Monthly Archive: July 2018
On June 30th – ten days prior to being replaced as SSPX Superior General, Bishop Bernard Fellay was interviewed by the German media outlet Die Tagespost. An English translation of the complete text of the interview is available on the Society’s website. Here, …
On 24 July, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, OFM Cap, issued a statement, published on the Archdiocese of Boston website, on the “Uncle Ted” McCarrick case. Many observers have been anxiously awaiting as much given that O’Malley serves as President of Pontifical Commission for …
By Randy Engel “Should Catholics Continue to Use the Word ‘Contraception?’” As noted in my introduction to this series on Pope Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae, which first appeared in the AKA Catholic column of June 27, 2018, there are still many unanswered questions …
Starting tomorrow, July 24 and running through July 26, the U.S. Department of State is holding the first (of presumably more to come) so-called “Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom” in Washington, D.C. According to a State Department communique: This event will focus on …
I’ll keep this brief: First, I am traveling this week and spending a bit of (all too rare) time with my family; wife, kids and grandkids. Way overdue. I may or may not post anything new until next week. Secondly: I appreciate the …
On 11 July 2018, the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (FSSPX) elected a new Superior General – Fr. Davide Pagliarani, until then, the District Superior of Italy. Based on its public commentary of the past two years or so, it is unfortunately …
It is not infrequently that the Mass propers call to mind the present situation in the Church in some way or another, but this past Sunday (the Seventh Sunday of Pentecost) this was the case, at least for me, more pointedly so than …
Earlier today, His Humbleness addressed “The International Conference Marking the 3rd Anniversary of Laudato Si’,” encouraging those in attendance to hear “the increasingly desperate cries of the earth and its poor” and to meet “the urgent need to respond to the Encyclical’s call …
By: Cornelia Ferreira CLICK for July 2018 Newsletter PDF
As reported by Vatican News, the German bishops have published guidelines “on sharing Communion” with Protestants that are married to a Catholic. A statement published on the website of the German Bishops’ Conference declares: We are concerned to provide spiritual assistance for those …
