A Lone Man In Charge, To the Crowd’s Acclaim
Revisitations. Twelve Years Ago Bergoglio Did Not Have the Doubts of Today
Marriage and Divorce. The General of the Jesuits: "Jesus Too Must Be Reinterpreted"
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Monday, February 27, 2017
The Anniversary Was Two days ago...
Fr. Hunwicke: Regnans in Excelsis
The power of the pope to depose a Catholic sovereign is based on his power to excommunicate? Is the secular authority directly under the authority of the pope? What is the warrant from Sacred Tradition for this? I have to do some research on the theological reasoning for this as it has been a while since I thought about the topic when reading Church history. The good of the Church is greater than the temporal good? Even if this is the case, on what basis does excommunication necessitate that someone is deprived of political office?
Related:
Does the pope have the authority to immediately excommunicate anyone in the Universal Church, i.e. Christians in the jurisdictions of the other patriarchates? Or is this power only mediate, that is the power to confirm an excommunication or to deny an appeal, and for reasons other than just "subsidiarity"?
The power of the pope to depose a Catholic sovereign is based on his power to excommunicate? Is the secular authority directly under the authority of the pope? What is the warrant from Sacred Tradition for this? I have to do some research on the theological reasoning for this as it has been a while since I thought about the topic when reading Church history. The good of the Church is greater than the temporal good? Even if this is the case, on what basis does excommunication necessitate that someone is deprived of political office?
Related:
Does the pope have the authority to immediately excommunicate anyone in the Universal Church, i.e. Christians in the jurisdictions of the other patriarchates? Or is this power only mediate, that is the power to confirm an excommunication or to deny an appeal, and for reasons other than just "subsidiarity"?
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Friday, February 24, 2017
Fr. Patrick Brannan, SJ Has Passed
Old school Jesuit, a memorable teacher at the seminary -- his presence helped cement my interest in Jesuit spirituality at the time. Eternal memory!
They don't make Jesuits like him any more.
MDSJ
A Conservative Blog for Peace
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Scranton Times
Philly.com
They don't make Jesuits like him any more.
MDSJ
A Conservative Blog for Peace
Merion Station
Scranton Times
Philly.com
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Rorate Caeli: De Mattei: When public correction of a pope is urgent and necessary by Roberto de Mattei
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Monday, February 20, 2017
The Upside to the Elimination of Vatican Radio
A curbing of the pretensions of the patriarchate of Rome.
Magister: Viganò, the Failed Reformer. With All the Vatican Media Against Him
Magister: Viganò, the Failed Reformer. With All the Vatican Media Against Him
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Saturday, February 18, 2017
CWR Dispatch: Michael Novak, Rest in Peace by Jay Richards
Novak, who died earlier today after a battle with cancer, had an illustrious career as an author, scholar, and educator that began during Vatican II and continued until his final days.
Novak, who died earlier today after a battle with cancer, had an illustrious career as an author, scholar, and educator that began during Vatican II and continued until his final days.
Friday, February 17, 2017
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
CWR Dispatch Cardinal Coccopalmerio's blow upon a bruise by Edward N. Peters (original)
The Church’s arguably two highest-ranking cardinals in the areas of canonical interpretation and the protection of doctrine and morals are in public, plain, and diametric opposition with each other concerning a crucial canonico-sacramental practice.
The Church’s arguably two highest-ranking cardinals in the areas of canonical interpretation and the protection of doctrine and morals are in public, plain, and diametric opposition with each other concerning a crucial canonico-sacramental practice.
Monday, February 13, 2017
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Crisis: Mixed Signals from the German Amoris Laetitia Guidelines by Marie Meaney
The latest news from Germany does not engender confidence that the Catholic bishops have had any success in resolving the myriad problems that have plagued the Church over the past...
The latest news from Germany does not engender confidence that the Catholic bishops have had any success in resolving the myriad problems that have plagued the Church over the past...
Saturday, February 11, 2017
CWR: The Hysterical Media Attacks on Cardinal Burke By Carl E. Olson
Far too many reporters and pundits confirm the observation of G.K. Chesterton in the early 1900s that much journalism is simply "bad journalism" and is "shapeless, careless, and colorless..."
Far too many reporters and pundits confirm the observation of G.K. Chesterton in the early 1900s that much journalism is simply "bad journalism" and is "shapeless, careless, and colorless..."
Friday, February 10, 2017
CWR Dispatch: When it comes to liturgy, we're all mutually-enriching mongrels by Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
One of the many problems with Latin liturgical reform over the last 40 years was being too heavily influenced by German and Swiss sources, and not enough by Byzantine ones.
One of the many problems with Latin liturgical reform over the last 40 years was being too heavily influenced by German and Swiss sources, and not enough by Byzantine ones.
Thursday, February 09, 2017
Normally I wouldn't post something from NRO
And this piece is typical of the anti-Putin neocon outlook of the magazine; the author is George Weigel... but the representation of the Russian Orthodox Church is probably not 100% false: Meeting with Moscow, Rome Must Refuse to Bend to the Putin Storyline (via Byz, TX)
But the "Progressives" Have Discovered Ultramontanism Again
CWR Dispatch: Should the Mass reflect a pope’s personality? by Nicholas Senz
The liturgy belongs to the whole Church, across time and space; it is not to be manipulated according to the whims of each individual pope.
The liturgy belongs to the whole Church, across time and space; it is not to be manipulated according to the whims of each individual pope.
CWR Dispatch: Synod-talk, again by George Weigel
Why does the preparatory document for the 2018 Synod comprehensively ignore the contemporary saint who was a powerful magnet for young people during his twenty-six-year pontificate?
Why does the preparatory document for the 2018 Synod comprehensively ignore the contemporary saint who was a powerful magnet for young people during his twenty-six-year pontificate?
Wednesday, February 08, 2017
Tuesday, February 07, 2017
Monday, February 06, 2017
CWR via Il Timone: The Truth is Not Up for Negotiation
Cardinal Gerhard L. Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks on the meaning of doctrine and its relationship with personal conscience, ecumenism and the interpretation of "Amoris Laetitia".
Cardinal Gerhard L. Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks on the meaning of doctrine and its relationship with personal conscience, ecumenism and the interpretation of "Amoris Laetitia".
CWR Dispatch: On “mutual enrichment” and “Universae Ecclesiae”: A response to Fr. Stravinskas by Fr. Albert P. Marcello, III
While the incorporation of additional Mass formularies is indeed foreseen by "Summorum Pontificum", great care should be taken in ensuring that these new euchological texts be harmonious with the ethos of the 1962 books.
While the incorporation of additional Mass formularies is indeed foreseen by "Summorum Pontificum", great care should be taken in ensuring that these new euchological texts be harmonious with the ethos of the 1962 books.
Sunday, February 05, 2017
Saturday, February 04, 2017
Friday, February 03, 2017
Thursday, February 02, 2017
Wednesday, February 01, 2017
Sovereign is he who destroys the exceptional by Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
Vatican II famously tried to move beyond seeing the pope as a solitary sovereign, not least when the council rightly and thankfully rebuffed Paul VI’s request to say that the pope was accountable to God alone.
Vatican II famously tried to move beyond seeing the pope as a solitary sovereign, not least when the council rightly and thankfully rebuffed Paul VI’s request to say that the pope was accountable to God alone.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
What can mutual enrichment do that a proper reform can't?
Either avenue will be opposed by Latin traditionalists.
CWR: How the ordinary form of the Mass can “enrich” the extraordinary form
In Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict hoped the celebration of the extraordinary and ordinary forms of the Mass would be “mutually enriching.” So what healthier elements of the ordinary form might benefit the extraordinary?
By Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas
CWR: How the ordinary form of the Mass can “enrich” the extraordinary form
In Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict hoped the celebration of the extraordinary and ordinary forms of the Mass would be “mutually enriching.” So what healthier elements of the ordinary form might benefit the extraordinary?
By Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas
Monday, January 30, 2017
Sunday, January 29, 2017
La théologie de Louis Bouyer : du mystère à la sagesse : actes du colloque international
« Louis Bouyer. L‘Unité organique d’une oeuvre. » Par Jean-Luc Marion, de l’Académie française
« La théologie de Louis Bouyer : du mystère à la sagesse : actes du colloque international, 10-11 octobre 2014 »; Textes réunis par Bertrand Lesoing, Marie-Hélène Grintchenko et Patrick Prétot.
publisher: La Procure
Related:
THÉOLOGIE : Louis Bouyer et l’œcuménisme
« La théologie de Louis Bouyer : du mystère à la sagesse : actes du colloque international, 10-11 octobre 2014 »; Textes réunis par Bertrand Lesoing, Marie-Hélène Grintchenko et Patrick Prétot.
publisher: La Procure
Related:
THÉOLOGIE : Louis Bouyer et l’œcuménisme
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Ad Multos Annos!
CWR: The Docile Visionary, James V. Schall, SJ by David Paul Deavel
Observations on the life and thought of a remarkable priest, philosopher, professor, and author on the occasion of his 89th birthday.
Observations on the life and thought of a remarkable priest, philosopher, professor, and author on the occasion of his 89th birthday.
Friday, January 27, 2017
The rumor is true. The pope wants to revisit Liturgiam Authenticam.
America: Pope Francis has ordered a review of the new Mass translation by Gerard O'Connell
Why Pope Francis is right to revisit the new Mass translation by Michael G. Ryan
LA
Why Pope Francis is right to revisit the new Mass translation by Michael G. Ryan
LA
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Another book that looks at the symbols of the Eucharist at the expense of the meaning of the Eucharist?
Many such books have been written, both for the Roman rite and the Byzantine. (A problem affecting the other Apostolic Churches?) While I dislike the term "rationalism" being applied to those who seek to clarify the meaning of the Eucharist (Fr. Bouyer, Fr. Schmemann), at this point I think it is the correct approach. Seeking to enshroud the Eucharist in a counter-rationalist (even Romantic?) notion of "mystery" does not really help the laity develop a proper Christian spirituality.
Fr. Z: BOOK: Nothing Superfluous: An Explanation of the Symbolism of the Rite of St. Gregory the Great
Fr. Z: BOOK: Nothing Superfluous: An Explanation of the Symbolism of the Rite of St. Gregory the Great
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
CWR Dispatch: Three ways to not deal with Canon 915 by Edward N. Peters
Or, three ways in which the "pro-Amoris" wing is trying to get around the Church's clear teachings about admitting divorced-and-remarried Catholics to holy Communion.
(original)
His latest: Maybe ‘adjusting’ Canon 915 is not such a good idea after all
Edward Pentin: Bishop Grech Defends ‘Maltese Guidelines’ in Radio Interview
Says he and Archbishop Scicluna are in “complete unity” with Pope Francis, thereby offering a “guarantee that the teaching is authentic.”
Or, three ways in which the "pro-Amoris" wing is trying to get around the Church's clear teachings about admitting divorced-and-remarried Catholics to holy Communion.
(original)
His latest: Maybe ‘adjusting’ Canon 915 is not such a good idea after all
Edward Pentin: Bishop Grech Defends ‘Maltese Guidelines’ in Radio Interview
Says he and Archbishop Scicluna are in “complete unity” with Pope Francis, thereby offering a “guarantee that the teaching is authentic.”
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
What is the justification for the regular rotation priests in the Patriarchate of Rome? Was it originally intended to prevent priests from accumulating too much wealth and power? We don't rotate children around to different parents, so why would we do that for spiritual fathers? Is a priest a mere functionary, or dispenser of the sacraments? Is it correct to assume that leaving a priest in place is more of a norm than not in the Eastern churches?
Monday, January 23, 2017
The Chant Café: Why Vatican II is Important: Number 1 in Our Series on Vatican II by Revd Fr Christopher Smith
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Thinking about the taxonomy of Latin Catholics and the second Vatican Council... who were the "progressives" during the council? What did they seek to change? And the "conservatives"? What did they seek to conserve? The status quo? For the conservatives, perhaps, orthodoxy is identified solely with scholastic formulae, a tradition within the Latin ecclesial tradition but not the only one. Some of the progressives may have wanted to shift the expression of teaching to other traditions; the Ressourcement theologians for example wanted some sort of return to the Church Fathers. Does that mean all progressives were right-minded? There may have been some who were heterodox, seeking to change the beliefs or moral norms of Tradition, just as there are heterodox among Latin clergy and theologians today. And even if some progressives were correct that the Latin churches need to shift their expression of doctrine away from neoscholasticism, it does not mean that their judgement about necessary changes in discipline or liturgy were also correct.
How many of the Ressourcement theologians were willing to concede that what had been taken to be definitive expressions of Sacred Tradition by western councils and popes in the second millenium may not be so?
Related:
CWR Dispatch: A "Conclave" for Camelot by Mary Jo Anderson
Robert Harris's new thriller is about papal intrigue and Vatican politics; it is also an example of how progressives envision the Catholic Church changing with the times.
How many of the Ressourcement theologians were willing to concede that what had been taken to be definitive expressions of Sacred Tradition by western councils and popes in the second millenium may not be so?
Related:
CWR Dispatch: A "Conclave" for Camelot by Mary Jo Anderson
Robert Harris's new thriller is about papal intrigue and Vatican politics; it is also an example of how progressives envision the Catholic Church changing with the times.
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Friday, January 20, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
CWR: Henri de Lubac's observations of Vatican II offer prescient perspective by Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas
Volume Two of de Lubac's "Vatican Council Notebooks", recently published Ignatius Press, is filled with endless detail, much drama, and many surprises.
Volume Two of de Lubac's "Vatican Council Notebooks", recently published Ignatius Press, is filled with endless detail, much drama, and many surprises.
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