Sunday, December 13, 2015

The Question of Married Priests in the Roman Rite

Chiesa: The Next Synod Is Already in the Works. On Married Priests

In mid-February Pope Francis will go to Chiapas, where hundreds of deacons with their wives are pushing to be ordained as priests. And in the Amazon as well the turning point seems to be near. It was all written down in the agenda of Cardinal Martini

What is the relationship of the bishops to canon law? Is there just one theory of ecclesiastical law? Would it be possible for a bishop to overwrite the canon law of the patriarchate of Rome with a law applicable only in his diocese? (e.g. could a bishop permit the ordination of married men for his diocese only and thus abrogate canon law within his own diocese? What is the (theory of the) relationship between the patriarch and the other bishops? And is that of Sacred Tradition?


Related: The Other Chiapas. Indigenous Clergy Yes, But Celibate
From myth to facts. In the Mexican diocese that Francis will visit in February ordinations to the priesthood are blossoming again, while the campaign for married priests is wilting. A letter from the bishop

A note on clemency?
Fr. Hunwicke: Nostra Aetate (4): Is the Two Covenant Theory a necessary revolution?

and Nostra Aetate (3): the post-Conciliar liturgical Magisterium

From today: Supersession and Sacrifice

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Second Advent Sermon

Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, Preacher to the Papal Household, spoke about responding to our call to holiness on Friday morning in his Second Advent sermon.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, December 11, 2015

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Not sure if his gloss on Luther's teaching on justification is justified. ("haha")

50th Anniversary of the Closing of the Council

December 8...

CWR Interview: A peritus remembers Vatican II
Fr. Don Dietz, OMI shares his memories about the dramatic events—and colorful characters—of Vatican II.
Dawn Eden

CWR Interview with Gerhard Cardinal Müller

Cardinal Müller: Year of Mercy an invitation to know, follow Jesus Christ
December 10, 2015
An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Andrea Gagliarducci, CNA

On the Shoulders of Giants

TAC: Tutor’s New Book Examines Past & Present in Middle Ages

Focused on the Fathers

But will the book still be too Latin?

Ancient Apologetics and the New Evangelization by Carl E. Olson
An interview with Rev. Nicholas L. Gregoris, managing editor of The Catholic Response magazine, about his new book "Faith of the Early Church"

Friday, December 11, 2015

Robert George Hospitalized

Christian Post: Robert George 'Out of Danger' After Being Hospitalized With Life-Threatening Heart Complication

Jacob's Ladder

Dr. Pia Chaudhari draws on the story of Jacob’s ladder as a metaphor for our ascesis and God’s healing of our personhood. http://myocn.net/reclaiming-alien-land/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, December 8, 2015
CWR: The Unsoundness of Synod 2015’s “New Way” By Germain Grisez
The final report proposes a “new way” for pastors to accompany remarried divorcées—one that can only result in changing uncertain consciences into erroneous ones.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

St. Nicholas

Saint Nicolas Inspires Us, Ο Aγιος Νικόλαος Mας Eμπνέει #CRTL #myOCNhttp://myocn.net/saint-nicolas-inspires-us-ο-aγιος-νικόλαος-mας-eμπνέει/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, December 9, 2015

What Potential for the Great Synod?

"As is well known, at the fifth Meeting of the Primates of the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches to be held since 1992,...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, December 10, 2015

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"If Orthodoxy is to respond successfully to these challenges and if its discourse is to resonate in the modern world, it...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, December 12, 2015
CWR Blog: Of Pharisees, ferverinos, and fasts by Edward N. Peters
Why I think the Communion fast should be restored to that established by Pius XII, namely, three hours

Wednesday, December 09, 2015

CWR Blog: East meets West in "Laudato Si’" by Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
Pope Francis' encyclical on care for creation begins with Eastern Orthodox thought and in the concluding paragraphs returns to the Christian East again

Redemptoris Mater Chapel

The first Advent homily for 2015 was preached by the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa,...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, December 4, 2015

The first Advent homily for 2015 was preached by the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., at the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Apostolic Palace.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, December 4, 2015

No Need...

Here is the official hymn of the Holy Year of Mercy!

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, December 6, 2015

Aquinas’s ‘Disputed Questions on Evil’: A Critical Guide.

CUP - via Thomistica.net

The first essay I would definitely read; what about the authority and dependability of the rest of the contributors?

Tuesday, December 08, 2015

The Latin Traditionalists Should Love the Pomp

As we await the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday, and the beginning of the Holy Year of...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, December 6, 2015