Thursday, June 02, 2016
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
Our Sister Earth?
What about God our Father? Perhaps the pope is imitating his namesake and inspiration, St. Francis of Assisi, rather than embracing some sort of "creation" spirituality. We should acknowledge creation as a gift from God; still, can one find similar rhetoric in the Eastern saints? Does he sufficiently acknowledge God as origin of creation, and how one has a greater responsibility to Him than to His creation?
John Allen comments.
John Allen comments.
Let it Go (or Let Them Go)
CWR Blog: His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the "silent" war in Ukraine, Pope Francis, Pan Orthodox council by Catholic News Agency
"My opinion is that the borders of Ukraine are internationally established," says the head of the leader of Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church, "So it is not a discussion about the Ukrainian borders, it’s a question about an illegal annexation and occupation of the Ukrainian territory."
"My opinion is that the borders of Ukraine are internationally established," says the head of the leader of Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church, "So it is not a discussion about the Ukrainian borders, it’s a question about an illegal annexation and occupation of the Ukrainian territory."
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
CWR: The "La Croix" Interview: On Clericalism and the Tango By James V. Schall, S.J.
The Holy Father’s interviews are almost always provocative. But we do not always find a lot of answers, at least answers we think we can use.
“The opposite danger for the Church is clericalism. This is the sin committed by two parties, like the tango!”
— Pope Francis, La Croix, Paris, May 17, 2016.
The Holy Father’s interviews are almost always provocative. But we do not always find a lot of answers, at least answers we think we can use.
“The opposite danger for the Church is clericalism. This is the sin committed by two parties, like the tango!”
— Pope Francis, La Croix, Paris, May 17, 2016.
Chiesa: Müller Out, Schönborn In. The Pope Has Changed Doctrine Teachers
For Francis, the right interpretation of “Amoris Laetitia” is not that of the prefect of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, but that of the Austrian cardinal. Here, for the first time, is his complete text
Related:
"Amoris laetitia", conscience, and discernment by Fr. George Woodall
Two months after the release of Pope Francis much discussed post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation, here are four observations about the document by a moral theologian who teaches in Rome.
For Francis, the right interpretation of “Amoris Laetitia” is not that of the prefect of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, but that of the Austrian cardinal. Here, for the first time, is his complete text
Related:
"Amoris laetitia", conscience, and discernment by Fr. George Woodall
Two months after the release of Pope Francis much discussed post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation, here are four observations about the document by a moral theologian who teaches in Rome.
Monday, May 30, 2016
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Christian Order: March Editorial THE DEVIL’S DELIRIUM
Like the poor, the feminists are always with us: forever pushing gender as a social construct. Although they failed to bully the Church into presenting Christ the High Priest as a woman, their persistent hectoring paved the way for a feminist pontiff who undermines the male priesthood by washing female feet on Holy Thursday. Buoyed by such incremental rewards, they pursue their Daliesque mission to reinvent reality with Marxist fervour.
Like the poor, the feminists are always with us: forever pushing gender as a social construct. Although they failed to bully the Church into presenting Christ the High Priest as a woman, their persistent hectoring paved the way for a feminist pontiff who undermines the male priesthood by washing female feet on Holy Thursday. Buoyed by such incremental rewards, they pursue their Daliesque mission to reinvent reality with Marxist fervour.
Saturday, May 28, 2016
CWR: "Amoris Laetitia" and Vatican II’s Project of Inculturation
Vatican II sought to initiate a dialogue with the modern world, meant to be an extension of the Church’s evangelizing mission. But things have not gone as hoped and planned.
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt
"Pope St. John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council amid great optimism. Pope John called for aggiornamento and an opening of the windows of the Church, but we know that the 1960s were not a time of fresh air. In fact, I would argue it was the breaking forth into daily life of a long trajectory of radical individualism. The Council sought a renewed encounter with the modern ..."
Luther and Protestantism get blamed for the rise of individualism (subjectivism); is Protestantism the roots of the modern turn? Did Luther and the Protestant "Reformers" destroy the authority of the Church? Whence voluntarism and false notions of freedom?
Vatican II sought to initiate a dialogue with the modern world, meant to be an extension of the Church’s evangelizing mission. But things have not gone as hoped and planned.
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt
"Pope St. John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council amid great optimism. Pope John called for aggiornamento and an opening of the windows of the Church, but we know that the 1960s were not a time of fresh air. In fact, I would argue it was the breaking forth into daily life of a long trajectory of radical individualism. The Council sought a renewed encounter with the modern ..."
Luther and Protestantism get blamed for the rise of individualism (subjectivism); is Protestantism the roots of the modern turn? Did Luther and the Protestant "Reformers" destroy the authority of the Church? Whence voluntarism and false notions of freedom?
Friday, May 27, 2016
Falling on Deaf Ears?
After all, Pope Francis doesn't even do it in Casa Santa Marta:
Cardinal Sarah: Vatican Liturgy Chief Urges Priests to Celebrate Mass Facing Easter (via Fr. Z)
The cardinal's Famille Chrétienne interview.
Cardinal Sarah: Vatican Liturgy Chief Urges Priests to Celebrate Mass Facing Easter (via Fr. Z)
The cardinal's Famille Chrétienne interview.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Chiesa: “Amoris Laetitia” Has a Ghostwriter. His Name Is Víctor Manuel Fernández
Startling resemblances between the key passages of the exhortation by Pope Francis and two texts from ten years ago by his main adviser. A double synod for a solution that had already been written
Startling resemblances between the key passages of the exhortation by Pope Francis and two texts from ten years ago by his main adviser. A double synod for a solution that had already been written
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Dr Anna Silvas on Amoris Laetitia
via a comment at Fr. Hunwicke:
Dr Silvas currently resides in Armidale, NSW, and is a member of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, in union with Rome. She is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of New England, Australia, and also a Professorial Adjunct Professorial Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her undergraduate studies were in Greek and Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic/Syriac. Her research has concentrated on late antiquity, particularly on the Cappadocian Fathers, the development of Christian monasticism, the spirituality of ascetic women in early and medieval Christianity. Her published works include translation of ancient literature as well as monographs. Her magnum opus was a first critical edition of the Syriac Questions of the Brothers. She has also been associated with the JP Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne, where she is a sessional lecturer in the Catholic Tradition of sexuality, marriage and family.
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Dr Silvas currently resides in Armidale, NSW, and is a member of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, in union with Rome. She is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of New England, Australia, and also a Professorial Adjunct Professorial Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her undergraduate studies were in Greek and Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic/Syriac. Her research has concentrated on late antiquity, particularly on the Cappadocian Fathers, the development of Christian monasticism, the spirituality of ascetic women in early and medieval Christianity. Her published works include translation of ancient literature as well as monographs. Her magnum opus was a first critical edition of the Syriac Questions of the Brothers. She has also been associated with the JP Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne, where she is a sessional lecturer in the Catholic Tradition of sexuality, marriage and family.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
By What Power of the Bishop of Rome?
Rorate Caeli: False Collegiality: Full Text of new Rule demanding Bishops consult with Vatican before erecting Diocesan Institutes, and Our Comment
What does not pertain to the Church Universal? Why should a diocesan bishop have the final say over whether a woman can become a consecrated virgin? Isn't her vocation a gift to the Church Universal? Maybe some dicastry in the Roman Curia should have a voice in approving her.
Because marriage is a gift to the Church Universal...
Etc.
What does not pertain to the Church Universal? Why should a diocesan bishop have the final say over whether a woman can become a consecrated virgin? Isn't her vocation a gift to the Church Universal? Maybe some dicastry in the Roman Curia should have a voice in approving her.
Because marriage is a gift to the Church Universal...
Etc.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Do Christians have a political identity?
That is, does membership in a political community have any moral relevance?
There should be an ordering of our actions based on the good of the political community -- modern Catholic "social justice" proponents may even agree that there is an order of charity. But there will be disagreements in our judgment of particulars: what is to be considered a community, whether this group of people is a community, whether this community has the same group identity as another, and so on.
What is to be done in the absence of any real membership?
There should be an ordering of our actions based on the good of the political community -- modern Catholic "social justice" proponents may even agree that there is an order of charity. But there will be disagreements in our judgment of particulars: what is to be considered a community, whether this group of people is a community, whether this community has the same group identity as another, and so on.
What is to be done in the absence of any real membership?
Chiesa: The Four Hooks On Which Bergoglio Hangs His Thought
They have been his guiding criteria ever since he was young. And now they inspire his way of governing the Church. Here they are for the first time, analyzed by a philosopher and frontier missionary
They have been his guiding criteria ever since he was young. And now they inspire his way of governing the Church. Here they are for the first time, analyzed by a philosopher and frontier missionary
Friday, May 20, 2016
Thursday, May 19, 2016
CWR: Fr. Alexis Toth, Bishop John Ireland, and the Grace of Reconciliation by Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D.
The history of the "two lungs" of the Catholic Church in the United States has been marked, at times, by acrimony, misunderstanding, and controversy.
The history of the "two lungs" of the Catholic Church in the United States has been marked, at times, by acrimony, misunderstanding, and controversy.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
CWR Blog: St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body by Daniel Blackman
A new book by Dominican priest and theologian Fr. Thomas Petri focuses on the Thomistic background and roots of the late Polish pontiff's challenging catechesis on sexuality, marriage, and personhood.
A new book by Dominican priest and theologian Fr. Thomas Petri focuses on the Thomistic background and roots of the late Polish pontiff's challenging catechesis on sexuality, marriage, and personhood.
CWR: Lord, Not Legend: A Review of Brant Pitre’s The Case for Jesus by Dr. Leroy Huizenga
The new book by a notable young Scripture scholar addresses both the dominant paradigm in academic biblical studies and the more popular errors about Jesus and the New Testament.
The new book by a notable young Scripture scholar addresses both the dominant paradigm in academic biblical studies and the more popular errors about Jesus and the New Testament.
Divine Mercy Icon
Done by Pachomius Meade, O.S.B., featured on the cover of the April 2016 issue of Give Us This Day. (Reproductions available through Printery House.) I should take that issue and compare it with the April 2016 issue of Magnificat.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Related to the Problem of Orthodox Youth Losing their Faith
Just saw this last night: Is It Time to Do Away with Liturgical Greek? by Andrew F. Estocin (pravmir)
Monday, May 16, 2016
Chiesa: Francis: “I Can Say: Yes. Period”
This is how the pope responded to the question of whether something has changed with respect to the previous discipline on communion for the divorced and remarried. A Dominican theologian explains what this innovation is. But how will it be put into practice?
This is how the pope responded to the question of whether something has changed with respect to the previous discipline on communion for the divorced and remarried. A Dominican theologian explains what this innovation is. But how will it be put into practice?
Justification and Righteousness
Pravoslavie: Those Whom He Justified He Glorified: Paul’s Argument in Romans 1:17-3:31 by Seraphim Hamilton (original)
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Chiesa: Yes, No, I Don’t Know, You Figure It Out. The Fluid Magisterium of Pope Francis
He never says all that he has in mind, he just leaves it to guesswork. He allows everything to be brought up again for discussion. Thus everything becomes a matter of opinion, in a Church where everyone does what he wants
Reminds me of a piece by Carl Olson, the link to which I posted here.
See also: Pope's Forte: Spilling the Beans
He never says all that he has in mind, he just leaves it to guesswork. He allows everything to be brought up again for discussion. Thus everything becomes a matter of opinion, in a Church where everyone does what he wants
Reminds me of a piece by Carl Olson, the link to which I posted here.
See also: Pope's Forte: Spilling the Beans
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Wonder
and disordered self-love? Does the movie exalt the protagonist's desire to complete the mission or excoriate him?
The Other Recent Latin Volume of Essays on Theosis
Edited by Andrew Hofer, O.P. - Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ Through the Liturgy -- is available for preview on Google.
Jared Ortiz wrote this review of the book for CWR.
Jared Ortiz wrote this review of the book for CWR.
Social Justice is Legal Justice
What Exactly Is Social Justice? by Carrie Gress
Pope Pius XI Defined the New Virtue, Focusing on the Common Good, in 1931
Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is by Michael Novak and Paul Adams, Encounter Books
Parts of it may actually be good even though Novak is a liberal, i.e. a supporter of capitalism.
Pope Pius XI Defined the New Virtue, Focusing on the Common Good, in 1931
Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is by Michael Novak and Paul Adams, Encounter Books
Parts of it may actually be good even though Novak is a liberal, i.e. a supporter of capitalism.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Interview with David Meconi, SJ
Zenit: INTERVIEW: Humans Become God? Yes, It’s Catholic Theology
A dozen Catholic scholars and theologians examine what the process of “deification” means in their respective areas of study
Kathleen Naab
A dozen Catholic scholars and theologians examine what the process of “deification” means in their respective areas of study
Kathleen Naab
Chiesa: Reading Exercises. The “Amoris Laetitia” of Cardinal Müller
In a monumental discourse in Spain, the prefect of the doctrine of the faith leads the post-synodal exhortation back to the course of the Church’s previous discipline. Too late. Because Francis has already written it so as to imply the opposite
In a monumental discourse in Spain, the prefect of the doctrine of the faith leads the post-synodal exhortation back to the course of the Church’s previous discipline. Too late. Because Francis has already written it so as to imply the opposite
Deaconesses and Women Deacons
Fr. Z: Francis and the Deaconesses… aka Deaconettes and Some feminine observations about deaconesses (aka deaconettes)
Rorate Caeli: For the Record: Pope on "Deaconess Commission", and clarification
ITC: From the Diakonia of Christ to the Diakonia of the Apostles*
Edit.
Pope Francis and the Matter of Female Deacons [Updated] by Carl Olson
Why must we continually revisit matters that have been addressed in detail and are, in many ways, already set to rest in terms of magisterial teaching?
Rorate Caeli: For the Record: Pope on "Deaconess Commission", and clarification
ITC: From the Diakonia of Christ to the Diakonia of the Apostles*
Edit.
Pope Francis and the Matter of Female Deacons [Updated] by Carl Olson
Why must we continually revisit matters that have been addressed in detail and are, in many ways, already set to rest in terms of magisterial teaching?
Thursday, May 12, 2016
The Lordship of God
At first I thought he might be referring to the kingdom of God. But the Latin tweet has "potentia," power of God.
Iesus, in caelum regressus, potentia Dei pollet, ubique nobis occurrit, in perpetuum nobis adest, numqam a nobis abest.
— Papa Franciscus (@Pontifex_ln) May 9, 2016
Which language is the normative one for papal Twitter utterances? The Spanish seems closer to the English:
Jesús, ascendido al cielo, está en el señorío de Dios, presente en todo espacio y tiempo, cerca de cada uno de nosotros.
— Papa Francisco (@Pontifex_es) May 9, 2016
Maybe they need a better Latinist doing the tweets in Latin.
Crux Now: New book says Vatican II key to understanding Pope Francis by John Allen
His pontificate isn't even over yet and still people are trying to analyze his actions. The author is on the staff of La Stampa, so another Bergoglio partisan?
Giacomo Galeazzi, Il Concilio di Papa Francesco: La Nuova Primavera della Chiesa
Il Concilio di papa Francesco: Nell’analisi di Giacomo Galeazzi il Pontefice realizza la «primavera della Chiesa»
His pontificate isn't even over yet and still people are trying to analyze his actions. The author is on the staff of La Stampa, so another Bergoglio partisan?
Giacomo Galeazzi, Il Concilio di Papa Francesco: La Nuova Primavera della Chiesa
Il Concilio di papa Francesco: Nell’analisi di Giacomo Galeazzi il Pontefice realizza la «primavera della Chiesa»
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
CWR: The History, Enemies, and Importance of Natural Law
Philosophy, says Dr. John Lawrence Hill, "played a fundamental role in my conversion to Christianity. I think most non-Christians—at least if they are thoughtful about these matters—really haven’t confronted themselves with the contradictions of their own worldview."
Philosophy, says Dr. John Lawrence Hill, "played a fundamental role in my conversion to Christianity. I think most non-Christians—at least if they are thoughtful about these matters—really haven’t confronted themselves with the contradictions of their own worldview."
The Necessity of Baptism for non-Orthodox Christians Converting to the Orthodox Church
An Orthodox makes the case...
Pravoslavie: The Recognition of the Baptism of the Heterodox as the Basis for a New Ecclesiology (In Step with Vatican II)
A paper delivered at the Theological-Academic Conference "The Great and Holy Council: Great Preparation without Expectations," March 23, 2016 in Piraeus, Greece
(via Byz, TX)
Pravoslavie: The Recognition of the Baptism of the Heterodox as the Basis for a New Ecclesiology (In Step with Vatican II)
A paper delivered at the Theological-Academic Conference "The Great and Holy Council: Great Preparation without Expectations," March 23, 2016 in Piraeus, Greece
(via Byz, TX)
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