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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
“…the language demons fear the most…”
At Catholic Gentleman we find an interview with “Mixed Martial Arts” fighter, Bas Rutten. Biretta tip to a reader – o{]:¬) In the interview we find: 14. You say frequently, “Deo gratias!” This is Latin for “Thanks be to God.” … Read More
Penance and Epiphany on Friday: Wherein Fr. Z rants
I had a note about the obligation to do Friday penance (usually through abstinence) on the Friday in the Octave of Christmas. HERE. Yes, we were obliged to do penance… except where we weren’t. The reason is that the days … Read More
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ACTION ITEM! Support Our Lady of Hope Clinic – MATCHING GRANT
I have an ACTION ITEM for you good readers. You have been generous to causes I have mentioned in the past. Sometimes people have a hard time finding causes to support. This is one of them that I admire. RIGHT NOW… … Read More
Book which Pope Francis mentioned in address to Roman Curia
Yesterday His Holiness Pope Francis addressed himself to the Roman Curia for the annual Christmas greeting. He mentioned Industriae ad curandos animae morbos, that is, “Initiatives (for superiors) to cure illnesses of the soul”, a work of Jesuit formation by … Read More
DOUTHAT in NYT: Ongoing ‘Amoris laetitia’ controversy
Dear readers… a lot of time and electrons are being spilled on Amoris laetitia these days because it may be the most important controversy of our time, with long lasting implications for doctrine on faith and morals, and on discipline. Our … Read More
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The Pope, The Five Dubia and the “Formal Correction”
His Eminence Raymond Leo Card. Burke gave interview to LifeSite. He said that the “formal correction” of Pope Francis he had mentioned before could “probably” be issued sometime after the upcoming Feast of the Epiphany, thus after 6 January 2017 Among the … Read More
The defense of ‘Amoris laetitia’ by recourse to the Two Synods on the family
My friend Fr Gerry Murray has an analysis piece at The Catholic Thing which could be useful in your discussions about Amoris laetitia. There are elements of Chapter 8 which are objectively unclear. Many want clarifications, as is reasonable. Some … Read More
Did Canadian Bishops “sacramentalize” direct killing, euthanasia, assisted suicide?
Did you hear that the Bishops of the Atlantic region of Canada, the Atlantic Episcopal Assembly (Archdioceses and Dioceses of Antigonish, Bathurst, Charlottetown, Corner Brook and Labrador, Edmundston, Grand Falls, Halifax, Moncton, Saint John (NB), St. John’s and Yarmouth) veered towards … Read More
A bishop’s suggestions to families for a holy Advent and Christmastide
The other days His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, the Extraordinary Ordinary, Bishop of Madison held one of his regular, usually monthly, “staff catechesis” meetings. He is also generous in forthrightly answering questions about the topic he chooses to … Read More
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