Monthly Archive: September 2017
A few months ago, a kind reader reported that Cardinal Raymond Burke, at the Sacred Liturgy Conference that was held in Medford, OR, in July, had publicly declared that the FSSPX is “in schism” while advising the faithful to neither attend their liturgies …
In an article written for the Italian daily, La Stampa, theologians Dr. Robert Fastiggi and Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein have entered a rather creative defense plea on behalf of the bishop in white who stands accused of heresy. Specifically, the two contend that …
By: John W. Proctor “The real revolution there happened under John Paul II, not Francis, which hasn’t really yet been understood,” said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia. While apologists for recently canonized Pope John Paul II scramble to defend the late Pontiff for the apparent …
One of the stories dominating secular media over the past several days concerns the growing number of NFL players who refuse to stand for the U.S. National Anthem. Refusing to stand. This is rather different than “taking a knee;” an action which might …
Speaking with National Catholic Register, Cardinal Gerhard Müller suggested that Francis appoint a group of cardinals to engage in a “theological disputation” with critics of Amoris Laetitia; in particular, “some prominent representatives” of the dubia, as well as the Filial Correction. Müller, according …
Now that some of the dust has settled following the publication of the “Filial Correction” on Sunday (midnight Rome time), let’s take a closer look. We’ll begin by addressing the question, How is the Correction different than the appeals and petitions that preceded …
As has recently been made public, and will no doubt dominate Catholic (and perhaps much of secular) media in the coming days, a “FILIAL CORRECTION OF POPE FRANCIS For the Propagation of Heresies,” has been issued. The document bears the signature of some …
Today’s edition of L’Osservatore Romano has a front-page article written by the President of the newly reconfigured John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences, Monsignor Pierangelo Sequeri (pictured above). Msgr. Sequeri opens his essay by calling his readers’ attention …
It’s “dirty work,” but it must be done… No, not the effort that is carried out here at akaCatholic by its contributors and commenters; a privilege for which we (and I am sure I speak for all concerned) are thankful to God. Rather, …
As Pope St. Pius X explained in his Encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis – On the Doctrines of the Modernists – such persons often play fast and loose with language; “twisting words” and engaging in certain “novelties of words.” To this end, the Holy …
