Monthly Archive: October 2015
During a recent appearance at Harvard Law School, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was asked by a student to comment on the extent to which public officials have a constitutional right to personally refuse the implementation of laws that conflict with their …
Ask the wrong question, and it’s all but guaranteed that you’ll receive the wrong answer. Case in point: Synod 2015. Most Catholic and secular media outlets approached the recently concluded Synod of Bishops with an apparent focus on obtaining an answer to the …
Yesterday afternoon, after a magnificent celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass for the Feast of Christ the King, I left St. Alphonsus Church in Baltimore with competing emotions. On the one hand, I felt exceedingly grateful for the gratuitous gift of God’s grace …
Above is a photograph of the sanctuary at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in the Diocese of Steubenville, OH where Holy Mass was celebrated for attendees of last month’s Catholic Identity Conference. As an aside, we had planned on celebrating Mass as St. Joseph …
We have reached the point where it is no longer a matter of debate; Pope Francis intends to destroy the hierarchical structure of the Church as Christ willed it. The time for faithful men – laymen, priests, bishops and cardinals – to stand …
From the moment the current Synod of Bishops commenced, Catholics the world over, including any number of bishops and cardinals, have been attempting to evaluate Pope Francis’ intentions by focusing almost exclusively on the debate concerning Holy Communion. It occurs to me that …
In a recent column published in the Italian daily, Libero (a translation of which has been posted at Rorate Caeli), Antonio Socci wrote concerning the now infamous, formerly secret, letter to Pope Francis that was signed by thirteen cardinals: At the end of …
A petition drive is presently underway calling for a “Synod Walkout” on the part of “every faithful Catholic bishop” currently participating therein. As of this writing, nearly 2,000 persons have signed it; including any number of individuals for whom I have a great …
Oh what times, oh what customs! It’s been a while… Let us begin by recalling the eve of the closing of the Second Vatican Council, when Pope Paul VI said (7 December 1965): The attention of our Council has been absorbed by the discovery of human needs (and …
On Friday, the text of reports generated by the Synod’s circuli minori (small groups divided by region and language) were released. According to Vatican Radio: Altogether there were 13 groups, working in five different languages, and they all spoke in positive terms of …
