the Four Cardinals of the Five Dubia. Cameli continued with a not entirely honest defense of his personally preferred … Continue reading
Posted in Linking Back, The Drill
Tagged accompany, America, Amoris Laetitia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals, Louis J. Cameli
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Card. Müller: “a possible fraternal correction of the Pope seems to me to be very remote”
UPDATE: Newly appended to the end of Pentin’s article on Card. Müller… Update 12 January 2016: A spokesman for Cardinal Müller told the Register that he was “speaking out of his authority as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine … Continue reading
