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Tag Archives: Fr. Gerald Murray
Expert canonist Ed Peters explains the sit to Matthew Boudway (Nihil habens) re: Fr. Murray
This is something that every parish priest and seminarian should read and commit to memory. It is at the heart of many controversies (not excluding the mendacity of the Left trying to edge out the Truth with innuendo and ambiguity). … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged can. 1141, can. 1142, Ed Peters, Fr. Gerald Murray, indissolubility, matrimony, Matthew Boudway
8 Comments
8 Comments
Fr. Murray on the Jesuit-run Boston “Amoris laetitia” Agitprop Workshop
The other day I read of and wrote of the recent Jesuit-run Boston College conference on the reception of Amoris laetitia. HERE and HERE and HERE In the balance, this confab was really an Agitprop Workshop. The participants in this closed-door … Read More
REVIEW: Fr. Gerald Murray v. Jesuit homosexualist activist Fr. James Martin
I have some homework for you. First, read at the National Catholic Register the outstanding, comprehensive analysis of what homsexualist activist Jesuit Fr James Martin is attempting. It is written by Judy Roberts. HERE Then read my friend Fr. Gerry Murray’s obliteration … Read More
Posted in Sin That Cries To Heaven
Tagged Fr. Gerald Murray, Fr. James Martin SJ, homosexualists, homosexuality
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13 Comments
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 … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals, Fr. Gerald Murray, Juan Manuel de Rosas, People's Theology, praxis
29 Comments
29 Comments
VIDEO Edward Pentin and Fr. Murray on the Five Dubia of the Four Cardinals
Here is a great video for your information. Ed Pentin, arguably the best English-language Vaticanista in Rome right now is interviewed. Fr. Murray begins his remarks at 10:00 (don’t miss it).
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Edward Pentin, Fr. Gerald Murray
2 Comments
2 Comments
Fr. Murray on Card. Coccopalermio’s odd utterings about validity of sacraments
Today at TCT my friend Fr. Murray drills into the implications of Card. Coccopalmerio’s stunning statements which undermine our understanding of sacraments. Coccopalmerio characterized the Church’s teaching on the question of Anglican orders as follows: “We have had, and we … Read More
Fr. Murray, Prof. Royal on “Deaconettes”, ‘Amoris laetitia’, Liturgy, Communion in the hand
My good friend Fr. Murray was on EWTN the other day along with Prof. Robert Royal. Outstanding. They react to Card. Sarah, Bp. Morlino, Thomas Reese, SJ, James Martin, SJ, Card. Schoenborn, etc. Oh boy! Speaking of JESUITS… HERE
Posted in The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Bp. Morlino, deaconesses, deaconettes, Fr. Gerald Murray, Robert Royal
25 Comments
25 Comments
Fr. Murray hits another triple
My good friend Fr. Gerarld Murray has a sobering, withering, and yet salubrious piece today at The Catholic Thing, called “Cardinal Sarah and the Innovators”. Fr. Murray cites idiot statements from Thomas Reese, S.J., and provides his responses while citing His … Read More
“If you don’t commit adultery, I’ll kill myself!” – “Well, okay.”
My friend Fr. Gerald Murray has again offered some insights over at The Catholic Thing about… The False and Dangerous Coccopalmerio Gambit Ready for some casuistry? [which is the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral … Read More
What makes a parish “great”?
My good friend Fr. Gerald Murray (of all the priests who regularly appears on network TV clearly the best prepared), wrote for First Things a review of a recently published book by William E. Simon, Jr., Great Catholic Parishes: How Four … Read More
luciavento on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “Yes, I have done this. I am avoiding the near occasion of sin.”
