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Category Archives: POPES
Westminster Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica
I am catching a few minutes of the rebroadcast of the Holy Father’s Mass for Sts. Peter and Paul on EWTN. I only have a few fleeting minutes. The Choir of Westminster Abbey is there. Is it my imagination or … Continue reading
Benedict XVI’s sermon for Sts. Peter and Paul: “The Church is not a community of the perfect, but a community of sinners.”
The Holy Father’s sermon for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul with my emphases and comments. (He gently addresses the issue of “scandal”. Look for it!) Your Eminences, Brother Bishops and Priests, Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are gathered … Continue reading
SSPX Bp. Fellay says “No” to Rome? Maybe so. Maybe not.
From the intrepid Andrea Tornielli at Vatican Insider with my emphases and comments: The letter sent by the Secretary General of the Society of St. Pius X, outlining the hitches in the latest version of the text delivered by the … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Bp. Fellay, Card. Levada, Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX
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PODCAzT 132: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 3
In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I write, namely, the defense of the … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Emanations from Penumbras, Linking Back, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, conscience, erroneous conscience, freedom, Joseph Ratzinger, religious liberty
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PODCAzT 131: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 2
In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I write, namely, the defense of the … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Linking Back, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, Albert Einstein, Bl. John Henry Newman, conscience, freedom, HHS mandate, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, Socrates, St. Thomas More
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PODCAzT 130: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 1
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 1st Amendment, Benedict XVI, conscience, Fortnight for Freedom, freedom of conscience, HHS mandate, Joseph Ratzinger, marriage, Minnesota Marriage Amendment, Pres. Obama, The First Gay President
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I STAND WITH BENEDICT
A reader sent me a link to a short video made by some faithful young Catholics in Italy in support of Pope Benedict XVI. The group is “Noi per Benedetto“. We are for Benedict. It’s in Italian, but check it … Continue reading
The Holy Father on active participation and worth, reverent liturgical worship
The Holy Father, in his video address to the Eucharistic Congress in Ireland, made some statements about our liturgical participation. POPE BENEDICT XVI’S MESSAGE AT CLOSING MASS […] Based upon a deepening appreciation of the sources of the liturgy, the … Continue reading
Card. Burke on the SSPX (video)
I am a little behind the curve on this, but I thought you might like to hear what His Eminence Raymond Card Burke has to say about the future (hopefully) reconciliation of the SSPX with the Roman Pontiff. [wp_youtube]fRcoaytPCa0[/wp_youtube] Benedict … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, Bp. Fellay, C, Card. Burke, Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX
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Benedict XVI establishes Anglican Ordinariate in Australia
Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity. From The Catholic Herald: Pope Benedict XVI has established a personal ordinariate in Australia and named a Lancashire-born former bishop of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) to lead it. The ordinariate, the … Continue reading
