Fr. Sophrony - Theology vs imagination

CWR Interview with Cardinal Brandmüller

CWR: Cardinal Brandmüller reflects on Luther, “Amoris laetitia”, the Dubia, and current situation
An interview with the Church historian and theologian Walter Cardinal Brandmüller conducted by Armin Schwibach of kath.net.

Latin Teachings on Authority

A product of papal centralization -- so do they reflect a second millenium claim about episcopal (or papal) authority and the attendant obligations of the Christian faithful?

What is included in the deposit of Faith for a bishop? Only that which has been explicitly determined to be a part of the deposit of Faith? Or do theological conclusions count as well? Or are such conclusions to be taken to be opinion until agreed upon by the Church Universal? What about laws or precepts? Which laws are to be made by a bishop for the good of the local Church? Which precepts are not laws that are binding but only recommendations or suggestions? (Does a bishop really have the authority to set laws pertaining to diet, for example)

On non-infallible teachings of the Magisterium and the meaning of “obsequium religiosum” by Dr. Jeremy Holmes
Sometimes “religious obsequium” is translated “religious assent,” at other times “religious submission,” and at other times “religious respect”. What exactly are we being asked to do?

Arvanitis - Hymn to St. Basil

Holy Basil the Great, Pray for Us!

More on the Lord's Prayer

Crisis Magazine: Pope Francis is Only Partly Right on the Lord’s Prayer by Lionel Yaceczko

Plus, Anthony Esolen at First Things.

Hopefully There Will Be No Canonization

NLM: What Would the Canonization of Paul VI Mean for the Liturgy and Liturgical Reform? by Gregory DiPippo

Metropolitan Kallistos on 'Demonic temptation: the teaching of St Mark the Monk (5th century)

Fr. John Behr - Discussing "On the Incarnation"

amateur stream

Pope Francis, “diaconal primacy”, and decentralization of the curia

Decentralization by no means guarantees better governance, but is much more theologically, historically, and practically defensible than the Roman centralization and personality cult of the pope we have been enduring for more than a century now.

December 28, 2017 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille

Sandro Magister: Vatican Without Peace. Money, Sex, and an LGBT Crèche

«С НАМИ БОГ» — Иноческий постриг 28 июля 2017 г.

On Jesus Christ and the Liturgy - Fr. Khaled Anatolios, Ph.D.

Sandro Magister: No One Listens To Him, When He Defends Life and Family. And There's a Reason

The Nativity Canon

Christ is Born!

Fr. Constantin Galeriu

Cappella Romana in San Francisco

in Sacramento:

The Laying on of Hands

In the ordination of priests, what is the significance of the laying on of hands on the ordinandi by other priests? (In the Roman rite -- but I think it is also the custom in the Byzantine rite?) What does it mean, if priests do not have the power to ordain priests, only bishops do? Is it merely symbolic? Or does it signify something that has been forgotten?

How far back does the custom go? Is the custom possibly a legacy of the ecclesial order that existed before the development of the monoepiscopate?

Strong Claims

Linking the Roman Curia to the Petrine ministry of the bishop of Rome to the Church Universal and beyond. But where is the foundation in Sacred Tradition for this?

Pope Francis exhorts Curia to avoid “unbalanced and debased mindset of plots and small cliques”

“The universal nature of the Curia’s service,” the Holy Father told Curia members in the annual pre-Christmas address, “… wells up and flows out from the catholicity of the Petrine ministry.”

(original: CNA)