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- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 3rd of Easter) 2024: “I have a particular love for this parable…and in fact, all the “sheep” parables. I spent thirty years raising a…”
- on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “I’m almost more horrified over what the interior designers will have come up with for inside the cathedral, frankly. I’ve…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 3rd of Easter) 2024: “The padre had an interesting point on the gospel of the Good Shepherd yesterday- The sheep know the shepherd, but…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 3rd of Easter) 2024: “I would say, Why have a Generic Cola, when you can have COKE the real thing.”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 3rd of Easter) 2024: “Saturday night I was as a Novus Ordo mass (as the KOC was having an exemplification after). The Pastor preached…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 3rd of Easter) 2024: “At our NO parish, Father spoke on forgiveness, telling the story of Maria Goretti, and giving us the things to…”
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Tag Archives: Peter Seewald
Benedict XVI: last Pope of old era or first of the next?
I’m reading the Italian edition of Pope Benedict’s book-long interview with German journalist Peter Seewald. I’m jumping around a bit and I ran across an interesting section. Here is my on the fly translation from the Italian (not from the … Read More
Benedict XVI “walked through the ferocious pack of media dogs without losing his composure”
Read this whole thing. From CNA comes this about the Pope’s visit to Germany. A highlight: “(D)amage to the Church comes not from her opponents but from uncommitted Christians.” And also, “The Pope gave appropriate directions. The fate of the … Read More
Once again, the key passage
Here once again is the key passage on the subject in the book, “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times,” when Seewald asks the pope whether it was “madness to forbid a high-risk … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Classic Posts, Linking Back
Tagged condoms, first step, Peter Seewald
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26 Comments
WDTPRS POLL on Pope Benedict’s interview
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WSJ Opinion piece about the book interview with Pope Benedict
The Wall Street Journal has an article by Francis X. Rocca about Light of the World, the book-length interview with Benedict XVI. I wouldn’t really call this piece a “review” of the book. It is more an opinion piece and … Read More
A good clarification about the Pope’s comment on condoms
Here is a CNS story by fellow Minnesotan John Thavis with my emphases and comments. Vatican clarifies pope’s reference to ‘male prostitute’ in condoms comment Posted on November 23, 2010 by John Thavis VATICAN CITY — When Pope Benedict commented … Read More
L’Osservatore Romano as origin of the maelstrom: Ed Peters opines
The respected, clear-thinking canonist Ed Peters of In the Light of the Law has offered a blistering assessment of the role of the Vatican’s daily L’Osservatore Romano in regard to the latest in a string of media screw-ups. My emphases … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Ed Peters, L'Osservatore Romano, Peter Seewald
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39 Comments
An analysis of crisis in the Church and society, a portrait of the Pope.
Benedict’s XVI’s new book-length interview is coming. From the Catholic Herald we have an interview with the papal interviewer: Peter Seewald: ‘I know of few young people so alive, so curious and so modern as the Pope’ [Fascinating.] The German … Read More
Charles E Flynn on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “@ Tom of John of God and Raphael OSB Obl. There are some photos here: Inside Notre-Dame: Guillaume Bardet’s furniture…”
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