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Pope’s Exhortation . . . At First Glance . . . Fr Z . . . “We have dodged a bullet . . .”

April 7, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Pope’s Exhortation . . . At First Glance . . . Fr Z . . . “We have dodged a bullet . . .”

The day before The Big Letter™ comes out (aka the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitae), I received this meme from a reader: A couple notes in advance of its release. First and foremost, tens of people will ever read the whole thing.  I don’t think the people who wrote it read the whole thing. I will not violate the embargo by quoting specific texts, but I can say that the document is not a theological disaster, as some have predicted.  We have dodged a bullet, at least dodged a round to center mass. Taken as a whole, The Big Letter™ doesn’t have to be a pastoral disaster either. However, some will not want to take the whole of The Big Letter™ into consideration.  They will focus…Continue Reading

Cardinal Brandmüller Reminds Pope that the Catholic Moral Teaching Cannot Be Changed

April 6, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Brandmüller Reminds Pope that the Catholic Moral Teaching Cannot Be Changed

Maike Hickson April 6, 2016 Walter Brandmüller, a retired Curial Cardinal from Germany, published today, 6 April, on the Austrian Catholic website Kath.net a strong statement (http://www.kath.net/news/54713) in preparation for the upcoming Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis. He makes it clear that the pope is bound by the Dogmas of the Church, as they are also to be found in the Church’s Catechism. The Cardinal says: “It is the Church’s magisterial teaching (Dogma) that a validly contracted and consummated marriage cannot be dissolved by any power of the world – also not by the Church herself.” Brandmüller reminds the readers that this teaching has been re-affirmed by both the Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio (1981) by Pope John Paul II and…Continue Reading

Sen. Cruz handily defeats Trump in Wisconsin primary

April 6, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Sen. Cruz handily defeats Trump in Wisconsin primary

Ben Johnson MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, April 6, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Ted Cruz rode Donald Trump’s recent stumbles to a landslide victory in the Wisconsin Republican primary last night. Senator Cruz defeated Mr. Trump by 13 percentage points last night, a high margin in what had once seemed a competitive race. “Tonight is a turning point. It is a rallying cry,” Sen. Cruz told his supporters just before 9 p.m. local time. Cruz won big among virtually every demographic. Self-described “values voters” chose Cruz by a whopping 64 percent to Trump’s 11 percent. Twice as many chose Ohio Governor John Kasich than Trump. The senator won “very conservative” voters by 34 percentage points. And 53 percent of evangelicals supported Sen. Cruz to 36 percent…Continue Reading

‘Sports Are to Be Training Ground for Virtue,’ Says Pope

April 6, 2016 breaking Comments Off on ‘Sports Are to Be Training Ground for Virtue,’ Says Pope

Recalling Today Is 3rd International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, Francis Says Sports Bring People Close, Help Overcome Conflict April 6, 2016 Deborah Castellano  Lubov Sports are to be training grounds for virtue in life. Pope Francis encouraged this in his appeal toward the end of today’s General Audience in St. Peter’s Square this morning, recalling that today marks the Third International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, proclaimed by the United Nations. “Sport is a universal language, which brings peoples close and can contribute to have individuals meet and overcome conflicts,” he reflected. “Therefore,” Pope Francis continued, “I encourage you to live the sports dimension as a training ground of virtue in the integral growth of individuals and…Continue Reading

INTERVIEW: Inside Stories About John Paul II, Also Told by His Successor Pope Benedict XVI

April 5, 2016 breaking Comments Off on INTERVIEW: Inside Stories About John Paul II, Also Told by His Successor Pope Benedict XVI

Polish Vaticanista’s New Book Looks at Those Who Knew Him Best •April 5, 2016•Deborah Castellano Lubov• John Paul II On the evening of April 2, 2005, Wlodzimierz Redzioch, a Polish journalist who worked for more than 30 years for the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, was with the thousands praying in St. Peter’s Square. In this way, he wanted to show his closeness to the dying Pope. Then the announcement: John Paul II died at 9:37 p.m. The beloved Pope’s death left a great void within Redzioch, because he lost not only the Pope, but also the point of reference in his life, a father. He tried to fill the void left by the Pope in various ways. As a journalist,…Continue Reading

Press Office confirms Pope Francis meeting with SSPX head

April 5, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Press Office confirms Pope Francis meeting with SSPX head

(Vatican Radio) The Press Office of the Holy See on Monday confirmed that Pope Francis met on Saturday, April 2, 2016, with the head of the dissident traditionalist Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (SSPX), Bishop Bernard Fellay. The confirmation came through a one-sentence communiqué from the Press Office, saying, “The Press Office confirms that Saturday, 2 April, a meeting took place in the Vatican between Pope Francis and Bishop Bernard, Fellay, Superior General of the St. Pius X Fraternity.” The SSPX, as it is commonly known, was founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in order to preserve the centuries-old tradition of Catholic worship in the Latin Church. In 1988, Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated four bishops in defiance of explicit…Continue Reading

Pope at Divine Mercy Mass: Be Apostles of mercy

April 3, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Pope at Divine Mercy Mass: Be Apostles of mercy

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis presided over Mass in St Peter’s Square on Sunday for the Feast of Divine Mercy, and encouraged the faithful to be “apostles of mercy” toward those in need. “We are all called to become living writers of the Gospel, heralds of the Good News to all men and women today,” the Pope told the crowds during his homily. “We do this by practicing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, which are the hallmarks of the Christian life. “By means of these simple yet powerful gestures, even when unseen, we can accompany the needy, bringing God’s tenderness and consolation.” Pope Francis referred back to the day’s Gospel taken from John, which recounts the episode in which…Continue Reading

Hillary seizes on Trump’s remarks: All Republicans want to prosecute women for abortions

April 1, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Hillary seizes on Trump’s remarks: All Republicans want to prosecute women for abortions

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – All Republican presidential candidates secretly want to prosecute women who have abortions, Hillary Clinton has said. “Now maybe they aren’t quite as open about it as Donald Trump was earlier today, but they all have the same position,” she told CNN’s Anderson Cooper last night. “If you make abortion a crime — you make it illegal — then you make women and doctors criminals.” Her statements came after the GOP presidential frontrunner responded to aggressive questioning from Chris Matthews

Pope’s Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to Be Released Next Friday

March 31, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Pope’s Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to Be Released Next Friday

Cardinal Schönborn, Cardinal Baldisseri, and Married Couple to Present Widely Anticipated ‘Amoris Laetitia’ on Love in the Family •March 31, 2016•ZENIT Staff Pope Francis’ widely-anticipated post-synodal document will be released next Friday. During an unexpected briefing in the Holy See Press Office this morning, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, its director, informed journalists present that next Friday April 8th at 11:30 a.m. the Apostolic Exhortation ‘Amoris Laetitia’ (Latin for ‘Joy of Love’) will be presented. The panel presenting will include Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops; Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna; and the married couple Professor Francesco Miano, lecturer in moral philosophy at the University of Rome at Tor Vergata, and Professor Giuseppina De Simone in…Continue Reading

Embattled Marquette Professor Will Apologize ‘When Hell Freezes Over’

March 30, 2016 breaking Comments Off on Embattled Marquette Professor Will Apologize ‘When Hell Freezes Over’

March 29, 2016  |  By Adam Cassandra  | The Cardinal Newman Society Marquette University has delayed the termination of Associate Professor John McAdams, opting to suspend him without pay through the fall 2016 semester, but University President Dr. Michael Lovell is demanding an apology from McAdams as a condition of getting his job back over his November 2014 blog post criticizing a graduate student instructor who bullied a student for arguing against same-sex marriage. McAdams said in a recent radio interview that he’ll apologize, “When hell freezes over.” The blog post in question sparked national headlines and a heated debate about academic freedom following the University’s disciplinary actions against McAdams for exposing the philosophy instructor’s recorded comments. The instructor, Cheryl…Continue Reading