Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Monday, August 08, 2016
Sunday, August 07, 2016
Saturday, August 06, 2016
Christian History: The Rich Heritage of Eastern Slavic Spirituality
Though practically unknown to most Westerners, the history of Orthodox spirituality among the Eastern Slavs of Ukraine and Russia is a deep treasure chest of spiritual exploration and discovery.
Though practically unknown to most Westerners, the history of Orthodox spirituality among the Eastern Slavs of Ukraine and Russia is a deep treasure chest of spiritual exploration and discovery.
Friday, August 05, 2016
Chiesa: Second Challenge To “L'Osservatore Romano.” Merecki Versus Guerra López
The Polish philosopher replies to the Mexican sociologist, who in the pope’s newspaper gave “Amoris Laetitia” an evolutionary interpretation, “on the basis of the change of epoch that we are living through”
The Polish philosopher replies to the Mexican sociologist, who in the pope’s newspaper gave “Amoris Laetitia” an evolutionary interpretation, “on the basis of the change of epoch that we are living through”
But an Indictment of John Paul II and Benedict XVI
In Defense of Francis Featured by Christopher A. Ferrara
Thursday, August 04, 2016
Seeking to Understand Jorge Bergoglio
THE THEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF JORGE BERGOGLIO, S.J., - H.H. POPE FRANCIS
A great deal of commentary on the present reigning pontiff of the Catholic Church has been focused, especially here in the United States, on his political and economic policies. These include his preoccupation with themes concerning poverty, immigration, and social justice, as well as the environment and global warming. While these are interesting speculations, they do not answer the question of the deeper theological vision underlying these political positions. An important element perhaps lies in the simple fact that he is a product of 20th-century Jesuit formation. First, one must take into consideration Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, whose thought has become almost universally accepted within the Jesuit order..
The Pope and Perón By Dr. Samuel Gregg
Does a long-deceased Latin American populist provide us with insight into Pope Francis?
"Three Pathways into the Theological Mind of Pope Francis" by Keith Lemna and David H. Delaney
A great deal of commentary on the present reigning pontiff of the Catholic Church has been focused, especially here in the United States, on his political and economic policies. These include his preoccupation with themes concerning poverty, immigration, and social justice, as well as the environment and global warming. While these are interesting speculations, they do not answer the question of the deeper theological vision underlying these political positions. An important element perhaps lies in the simple fact that he is a product of 20th-century Jesuit formation. First, one must take into consideration Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, whose thought has become almost universally accepted within the Jesuit order..
The Pope and Perón By Dr. Samuel Gregg
Does a long-deceased Latin American populist provide us with insight into Pope Francis?
"Three Pathways into the Theological Mind of Pope Francis" by Keith Lemna and David H. Delaney
Chiesa: “L'Osservatore” Says What “Amoris Laetitia” Says. But Then It Gets Pelted
Point and counterpoint between Rocco Buttiglione, in the pope’s newspaper, and Professor Robert A. Gahl of the Roman university of Opus Dei. The former in favor of communion for the divorced and remarried, the latter against
Point and counterpoint between Rocco Buttiglione, in the pope’s newspaper, and Professor Robert A. Gahl of the Roman university of Opus Dei. The former in favor of communion for the divorced and remarried, the latter against
Wednesday, August 03, 2016
Sitting During the Homily
This is a stsandard practice in Byzantine churches; what is to be done if there are no pews or chairs? I have seen people sit on the floor or carpet, "Indian-style" (that term is undoubtedly not PC these days) but that seems to me to be rather questionable and unrefined, especially since people do not take their shoes off before they enter a temple. Sitting "Japanese" style or seiza seems preferable as one is more mobile and one will not get one's bottom dirty because of a dirty floor or carpet, and it looks a bit more dignified. Did Jews ever sit in the Temple? How did they sit, if at all, when listening to a teacher /rabbi?
Marcellino D'Ambrosio: Ressourcement Theology and its Intellectual Background -- A Select Bibliography
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has a Facebook page... isn't it time for that title to be done away with?
The Remnant: Bergoglio and the Institute of the Incarnate Word: Hints of Things to Come? by Hilary White
Monday, August 01, 2016
Arise
A parish is thinking of implementing a new Bible study program; I assume it is the product of RENEW and not some Protestant program of the same name.
More quick-fix gimmicks for the post-conciliar Latin churches in the United States?
More quick-fix gimmicks for the post-conciliar Latin churches in the United States?
Catholic? Since When?
CWR Blog: Chemin Neuf and Taize among new Catholic movements present at WYD by Filip Mazurczak
New Catholic movements that flourished after Vatican II, especially in Europe, are helping to rejuvenate the Church, and many of them are present in Krakow.
Chemin Neuf may be Catholic but Taizé, though it may have Catholic members. What is their appeal? A pseudo-traditional feel? Emotional worship music? The sense of community and belonging?
Chemin Neuf UK
Vatican page
New Catholic movements that flourished after Vatican II, especially in Europe, are helping to rejuvenate the Church, and many of them are present in Krakow.
Chemin Neuf may be Catholic but Taizé, though it may have Catholic members. What is their appeal? A pseudo-traditional feel? Emotional worship music? The sense of community and belonging?
Chemin Neuf UK
Vatican page
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Friday, July 29, 2016
CWR Blog: DOCAT, a catechism for youth of Catholic social doctrine, introduced at World Youth Day By CWR Staff
DOCAT, says Pope Francis in the Introduction, "it is like a user’s manual that helps us to change ourselves with the Gospel first, and then our closest surroundings, and finally the whole world."
DOCAT, says Pope Francis in the Introduction, "it is like a user’s manual that helps us to change ourselves with the Gospel first, and then our closest surroundings, and finally the whole world."
Thursday, July 28, 2016
DOCAT. Will it help or confuse?
Given the incomplete state of Catholic Social Teaching, I guess the latter.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Hope for the World: To Unite All Things in Christ
Meet Cardinal Burke, unfiltered
One of the most outspoken leaders of the Catholic Church provides a therapeutic analysis of the crisis affecting the Church
One of the most outspoken leaders of the Catholic Church provides a therapeutic analysis of the crisis affecting the Church
More on Amoris Laetitia
From Casuistry to Mercy, Towards a New Art of Pleasing? — An Essay on the Malaise in the Church by Msgr. Michel Schooyans
by Edward Pentin (via Pertinacious Papist)
The Modernist Ruse Behind the Bergoglian Pontificate by Christopher A. Ferrara (via Pertinacious Papist) - Gloria.tv
A response to Thomas Rausch, "Doctrine at the service of the pastoral mission of the Church"
One American prelate seems to approve of Rausch's essay:
Related:
From Churches to Church by Thomas P. Rausch
Assessing the movement toward Christian unity
by Edward Pentin (via Pertinacious Papist)
The Modernist Ruse Behind the Bergoglian Pontificate by Christopher A. Ferrara (via Pertinacious Papist) - Gloria.tv
A response to Thomas Rausch, "Doctrine at the service of the pastoral mission of the Church"
One American prelate seems to approve of Rausch's essay:
Feat. in @CathNewWorld @civcatt essay by Thomas Rausch SJ: Doctrine at the service of pastoral mission of the Church https://t.co/iyPp3X22q9
— Archbishop Cupich (@ArchbishopBlase) May 10, 2016
Related:
From Churches to Church by Thomas P. Rausch
Assessing the movement toward Christian unity
A New Apostolic Constitution
But a necessary one? Or one that reinforces the centraliztion of power in the bishop of Rome? The text. Press release.
A critique by Hilary White for The Remnant.
The document makes the claim that contemplatives are mainly made up of women, but is this true of the East as well, which does not have religious orders? I think male monks in the East would disagree with the claim.
In the write-up on Zenit(?) that I glanced at while at the airport, something was written almost akin to the claim that women are naturally more "spiritual." Now, it may be that women are more "quiet" than men, who are more energetic, but is this the case mentally/psychologically as well?
Is Pope Francis proving Fr. Gabriel correct about the papacy and trends in Latin monastic reform?
A critique by Hilary White for The Remnant.
The document makes the claim that contemplatives are mainly made up of women, but is this true of the East as well, which does not have religious orders? I think male monks in the East would disagree with the claim.
In the write-up on Zenit(?) that I glanced at while at the airport, something was written almost akin to the claim that women are naturally more "spiritual." Now, it may be that women are more "quiet" than men, who are more energetic, but is this the case mentally/psychologically as well?
Is Pope Francis proving Fr. Gabriel correct about the papacy and trends in Latin monastic reform?
Chiesa: A “Pontificate of Exception." The Mystery of Pope Benedict
Against the Antichrists who are undermining the Church. The theories of the political philosopher Carl Schmitt applied to the pontificate of Joseph Ratzinger and to his resignation
Against the Antichrists who are undermining the Church. The theories of the political philosopher Carl Schmitt applied to the pontificate of Joseph Ratzinger and to his resignation
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
A Request to Pope Francis
The Catholic Herald: The theologians’ letter has clarified what is really at stake in the Amoris debate by Dan Hitchens
The letter shows the real division is not pro- and anti-Francis, or rigorism versus mercy, but over Church teaching
See also: Theologians: Amoris Laetitia needs clarification against ‘heretical’ interpretations
The letter shows the real division is not pro- and anti-Francis, or rigorism versus mercy, but over Church teaching
See also: Theologians: Amoris Laetitia needs clarification against ‘heretical’ interpretations
Sandro Magister...
Chiesa: Brandmüller: “The Resignation of the Pope Is Possible, But May It Never Happen Again”
The German cardinal, an authoritative historian of Christianity, weighs in on the ever more incandescent question of the resignation of Benedict XVI. Which in his judgment has not been good for the Church
A Pope Like None Before. Somewhat Protestant
The idyll between Francis and the followers of Luther. The alarm of cardinals and bishops against the “Protestantization” of the Catholic Church. But also the distrust of authoritative Lutheran theologians
The German cardinal, an authoritative historian of Christianity, weighs in on the ever more incandescent question of the resignation of Benedict XVI. Which in his judgment has not been good for the Church
A Pope Like None Before. Somewhat Protestant
The idyll between Francis and the followers of Luther. The alarm of cardinals and bishops against the “Protestantization” of the Catholic Church. But also the distrust of authoritative Lutheran theologians
Monday, July 25, 2016
Chiesa: Jesus Will Return From the East. But at the Vatican They Have Lost the Compass
The Holy See disowns Cardinal Sarah, who wants all the priests and faithful at Mass to be “facing the Lord.” But he is not giving up, and is relaunching the proposal. From Ratzinger to Bergoglio, the uncertain fate of the “reform of the reform”
Huge Gap Separates Pope Francis from Liturgical Traditionalists by Massimo Faggioli (Global Pulse Magazine)
The Holy See disowns Cardinal Sarah, who wants all the priests and faithful at Mass to be “facing the Lord.” But he is not giving up, and is relaunching the proposal. From Ratzinger to Bergoglio, the uncertain fate of the “reform of the reform”
Huge Gap Separates Pope Francis from Liturgical Traditionalists by Massimo Faggioli (Global Pulse Magazine)
CWR: Reason, Authority, and the Roman Rite by Dr. Leroy Huizenga
Catholics are often finding themselves in a situation in which the Church’s authorities sometimes seem to set themselves against the Church’s own teaching and rites.
Catholics are often finding themselves in a situation in which the Church’s authorities sometimes seem to set themselves against the Church’s own teaching and rites.
CWR: On making the world safe for Jesuits
A new book explores the Jesuit connection to world Catholicism and world problems in the 19th and 20th centuries.
By James V. Schall, S.J.
Related: With new ordinations, the Jesuits see hope for the future
In many respects, reports of the death of the Society of Jesus are greatly exaggerated.
By Anne Hendershott
A new book explores the Jesuit connection to world Catholicism and world problems in the 19th and 20th centuries.
By James V. Schall, S.J.
Related: With new ordinations, the Jesuits see hope for the future
In many respects, reports of the death of the Society of Jesus are greatly exaggerated.
By Anne Hendershott
Canon Law and CST
CWR Blog: Quick thoughts on the ultimate purpose of canon law and social doctrine By Carl E. Olson
And what is real social justice? The Book of Revelation answers that important question.
And what is real social justice? The Book of Revelation answers that important question.
Another Article on Scholasticum
CWR Blog: New institute to offer online classes in medieval theology and philosophy
7/15/2016 12:00:00 AM
By Jim Graves
The Scholasticum has a campus in Italy, but is bringing medieval scholasticism to anyone with an Internet connection.
7/15/2016 12:00:00 AM
By Jim Graves
The Scholasticum has a campus in Italy, but is bringing medieval scholasticism to anyone with an Internet connection.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Friday, July 22, 2016
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Ed Feser on Capital Punishment
Why the Church Cannot Reverse Past Teaching on Capital Punishment
If Pope Francis were to teach that capital punishment is “absolutely” immoral, he would be contradicting the teaching of scripture, the Fathers, and all previous popes, and substituting for it “some new doctrine.”
Why the Death Penalty is Still Necessary
Given the Church’s longstanding and irreformable teaching that death may in principle be a legitimate punishment for grievous crimes, the key issue for Catholics is an empirical and practical question.
If Pope Francis were to teach that capital punishment is “absolutely” immoral, he would be contradicting the teaching of scripture, the Fathers, and all previous popes, and substituting for it “some new doctrine.”
Why the Death Penalty is Still Necessary
Given the Church’s longstanding and irreformable teaching that death may in principle be a legitimate punishment for grievous crimes, the key issue for Catholics is an empirical and practical question.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Lake Garda Statement 2016
Rorate Caeli
Mostly concerning Luther and the Protestant Reformation and its consequences. Will the letter have any influence on Pope Francis? Unlikely.
Mostly concerning Luther and the Protestant Reformation and its consequences. Will the letter have any influence on Pope Francis? Unlikely.
Friday, July 15, 2016
Dr. Noone on St. Bonaventure
On his feast day, watch Dr. Noone of @CatholicUniv speak on #StBonaventure and #education: https://t.co/2tvDTBgu3j pic.twitter.com/YBLdAZSI6A
— Lumen Christi (@LC_Institute) July 15, 2016
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Bishop Barron Doesn't Go as Far as David Bentley Hart
The Cross of Jesus: God's Awful Work of Love by Bishop Robert Barron
How can we make sense of Saint Anselm's so-called "satisfaction" theory? By recognizing the true nature of sin.
But what he writes can be verbally harmonized with Patristic theories of atonement/redemption/deification. But is that what the bishop intended?
How can we make sense of Saint Anselm's so-called "satisfaction" theory? By recognizing the true nature of sin.
But what he writes can be verbally harmonized with Patristic theories of atonement/redemption/deification. But is that what the bishop intended?
Ad Orientem (Now)
Cardinal Sarah's full, unabridged paper (via NLM)
Cardinal Nichols reacts to Cardinal Sarah
Fr. Z responds to Cardinal Nichols
And who thought Latin bishops had to know much? Let us pray that Cardinal Nichols's successor is better suited to the office.
Cardinal Sarah has challenged "the prejudices" behind "certain modern liturgical practices" By CWR Staff
An interview with Sacra Liturgia’s international coordinator, Dom Alcuin Reid, about the recent London conference and the reactions to Robert Cardinal Sarah’s Address.
CWR Blog
On Orientophobia: Coming out of the Liturgical Closet By Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
Ad Orientem Nunc! by Dr. Leroy Huizenga
It’s a bit rich to accuse those who would celebrate our Holy Mass "ad orientem" of exercising mere personal preference and risking unity, when so much liturgical abuse rooted in priests’ preferences has gone unchecked and harmed unity.
Cardinal Nichols reacts to Cardinal Sarah
Fr. Z responds to Cardinal Nichols
And who thought Latin bishops had to know much? Let us pray that Cardinal Nichols's successor is better suited to the office.
Cardinal Sarah has challenged "the prejudices" behind "certain modern liturgical practices" By CWR Staff
An interview with Sacra Liturgia’s international coordinator, Dom Alcuin Reid, about the recent London conference and the reactions to Robert Cardinal Sarah’s Address.
CWR Blog
On Orientophobia: Coming out of the Liturgical Closet By Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
Ad Orientem Nunc! by Dr. Leroy Huizenga
It’s a bit rich to accuse those who would celebrate our Holy Mass "ad orientem" of exercising mere personal preference and risking unity, when so much liturgical abuse rooted in priests’ preferences has gone unchecked and harmed unity.
Latinized...
Unless as infants these children couldn't receive all three sacraments of initiation... how likely is that the case?
First Communion for Iraqi Refugees Represents Hope for a Persecuted People
First Communion for Iraqi Refugees Represents Hope for a Persecuted People
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
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