Canonization and Papal Infallibility

Fr. Hunwicke

Again the question needs to be asked as to whether the bishop of Rome canonizes as the first bishop of the Universal Church or as the patriarch of Rome. Was his authority to canonize on behalf of the Universal Church ever been recognized in the first millenium? I would think the answer is no.

A Premature Defense?

Has evolution really been proven as fact?

In Defense of Thomistic Evolution: A Response to Chaberek by Nicanor Austriaco, O.P.

Why did God choose to work via an evolutionary process rather than will a special creation? Because it better reveals His glory and His power. Because it reveals better that He is God.

Ryan T. Anderson on Sex Change

Sex Change: Physically Impossible, Psychosocially Unhelpful, and Philosophically Misguided by Ryan T. Anderson

Modern medicine can’t reassign sex physically, and attempting to do so doesn’t produce good outcomes psychosocially. Here is the evidence.

The Sacred Divine Liturgy

(via Byz, TX)

She Has Her Fans

Catholic Theology by Tracey Rowland


Fr. Z is one. BOOKS RECEIVED and a strong recommendation and a new liturgical rites manual

Fr. Gerald Murray and Robert Royal on Pope Francis

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L'Ivresque: Louis Bouyer – Le sens de la vie sacerdotale

The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Another Chant...

Stile Antico's Latest

Ivan Moody with Cappella Romana

Karol Wojtyla and Humanae Vitae by Pawel Galuska

Sandro Magister: "Humanae Vitae" Under Siege. Two New Assaults and a Counterattack

Related: Analysis: Overturning Humanae Vitae's teaching, a 'crime against the Church'

Psalm 103

Doesn't the Patriarchate of Rome Have More Pressing Issues?

One would think that the various explanations given by scholars and theologians about the validity of current translations would have been sufficient to give this a rest.

"Pater Noster," No Peace. The Battle Begins Among the Translations

Crisis: Holding Moral Theory Accountable by Msgr. Robert Batule

The New Memorial in the Roman Rite

Sacred Art in Secular Terms

Something on Icons

CWR: Critics misrepresent Cardinal Sarah’s call for reverence in receiving Holy Communion by Conor Dugan

Why are so many avoiding the key question: Why has belief in Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist diminished in recent decades?

EF Tenebrae