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Category Archives: One Man & One Woman
Déjà vu from Card. Kasper and Jesuit-run Amerika Magazine
Jesuit-run Amerika Magazine has run more from Card. Kasper in support the divorced and civilly remarried receiving Holy Communion. This is the “tolerate but not accepted” solution, which, through “mercy”, would see these people as a sort of second-class Catholic … Read More
The hard truth about marriage, mercy and Eastern “oikonomia”
I have been posting about the soon-to-be-released book by five cardinala and four scholars called Remaining In The Truth Of Christ. This book is a defense of the Catholic doctrine marriage. It is an important book, some of it may … Read More
ASK FATHER: Will an annulment make a child into a bastard?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: If two Catholics marry, have children, divorce, and then successfully obtain a decree of nullity, are the children then considered illegitimate in the eyes of the Church? This is a concern regarding an acquaintance of mine … Read More
ASK FATHER: Doubts about annulment for 1st marriage, guilt about 2nd
From a reader… QUAERITUR: After a deeper conversion experience I had a love for my first wife that I did not have before. It seemed that after my conversion the love of Jesus was flowing through me for her. I … Read More
Some of the mistakes we make in life can’t be fixed.
Today I read Sam Gregg’s great piece at American Spectator today wherein he unloaded on sentimentalism. HERE A sample: Despite its claims to take the mind seriously, sentimental humanitarianism is also rather “uncomfortable” (to use classic sentimental humanitarian language) with … Read More
“What was once a request to live and let live has now become a demand for approval.”
I warmly recommend to the readership a column by Francis Card. George, Archbishop of Chicago. His Eminence knocks this one over the fence. We enter in medias res. You can find the whole thing HERE: […] In recent years, … Read More
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Bp. Galatino: “Couples in irregular matrimonial situations…”
I read in the La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno that His Excellency Most Rev. Nunzio Galatino, Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) has thoughts about “unconventional couples” and the sacraments. ‘Church musn’t exclude unusual couples’ Italian bishops say (ANSA) – Rome, … Read More
How Churches (actually “ecclesial communities”) commit suicide
My friend Fr. Martin Fox of the blog Bonfire of the Vanities has a great post. ‘Gay marriage’ is church suicide Give into the Zeitgeist? Not a plan of success: Membership Episcopal Church: -18% (2002-2012) [that “-” means “minus”, as … Read More
Michael Voris interviewed, speaks of the role of singles
Here is something you don’t see everyday. A frequent commentatrix here, Supertradmum, has interviewed Michael Voris. HERE Of interest are the questions on the vocation and role of single people in the Church. A sample: Question One: I want to … Read More
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Marriage Tips from a Couple Married for 87 Years
From the National Organization for Marriage: Marriage Tips from a Couple Married for 87 Years Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher married on May 13, 1924. In 2008, they broke the Guinness World Record for being the longest married living couple. Both … Read More
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