Monthly Archive: October 2016
From October 18th – 20th, University of Notre Dame hosted a Symposium convened under the theme: “Reclaiming the Church for the Catholic Imagination” (whatever in the Hell that’s supposed to mean). The USCCB Committee on Doctrine co-sponsored the event, which may explain why …
On August 15, 2016, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Francis created a new Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life via an Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio; thus replacing the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical …
Saw the neurosurgeon today. He ordered another type of CT scan (CTA) that will tell him more about what I’m dealing with; hopefully in the next few days. That result might be conclusive enough or may indicate that I need yet another test. …
According to Vatican News Service, a common declaration has been issued bearing the signatures of both “HIS GRACE JUSTIN WELBY” and “HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS” proposing to send “out on mission together 19 pairs of Anglican and Catholic bishops from countries around the world.” …
With the year 2017 marking the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions, a countdown of sorts has begun in anticipation of a terrible chastisement of unthinkable proportions. It is not without good reason that one shudders at the prospect. On October 13, 1973, …
Here in the United States, the Presidential election is fast approaching. Much is at stake; not just for those of us who live in this country, but for all the nations of the world for any number of reasons; not the least of …
In the parable about the Pharisee and the publican (Luke 18:9-14), I’m the latter. Seriously, by the grace of God, I’ve never really doubted my unworthiness and my lack of holiness. As regular readers know very well, I can be overly aggressive, impetuous, …
Emails recently released by Wikileaks reveal that Democrat Party leaders had a hand in creating the uber-liberal activist groups Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) and Catholics United (CU) in order to ignite a “Catholic Spring.” The emails, allegedly written and …
Today, October 11, 2016, marks the 54th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. While regular readers of this space are well-versed in matters concerning Vatican II, the Council it remains a source of confusion for many if not most in …
In 1994, thirteen years after Pope John Paul II promulgated Familiaris Cosortio, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) issued a Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church concerning the Reception of Holy Communion by Divorced and Remarried Members of …
