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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1179: One two, buckle my shoe…: “Mate in… 6? White to move. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be…”
- on New book SHUTS DOWN the old chestnut objections to the Traditional Latin Mass. Get ready to respond to objections and to deepen your understanding.: “samwise: Your questions are amusing. Think about what the book is entitled. Then think about what you asked.”
- on New book SHUTS DOWN the old chestnut objections to the Traditional Latin Mass. Get ready to respond to objections and to deepen your understanding.: “Isn’t Dr K a philosopher by training? isn’t this a bit outside his scope? i.e. I consult Dr Robert Sokolowski…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1178: Maiestatis ac ditioni vim tuetur et fidem conciliat: “1. R-g6 If . . . . . . , B×g6+ 2. N×g6# If . . . . . .…”
- on 10th birthday of the fantastic TLM book “Treasure and Tradition”!: “An interesting story in the Detroit Free Press about the Traditional community at St Joseph Shrine.”
- on New book SHUTS DOWN the old chestnut objections to the Traditional Latin Mass. Get ready to respond to objections and to deepen your understanding.: “I love, love, love Dr K’s books! Received this one a few weeks ago, Fr Z. Currently finishing They Have…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1178: Maiestatis ac ditioni vim tuetur et fidem conciliat: “Thank you for the St. Edmund details! It is disappointing that Dr. Parker has not posted anything at her blog,…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1178: Maiestatis ac ditioni vim tuetur et fidem conciliat: “Rg6, … …, Bxg6 NxB6# …, B any other move Nf7# …, Rh6 Rxh6# …, Ne8(or Ne6 orNf5) Rg8# It…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1178: Maiestatis ac ditioni vim tuetur et fidem conciliat: “The crooked Brooklyn priest sounds familiar. When the funds are getting misused , it’s usually accompanied by a general laxity.…”
- on Martin Scorsese presents The Saints: my 1st impression: “Thanks for taking the chance and saving me a few bucks. I was beginning to fall for the endless prompts…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1178: Maiestatis ac ditioni vim tuetur et fidem conciliat: “I am absolutely *thrilled* to know His Holiness will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati next year!!!…”
- on New book SHUTS DOWN the old chestnut objections to the Traditional Latin Mass. Get ready to respond to objections and to deepen your understanding.: “Just ordered from your link, Father.”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1178: Maiestatis ac ditioni vim tuetur et fidem conciliat: “1. Rg6 forcing BxR+ 2. NxR#”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1178: Maiestatis ac ditioni vim tuetur et fidem conciliat: “They are revving up for Tata Steel in Wijk aan Zee, 17 Jan – 2 Feb 2025. Some big names,…”
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Tag Archives: indissolubility
Peter Hünermann’s errors about marriage and their influence today
One of the figures who emerged from the shadows through the Lettergate scandal, is German liberal (wrong) theologian Peter Hünermann. Benedict XVI had a strong negative reaction to finding him among the writers of the series that was intended to bolster … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, indissolubility, marriage, matrimony, Peter Hünermann
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13 Comments
U.S. priest in L’Osservatore Romano promotes either dissoluble marriage or polygamy
You have to pay attention to language, especially in the hands of libs. They twist and they turn. They set you up with implicit premises which you might breeze right by. They lead you astray and into the dark places … Read More
Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Gerald Bednar, indissolubility, marriage, matrimony, polygamy
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29 Comments
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
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9 Comments
Douthat on The End of Catholic Marriage
I’m out and about and so can’t do more than point you in the direction of Hell’s Bible (aka NYT) where the redoubtable Ross Douthat has written more about the Great Matter of what’s up with the Church’s teaching on … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Bp. Robert McElroy, indissolubility, matrimony, Ross Douthat
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34 Comments
Pope Francis v. Pope Francis about indissolubility and marriage
So Pope Francis in unofficial off-the-cuff remarks says that the majority of marriages are invalid because people don’t get what marriage is. Those off-the-cuff remarks were quickly amended and are now the official off-the-cuff remarks, whatever that means. I was … Read More
Posted in Francis, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged indissolubility, marriage, matrimony, Pope Francis, Roman Rota
31 Comments
31 Comments
Must Catholic doctrine on marriage now be affirmed by every bishop and bishops conference individually?
At the peculiarly appellated Eponymous Flower there is (in addition to a poll on the sidebar about Amoris laetitia) a piece gleaned from Katholisches.info about a presser held by the honchos of the Spanish Bishops Conference on, yes, Familiaris divortio … … Read More
Pope Francis: “there cannot be confusion between the family desired by God and every other type of union”
The other day His Holiness Pope Francis gave the annual address to the Roman Rota. HERE The Rota, the Tribunal Apostolicum Rotae Romanae or Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota is the Church’s highest appellate court. It takes its name from the round … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Francis, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged indissolubility, marriage, matrimony, Roman Rota
8 Comments
8 Comments
Pope Francis and “doctors of the law”
Here is an interesting contrast. First, a snip from an off-the-cuff, non-Magisterial remark of Pope Francis during a daily homily. Note his disparaging words about “doctors of the law”. Hmmm… it seems to me that there is something missing. Of … Read More
Pope Francis, Communion, and the outskirts of Buenos Aires
You might have a look at something that Sandro Magister posted today, which could give us an insight into what Pope Francis is thinking. HERE Here is a sample: […] he sociology of religion would have much to say in … Read More
Posted in Francis, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Communion, divorced remarried, indissolubility
42 Comments
42 Comments
Card. Kasper: Christ’s adultery language is offensive! Fr. Dodaro: No, it’s Christ’s tough love. POLL
Meanwhile, as the Synod is about to rev up. This from CNA: Cardinal Kasper: Adultery language is offensive, insulting Rome, Italy, Oct 3, 2014 / 08:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In recent interviews, German Cardinal Walter Kasper suggested that while … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants
First, the moderation queue is ON. Before you reach to my rant (below), there is a must read piece at the blog of Prof. Ed Peters, canoniste extraordinaire, about the two groups who are tugging on the annulment process issue. … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Cri de Coeur, Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged annulments, Communion, divorce, divorce and remarriage, Humanae vitae, indissolubility, marriage, Paul VI, scandal
96 Comments
96 Comments
Card. Kasper accused other Cardinals of attacking the Pope
Card. Kasper, the proponent of the “tolerated by not accepted” solution, has been reacting all over the Italian secular press today. He is “surprised” at the appearance of the “Five Cardinals” Book™. His Eminence is flummoxed that he should be … Read More
“There are not a series of rules made up by the Church; they constitute divine law, and the Church cannot change them.”
Today in the liberal Italian daily Corriere della sera there is an article about the forthcoming book Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church (in English by Ignatius Press HERE – UK link HERE). The books is being rolled … Read More
Upcoming Synod, marriage confusion and ‘Casti connubii’
From a professorial reader concerned about the Church’s teaching on marriage, divorce, and the reception of Communion by the “remarried” come a helpful contribution. He describes it (slightly edited): I have to admit that I am concerned about the upcoming … Read More
“I find your lack of faith … invalidating.”
All around Rome there is buzz that soon we may be seeing something from the Holy See about the issue of Communion for divorced/remarried couples. Of course there would be, right? There is a synod on the family coming up. … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1179: One two, buckle my shoe…: “Mate in… 6? White to move. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be…”
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