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Tag Archives: marriage
Card. Burke: “It simply makes no sense to talk about mercy which doesn’t respect truth.”
His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke, still Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, has been interviewed by Catholic World Report. HERE The first part reminded me of one of the very last things Pope Benedict said in public. During an audience just … Read More
BOOK: Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church
There are all sorts of rumors out there about how The Book™ is being received in Rome as the days tick off to the opening of the Extraordinary Synod. The book I am talking about is, of course, the new … 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
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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
The hard truth about marriage, mercy and Eastern “oikonomia”
I have been posting about the soon-to-be-released book by five cardinala and four scholars called Remaining In The Truth Of Christ. This book is a defense of the Catholic doctrine marriage. It is an important book, some of it may … Read More
Bp. Galatino: “Couples in irregular matrimonial situations…”
I read in the La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno that His Excellency Most Rev. Nunzio Galatino, Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) has thoughts about “unconventional couples” and the sacraments. ‘Church musn’t exclude unusual couples’ Italian bishops say (ANSA) – Rome, … Read More
Marriage Tips from a Couple Married for 87 Years
From the National Organization for Marriage: Marriage Tips from a Couple Married for 87 Years Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher married on May 13, 1924. In 2008, they broke the Guinness World Record for being the longest married living couple. Both … Read More
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Tagged marriage, matrimony
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“Annulments” and a distinction: juridical and/or sacramental
Ed Peters, distinguished canonist, has come out of hibernation to post this helpful distinction. See his outstanding blog In The Light Of The Law, where there is no open combox. Check with him often. My emphases. Confusing validity and sacramentality … Read More
ASK FATHER: Newly wedded couple kissing during wedding Mass?
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Do you think it is appropriate for a newly wed couple to share a kiss at their wedding mass? If so, the only place in the Ordinary Form I can think of it happening is at … Read More
