Saturday, December 17, 2016

CWR Dispatch: A canonical primer on popes and heresy by Edward N. Peters
Those engaging in loose talk about popes and heresy should be very clear about what is at issue.

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For declaring a pope a heretic or deposing the pope -- under what circumstances and perspectives were the canons written? Was the perspective of the Universal Church, especially as embodied in an ecumenical council, included?

Friday, December 16, 2016

Cardinal Burke on The World Over



full episode
Chiesa: Francis Doesn’t Like the Seminaries. Because They Form Priests Who Are “Rigid” and Incapable of “Discernment”

Over just a few days, a hailstorm of rebukes. Which show the pope’s irritation over the criticisms of “Amoris Laetitia,” these too the fruit, in his judgment, of a legalistic and decadent mentality


Bergoglio, Politician. The Myth of the Chosen People

The pope of mercy is also the one of the anti-capitalist and anti-globalization “popular movements.” Castro dies, Trump wins, the South American populist regimes crumble, but he isn’t giving up. He is certain that the future of humanity is in the people of the excluded

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

I'm surprised gravitas hasn't been condemned yet



Presbyter...

Words from St. Justin and St. Theophan the Recluse.

Transfiguration of Our Saviour Greek Orthodox Church, Florence, South Carolina

website

Interesting attempt to inculturate the temple architecture to its South Carolina environment. Colonial/neo-classical style?

Monday, December 12, 2016

Bishop Javier Echevarria Has Passed

CNA: Leader of Opus Dei dies at 84

OpusDei.org
Reflections on the Christmas Crèche

Sin Cripples

Fr. Z links to a Regina interview with Edward Petin regarding Pope Francis. He also links to an open letter by the two major NNL theorists, John Finnis and Germain Grisez, to Pope Francis regarding Amoris Laetitia, made available by First Things.

Catholic Herald Online

It's not the first time that Germain Grisez has written publicly about/to Pope Francis.

Схиархимандрит Гавриил Бунге Встреча с читателями