Anthony of Egypt I have not been following the synod proceedings much because as far as I can make out most of the press about it is gossip, and like most gossip it is biased, ignorant and designed to stir up conflict, stoke the flames of discontent, apportion blame without ascertaining facts and being [...]
The attack on hypocrites in religion typically focusses on the uptight, self righteous conservative Catholic who judges others while they themselves are guilty of the same sin. You know the schtick: "Mildred is always saying what terrible sinners young people are for sleeping around, but it turns out she's been having sex with her neighbor's husband!" or [...]
If you follow this blog regularly you'll realize I've been out of circulation for over a week. I've been on vacation with two of my children and took a break from all that writing. But I didn't take a break from thinking things through. I've been thinking about that synod in Rome. I've been thinking about [...]
Cardinal Marx Some observers of the Synod on the Family taking place in Rome predict that if the Liberal German Cardinals don't get their way that they will do what they want anyway. Fast emerging as one of the sharpest Vatican reporters, Edward Pentin noted here that the German cardinals plan to publish their [...]
[youtube]https://youtu.be/R1dy44jV8EM[/youtube] Modern Major General I found this online and thought my readers would enjoy it...If you're unfamiliar with the song from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta watch the video. I am the very model of a modern German cardinal I’m kind to all minorities peripheral and marginal I know the mobile numbers of my seniors political I [...]
My essay this week at Imaginative Conservative is on the contemplative life and is entitled, On Windows, Work and Wasting Time I am just looking out the window. That is all. What am I looking at? A tree. A squirrel. A cardinal and a jay. I see the dog luxuriating in the morning sun. I see [...]
Why is this one so hard to understand? Doctrine determines Discipline. As Cardinal Pell points out here, During Tuesday’s press briefing a journalist asked the panel if they would confirm whether the question of communion is one of discipline and not doctrine, and can it therefore be explored and developed during this Synod? On Wednesday, asked [...]
Tu es Petrus - The Dome of St Peter's As the synod meets in Rome there is much talk about the Catholic Church changing. The reason the Catholic Church is still here after 2,000 years is that she has not changed according to every fashion that comes along. The Catholic Church's role is not to adapt [...]
Lutheran Deaconesses Over at CRUX I weigh in on the question raised by Archbishop Dubrocher that the Church ought to consider ordaining women to the diaconate. Therefore, the evidence from the New Testament and the early Church could provide arguments for women being ordained as deaconesses. As the order of permanent deacon was [...]
Fr Steve Grunow gives an excellent outline here of the history of today's feast. It's all rooted in the great Battle of Lepanto in 1571 when the course of world history was changed. He hints at one of the facts that I related to the children at our school Mass today--the fact that if the Sultan [...]