Friday, October 19, 2018

The Life of the Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Metropolitan Anastassy, Life of the Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Grand Duchess Elizabeth/Елизавета Федоровна Романова

First Things: LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD-2018: #13
October 19, 2018 / by Xavier Rynne II
CNA: Vigano letter responds to Cardinal Ouellet's charge of rebellion against pope - text of letter

I'd Hate to Agree with the Father General

But there are probably Latin traditionalists who agree with him as well. But: what is Father Arturo's agenda? And does this [fake] exercise of synodality count as a change in the exercise of the papacy, if the results are the same?

What Did Jesuit Superior Mean When He Said Pope Is Not the ‘Chief’ of the Church? by Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Father Arturo Sosa Abascal said Francis consciously calls himself the Bishop of Rome, instead of using grander titles.

Fr. Maxym Lysack on the Jesus Prayer





Thursday, October 18, 2018

Window Dressing

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Younan Discusses Synod’s Priorities by Deborah Castellano Lubov
Patriarch Younan notes the best ways of reaching young people — including those in his beleaguered homeland.
First Things: LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD-2018: #12
October 18, 2018 / by Xavier Rynne II
The twelfth in a series of reports on Synod-2018.
Sandro Magister: In the East There Is Rupture between Kirill and Bartholomew. And the Pope Sides More with the Former


Related:
Ukraine prelate says Orthodox independence is ‘affirmation of rights’

From the Jesus Prayer to the Prayer of Jesus, by Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen)

From 2016

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

First Things: LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD-2018: #11
October 17, 2018 / by Xavier Rynne II
The eleventh in a series of reports on Synod-2018.

"The Simplicity and Subtlety of St. Thomas's Fifth Way"

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Crisis Magazine: Cardinal Ouellet’s Response to Archbishop Viganò Lacks Credibility by JOHN M. MCCARTHY
Sandro Magister: The Wrong People Francis Can’t Get Rid Of

The School of St. Albans

I Hope This Was a Commission

And not hanging at the monastery...
First Things: LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD-2018: #10
October 16, 2018 / by Xavier Rynne II
It is crucial that there be a clean, transparent, and agreed-upon mechanism by which the Synod fathers can register their judgments issue by issue.

Matthew 20:25

Kyrie eleison. We deserve greater chastisement.




The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has Considered it Impossible to Remain in the Eucharistic Communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian Church

Metropolitan Hilarion: Decisions taken by Constantinople run contrary to canonical Tradition of the Orthodox Church