In "Seven Last Words: An Invitation to a Deeper Friendship with Jesus" (Harper Collins 2016), Fr. James Martin, SJ, leads readers to the foot of the Cross. He spoke to Vatican Radio.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, March 21, 2016
Saturday, March 26, 2016
More of Psychological Solidarity
A 6th ce Roman Temple
A sixth-century church with a rare collection of early Christian art is reopening to the public in Rome after a...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
For the Sake of Posting...
Watch LIVE as Pope Francis presides at the Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 26, 2016
(homily for the Easter vigil)
Pope Francis presides over the Holy Mass of Easter Day. Watch LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 27, 2016
Christ's Descent to Hell
Is there a confusion of the limbus patrum, the limbo of the fathers, hades/sheol and gehenna?
Friday, March 25, 2016
Passage Through the Gates of Paradise
The liturgical life of the Church includes beautiful and solemn services, such as Solemn Vespers, Great Compline and the...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, March 25, 2016
Homily for Good Friday
At St Peter's Basilica, the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, Father Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., gave the homily for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 25, 2016
In Defense of Novelty
Pope Francis once again focused attention on marginalized members of society during the traditional “Washing of the Feet...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 24, 2016
A Historical Moment
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Nigel Baker, the British Ambassador to the Holy See, reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Here is our report on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Anglican Centre.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Another Malick Movie
A "TOB filmmaker"?
Thursday, March 24, 2016
What? Me Worry?
The apprehension of Catholics on the eve of the Post-Synod Exhortation
Pope Francis to the Members of the Neocatechumenal Way
#PopeFrancis on March 18th, to the members of the Neocatechumenal Wayo the members of the Neocatechumenal Way:"The...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Orthodox Temple in Offenbach, Germany
Ioan shared with us this picture of his church in Offenbach, Germany. #myOCN
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Kirche Allerheiligen?
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The washing of feet now overshadows the Mass of the last supper. The pope has admitted women to the ceremony, as long as they belong to the Church. But he is pushing even farther, and is also washing the feet of Muslims
Knight of Cups
Terrence Malick's Openness to Life by William Randolph Brafford
Why Terrence Malick is One of Cinema's Greatest Visual Philosophers
Have mainstream critics ignored the “Christian message” in Terrence Malick’s “To the Wonder”?
Terrence Malick, Theologian: The Intimidating, Exhilarating Religiosity of "The Tree of Life" and "To the Wonder"
Praying With Terrence Malick by Rod Dreher
I think I read somewhere once that Malick was from an Eastern Christian background, but I couldn't find anything to corrobate this on my quick web search.
Dispute About The Young Messiah
CWR: The Magisterium and the Human Knowledge of Christ by Jimmy Akin
A new movie has stirred up controversy about Jesus’ human knowledge. What has the Church traditionally taught on the subject, and how is the teaching expressed today?
An opposing view, one that is more "traditional," i.e. Thomistic: Developmental Divinity: a Review of “The Young Messiah” by Brad Miner
The human intellect, taken in abstraction, is in potency to knowledge. Is it fitting that the Divine subject of the human intellect that is assumed into His person, the Divine Son, should be ignorant as man that the subject of His human intellect is Divine? When Jesus Christ speaks, is it the Son who speaks or a human nature? Are we dealing with some modern, weaker version of Nestorianism?
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
On Kindle Only
Fr. Thomas Kocik
Singing His Song: A Short Introduction to the Liturgical Movement
Monday, March 21, 2016
Clean Week at SVOTS
Clean Week at St. Vladimir's.
Posted by St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary on Monday, March 21, 2016
Dominican Stabat Mater
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Not the cathedra of bishop of Rome, but that of professor of theology. An unexpected lesson from the pope emeritus on the capital questions of Christian thought today
Not only do the Orthodox not recognize the Catholic sacraments as valid, but they call into doubt whether the Church of Rome is a true Church. They accuse it of having corrupted the purity and integrity of the faith, of which they are the sole custodians. The analysis of an expert
Seminar on the Pan-Orthodox Council
Seminar on Pan-Orthodox Council takes place in Moscow
Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Remembering Fr. Thomas Hopko
In this touching two-hour remembrance, Kevin Allen welcomes three friends who knew Fr. Thomas Hopko as a friend, a...
Posted by Ancient Faith Radio on Friday, March 18, 2016
The Ascent
The goal is to rise spiritually not simply to avoid sin. #myOCN
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, March 17, 2016
Julian Calendar Sunday of Orthodoxy
This Sunday we will celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy! Fr. David Smith tells us about the true meaning of Icons and the Sunday of Orthodoxy. #orthodoxy #lenthttp://myocn.net/icons-and-the-sunday-of-orthodoxy/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, March 18, 2016
Saint Symeon the Translator
As we experience the Lenten Season, allow the writings of Saint Symeon the Translator, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, to...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, March 19, 2016
Fifth Lenten Homily by Fr. Cantalamessa
The Preacher of the Pontifical Household, Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., on Friday preached his fourth Lenten Sermon of 2016 in the presence of Pope Francis and his associates.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 18, 2016
Friday, March 18, 2016
Thursday, March 17, 2016
English Translation of the Benedict XVI Interview
He repeats his (and the conventional) understanding of Anselm's theory of atonement here.
Avvenire Interview with Benedict XVI
Edit. The interview was originally conducted in German.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle
The Order of Saint Andrew of the Apostle Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was organized on the Sunday of...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, March 14, 2016
St. Porphyrios
Metropolitan of Atlanta, Alexios, speaks for the great personality of St Porphyrios from Kafsokalyvia
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Kyrie Eleison
His website.
A Young Person's Guide to Religion
OTRF 2011 4-Fr. Ephrem Lash from James Hyndman on Vimeo.
Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash) on the translation of church services
Eastern Christian Books: "A Bible Study Followed by a Meal": Ephrem Lash on the Eucharist
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
The Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God
In which the author laments the state of English language liturgical books
· Ordinary Public Consistory for the vote on several causes of canonization ·
On Tuesday, 15 March, Pope Francis held an Ordinary Public Consistory for the canonization of blesseds José Sánchez del Río, layman and martyr; Stanisław of Jesus Mary (in the world: Jan Papczyński), Founder of the Congregation of the Marian Clerics of the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary; José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, diocesan priest; Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad, Foundress of the Brigettine Order of the Most Holy Savior; Teresa of Calcutta (in the world: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu), Foundress of both the male and female branches of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Byzantine Thomists?
History of a Dialogue by Christiaan Kappes*
The Byzantine Thomism of Gennadios Scholarios: And His Translation of the Commentary of Armandus de Bellovisu on the "De Ente Ed Essentia" of Thomas Aquinas by Hugh Christopher Barbour
The Names of Jesus
Based on his podcast series for Ancient Faith Radio.
Dr. Clark Reviews Alexander Chow's Book
Alexander Chow’s book "Theosis, Sino-Christian Theology and the Second Chinese Enlightenment" engages with theosis, or “divinization", but misrepresents Catholic ecclesiology and theology.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Missed This Yesterday
Αύριο 14 Μαρτίου εορτάζει ο Άγιος ΒενέδικτοςΆγιος Βενέδικτος. «Πατήρ της Ευρώπης και Πάτρων της Δύσεως». Άγιος της Ανα...
Posted by Kabarnos Nikodimos on Sunday, March 13, 2016
Απολυτίκιο Αγ. Βενεδίκτου - 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ Ἦχος α'. Τῆς ἐρήμου πολίτης.Τὴν φερώνυμον κλῆσιν ἀληθεύουσαν ἔδειξας, τοῖς ἀσ...
Posted by Kabarnos Nikodimos on Sunday, March 13, 2016
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Galileo
A very interesting look at the Galileo Affair on the blog of the Vatican Observatory. Why were other scientists opposed to Galileo's theories?
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 10, 2016
Fr. Cantalamessa's Fourth Lenten Sermon of 2016
In his Fourth Lenten Sermon for 2016, the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap, offered a...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 11, 2016
The Bergoglio Machine Goes On
Pope Francis holds his monthly Jubilee Audience in St. Peter's Square. Watch LIVE now!
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 12, 2016
The March 5 meeting in Rome eased concerns that the Vatican might subordinate the interests of the UGCC, to the cause of improving relations with the Russian Orthodox Church.
Related:
After his meeting with Pope Francis on Saturday, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, spoke to Vatican Radio’s Ukrainian section.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, March 7, 2016
After the meeting with Pope Francis head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Sviatoslav Shevchuk gave interview to the Vatican Radio's Ukrainian Section about the event.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 6, 2016
In Rome on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Lviv pseudo-synod the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 6, 2016
Pope Francis has written a letter of thanks and gratitude to His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevhchuk, Major Archbishop of Kiev and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 6, 2016
Latin Legalism
1. I don't think the charge that Latins are legalistic with respect to moral theology is true, at least with respect to the medievals, though it may be true of Counter-Reformation and post-Counter-Reformation moral theology (see Fr. Pinckaers).
2. Popular piety: indulgences, etc. Possibly a consequence of (1).
3. Speculative theology: the understanding of Redemption, i.e. models of Atonement, Divine Justice, tc.
4. Ecclesiology: conception of episcopal/papal authority (though this is probably not a problem only in the West).
Anything else?
Friday, March 11, 2016
1P5 Interview with Bishop Schneider
DB: Pope Francis has just met the Orthodox Patriarch of Russia. What is your view about the meeting? Will it bring about unity with Rome, or lead to a synodal Church which allows Holy Communion for the remarried?
BAS: Firstly, the meeting itself is a cause for joy, that it took place, because the Orthodox are a strong Church with beautiful and authentic traditions, images, devotion to Our Lady, angels, devout liturgies, Holy Mass celebrating in a beautiful manner, penance, fasting, monastic traditions, they have so many true Catholic values they have kept.
It seems to me that this meeting was conditioned politically, it was very quickly made, more politically motivated. And, I don’t think that this meeting will have an impact on the Church becoming synodal, or make it easy for the divorced and remarried to receive Holy Communion as they allow in the Orthodox Church.
I agree with the strong statements of the pope and patriarch on the family, and against gender ideology, and against persecution of the Christians, but what I don’t agree with is the statement on the Uniates. This is an injustice, because the Uniates wanted to be united to the pope in the past, since the Council of Florence in the 15th century. It was very positive with many fruits – saints, martyrs, so we can’t say it was wrong.
Also, the statement on proselytism, it was an accusation against the Catholic Church. I am living in an orthodox area and the Church does not do proselytism – this statement was unjust. And so I think the Holy See has ceded to the pressure of the patriarch. It seems the Orthodox dictated some points to accept, and this is against truth and against justice, such a dialogue is not a real ecumenical dialogue. Dialogue has to be fraternal, equal on the human level, so all these compromises, which harm truth and justice will not bear fruits for real unity.
Even [Anglican] Latin Traditionalists Can Be Feminists
But Papa Bergoglio would enhance his Media reputation for being a man who thinks 'outside the box' if he appointed a married man or woman to head the Congregation of the Family.... I see no peremptory doctrinal reason why dicasterial heads should not be lay*; nor would it worry me to see a woman in such a role (Mary Ann Glendon, sadly, is beyond the retirement age).
Ironically, part of the problem of having celibates in charge of the Congregation of the Family may actually be to celibates (and those with very little experience with women) being prone to pedestalizing women and buying into rhetoric about equal opportunity and such. (This does not apply to Fr. Hunwicke insofar as he is married but what of his status?)
Daniel Blackman on feminism.
Pope expresses his "profound recognition for your fidelity and I encourage you to make yourselves tireless witnesses to that hope which makes more luminous our existence and that of all our brothers and sisters around us."
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Fr. Ermes Ronchi
All true Christians should embody the compassion of the Good Samaritan, offering caring witness towards those who...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 10, 2016
The priest leading the spiritual exercises for Pope Francis and the Roman Curia says the Church must not shine the...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Someone Needs to Be Fired
No To Woman As Priest. But At Least Let Her Give the Homily by Sandro Magister
“L'Osservatore Romano” is calling for this in its women’s supplement. But Francis would have to contradict himself, in addition to the age-old tradition of the Church. Because he as well, two years ago, prohibited women from preaching during the Mass
Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Monastic Rules at Byzantine Era
The Ascetic Rules (7) that he drafted for the monastery which he founded in Pontus in 361, inspite of their strict...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
The 40 Marytrs of Sebaste
"A troparion of the liturgical Service in honour of the Forty Martyrs says: ‘Suffering with bravery at present, we are...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Listen to the Daily Reading for the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia.http://myocn.net/listen-to-the-daily-reading-for-the-holy-forty-martyrs-of-sebastia/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
The Libraries of Mount Athos
"As was the case with all the monastic libraries in the East, those on Mount Athos may well have been infrequently used,...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Related:
"Elder Ephraim, Abbot of Vatopedi Holy Monastery, Mt Athos. Greece, at a Speech to a students' audience."
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
"They like our liturgy"
Monday, March 07, 2016
The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham: Status Report
The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is thriving—but is it attracting many Anglicans?
Sunday, March 06, 2016
The Basics of Orthodox Christianity
In this edition of CRTL, listen as we go back to the basics of Orthodox Christianity with Fr. Steven Freeman, Mary Danakas and Dr, David Ford. #Orthodoxyhttp://myocn.net/the-basics-of-orthodox-christianity/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, March 6, 2016
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk Meets Pope Francis
On Saturday Pope Francis met with leaders of the Permanent Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church. His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevhchuk affirmed communion with the Catholic Church.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 5, 2016
How is the Taizé Community Doing?
Pope Francis on Thursday met with the the prior of the Taizé Community, Brother Alois.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 5, 2016
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, says a meeting of bishops with...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 5, 2016
Fr. Cantalamessa's Third Lenten Reflection
In his third Lenten reflection in the Vatican, Capuchin Fr. Raniero Catalamessa, preacher of the Papal Household,...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 4, 2016
Related:
His first and second reflections for Lent of this year.
OAJ Interview with Todor Mitrovic
Posted by Orthodox Arts Journal on Thursday, March 3, 2016
Thursday, March 03, 2016
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
This was the discipline in effect during the first centuries of the Church. From Mexico a missionary is re-proposing it for today as well. He has written about it in a book that he sent to the pope, together with a letter
Catalog of St. Elisabeth Convent
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Monday, February 29, 2016
Pope and Pope
Pope Francis on Monday received the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Pope Matthias I, in the...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, February 29, 2016
Pope Francis urged world leaders to “promote peaceful coexistence” in the face of “a devastating outbreak of violence...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, February 29, 2016
Related:
Pope Francis was presented two publications of the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 24 February, at the close of a...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, February 29, 2016
Solovyov: A Bit too Enamored with the Western Church?
His comments on St. John Cassian, Feb. 29.
They have encouraged the faithful in the use of contraception “in circumstances that invite a re-evaluation of the ban.” As suggested by the pope, when asked about the Zika virus
Related:
Paul VI and the Nuns Raped in the Congo. What the Pope Never Said
First Francis and then Fr. Lombardi have restated for the umpteenth time that pope Montini permitted those nuns to take birth control pills. But that’s false. Here is how that urban legend was born. And what the true status of the question is
Ed Peters: Misunderstanding the (alleged) ‘Congo contraception’ case
Janet Smith
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Saturday, February 27, 2016
The persistence of Joachimism over so many centuries suggests that, for all its vaunted secularism, the West remains profoundly religious in character.
Reform the Funeral Rites!
The Scalia Funeral: A Reminder of What Life is Really About
The funeral Mass for Justice Antonin Scalia presented a true glory each of us needs to behold so that we will rejoice in the life and hope that is given to us.
By James V. Schall, S.J.
Likely to Persuade the Russians?
Russian Orthodox Projections and Catholic Corrections by Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
In the aftermath of the Havana meeting, one can spot at least three examples of Russian projection, accusing Catholics of behaviors the Russians themselves engage in, but are too afraid to admit.