Monthly Archive: June 2014
OK gang. I’ve said many times: I appreciate all of the passion that everyone brings to the site. That said, it’s time for a new approach to the comment section; or better stated, a reminder. I don’t want to police the comments here …
On June 10th Pope Francis met with roughly 60 Franciscans of the Immaculate along with the man he appointed to oversee the order as Pontifical Commissioner, Fr. Fidenzio Volpi. The most detailed account of the meeting to be published to date comes from …
How often those who defend the Catholic faith from invitations to error on the part of recent popes in turn invite the ire of other Catholics. No matter the topic, the same unconvincing rebuttals are simply repeated over and over again.
Diabolical disorientation is no laughing matter; in fact, it’s nothing short of a tragedy. That said, it really is borderline amusing to see “conservative” Catholic commentators trying to convince themselves that the Church isn’t in crisis. On June 11th, for example, Deacon Greg …
There can be no such thing as a “new church,” and yet, the words and deeds of her sacred pastors can at times give one the impression that indeed we have a new church; one that in many ways is unlike the Church …
As mentioned in the previous post, it appears rather obvious that in the publication of Summorum Pontificum and his defense of the same, Pope Benedict XVI violated his own convictions, and deeply held ones at that, on any number of important points. In …
A great deal of attention has been paid of late to the story of Fr. Justin Wylie, a priest of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa, who was unceremoniously relieved of his duties in the United States where he served as attaché to …
Behold, we make all things new again. So might I suggest would be a rather fitting motto for today’s ecclesial movers and shakers. From the sacred liturgy to the goal of ecumenism; to the nature of the Petrine Office and the relationship between …
I don’t make use of tags on my posts, but if I did, this one would be filed under “courtroom drama / comedy.” Realizing that many of the readers of this blog are not on Facebook, I want to bring you up to …
In follow up to the previous post, let’s take a closer look at the pope’s La Vanguardia interview. Asked about the Church’s role in reducing the growing inequality between the rich and the poor… POPE FRANCIS: At the center of all economic systems must be man, man and woman, and everything …
