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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat: “Usus: Il Fiorentino, Campo de’ Fiori”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “Now we know why the streets are so clean, the pink flamingo street sweeper dog. She must be hot (or…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “oh that dear little pup at the campo di fiori looks like my late Leon.”
- on Circi mei omnes omnesque simiae.: “BW, Presumably not “Frodo cecidit”… But can anyone suggest one or another good historical overview of Supreme Pontifical attendances at…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “Dogs are one of the sweetest parts of life. Love the wagging tail, and hes begging someone to try to…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “The fragoline are known in English as Alpine Strawberries. They are the best strawberries and actually taste different and better…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “That’s one happy, Roman dog. Now, if only that vile nearby statue of Bruno was a chew-toy she could reduce…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat: “I am admiring the steak and wondering where you found it. Piazza del Paradiso by any chance?”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy: “White to move and mate in 4. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat: “hfspur: It’s not that difficult. The key is clarified butter in a frying pan over high heat. Clarified butter has…”
- on Circi mei omnes omnesque simiae.: “All the monkeys aren’t in the zoo, i.e.”Pope Lío!¡Vaya lío! If Ali-Foreman was the “Thrilla in Manila”, then Pope Francis…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 36: Caponata: “This is my take: O God, through the unwavering sacramental silence of your holy Martyr, Saint John, you have adorned…”
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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
34 Comments
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
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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 ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat: “Usus: Il Fiorentino, Campo de’ Fiori”
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