Tag Archives: divorced and remarried

Bp. Olmsted (D. Phoenix) interprets ‘Amoris laetitia’

Posted on 26 September 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Bp. Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix continues to impress. Remember that he had the steel to remove the title “Catholic” from a hospital where – at the approval of women religious – a direct abortion was performed. Lately, Bp. Olmsted has planned … Read More →

Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity | Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Bp. Thomas Olmsted, Communion, D. Phoenix, divorced and remarried
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Ross Douthat on candidate Quisling Kaine (D-VA) and on Francis’ papal doctrine dance

Posted on 18 September 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At the NYT (aka Hell’s Bible) see what Ross Douthat has to say: Dilution of Doctrine LAST weekend Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee and a churchgoing Catholic, briefly escaped obscurity by telling an audience of L.G.B.T. activists that he … Read More →

Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Sin That Cries To Heaven | Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Argentina, Damian Thompson, divorced and remarried, homosexuality, Tim Kaine, zisk
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“No one may share in the Eucharist except those who believe in the truth of our teachings…”

Posted on 17 September 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reading from the first apology of Justin Martyr in defense of the Christians, c. 100-165 No one may share in the Eucharist except those who believe in the truth of our teachings and have been washed in the bath … Read More →

Posted in Benedict XVI, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging | Tagged Benedict XVI, Communion, divorced and remarried, Familiaris consortio, Five Cardinals Book, John Paul II, marriage, matrimony, Remaining In The Truth of Christ, Sacramentum caritatis, St. Justin Martyr
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Pope Francis writes to a bishop about the proper interpretation of Chapter 8 of #AmorisLaetitia

Posted on 9 September 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Pope Francis wrote to the Bishop of San Miguel of his old haunts Argentina, about the proper interpretation of Chapter 8 of the Post-Synold Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia. Let’s test your Spanish. Via InfoCatólica with my emphases: Carta del Papa Francisco … Read More →

Posted in Francis, One Man & One Woman | Tagged Amoris Laetitia, divorced and remarried
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Card. Schönborn: “sacraments” in Infamous Footnote 351 means mainly the Sacrament of Penance (Reconciliation)

Posted on 18 April 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The other day Pope Francis told journalists during the airplane presser on his return to Rome from Lesbos that, to understand the controversial bit in Amoris laetitia Infamous Footnote 351, we should have recourse to Card. Schönborn’s address at the presentation of the Post-Synodal Exhortation … Read More →

Posted in SESSIUNCULA | Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Card. Schönborn, confession, divorced and remarried, Familiaris consortio, FC 84, Footnote 351, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, reconciliation, sacrament of penance, Synod of Bishops
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Another reaction to #Amorislaetitia – “The cowardice and hubris of Pope Francis” (Hang on tight!)

Posted on 11 April 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Reactions to Amoris laetitia, the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation (I’m getting tired of typing that out), are mixed between cloying gushes and frustrated contempt. The following is surely more along the lines of the later. I present it here because he … Read More →

Posted in Cri de Coeur, Hard-Identity Catholicism, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged Amoris Laetitia, divorced and remarried, Footnote 351, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, tolerated but not accepted
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More analysis: “There will be those who will try and contort #AmorisLaetitia into the Kaspser proposal”

Posted on 8 April 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The newly released Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia in English is HERE. From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, some analysis of Amoris laetitia. My emphases and comments. Francis has left Church teaching on Communion for the divorced and remarried … Read More →

Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Francis, GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Apostolic Exhortation, Card. Kasper, divorced and remarried, Pope Francis, tolerated but not accepted
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Card. Kasper musings on the forthcoming Apostolic Exhortation

Posted on 19 March 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I’ve given a couple talks here in Florida in the last couple days, both during Q&A and after, and also in my email, I’m getting questions about Card. Kasper’s claim, made in a recent speech, that the forthcoming Apostolic Exhortation … Read More →

Posted in Synod, The Drill | Tagged Card. Kasper, divorced and remarried, Synod of Bishops
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Bp. Paprocki explains denial of Communion for manifest grave sinners

Posted on 29 December 2015 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

DATELINE: Springfield, IL. It seems that in a letter to the edition of the local paper someone went after His Excellency Most Reverend Thomas Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield in regard to Communion for the civilly divorced and remarried (CDRs). HERE … Read More →

Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Synod, The Drill | Tagged Archbp. Cupich, Bp. Paprocki, can. 915, can.916, Communion, divorced and remarried
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UPDATED: What Did The Synod Really Say? Some analysis of the Final Report.

Posted on 25 October 2015 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I’ve added more feedback. _____ ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Published on: Oct 25, 2015 @ 18:10 As I mentioned in an earlier post, since I have been on pilgrimage, I’ve tried to be in as much of a Synod Free Zone as possible. … Read More →