Crux: An internationally known preacher and writer known for pushing the boundaries of Catholic orthodoxy and a strong ally of Pope Francis was given a boost by the Holy See Saturday. In a move sure to raise eyebrows among the … Continue reading
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On the Hermeneutic of Continuity
Robert De Mattei, Rorate Caeli: The ultimate criteria of judgment for a Catholic must be the one of the Church: to love and hate what the Church loves and hates: loving the truth in all of its uniqueness and integrity and … Continue reading
Grave Threat to Church Authority: German Bishops on Communion for Divorced
Matt Talbot, Renew America: The following is a good letter to the editor, written by Father Brian W. Harrison, O.S., of St. Louis, Mo., that appears (in slightly abbreviated form) in the February 2014 issue of Inside the Vatican magazine. “Dear Dr. [Robert] … Continue reading
No “Sin” No “Devil” and No “Submission” to God in New CoE Baptisms
Thankfully, the Anglicans are keeping the actual formula for baptism intact and valid. The children are still baptized Catholic and remain so until they make a choice to reject Catholic truth. If they are taken by God before they attain … Continue reading
LCWR Leaders Consider ‘Next Move’? After Meeting With Cardinal Levada
They want “further dialogue.” It’s a “dialogue with the deaf,” Levada said. UCANews: The meeting was described as “open” and “cordial” but the LCWR was left in no doubt about the Vatican’s authority and Cardinal Levada later referred to “a … Continue reading
Message From Medjugorje: True Believers Must Respect Other Religions
Finally, at Medjugorje (which the Vatican is still studying, and has not yet approved), seers, like near-deathers, say on the other side we find out that God is the God of everyone and that it is man who makes divisions. … Continue reading
Clarification? How About Demanding a Recantation, Plus an “Or Else?”
Speaking for the German Bishops Conference Father Hans Langendörfer, SJ, its secretary issued a response to the heretical manifesto of protest signed by 140 “Catholic” theologians who teach in Germany’s universities. Catholic Culture: “In a number of issues, the memorandum … Continue reading
One Third of “Catholic” Theology Professors in German Speaking Countries Pushing Women’s “Ordination”
Wittenburg: And all 144 of them signed their names to the protest. Catholic Culture reports: One third of the Catholic theology professors in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland have signed a declaration calling for women’s ordination and lamenting “traditionalism” in the … Continue reading
Pelagius Lives
(See the From the Housetops editor’s introduction to this article.) The February 1991 issue of the Catholic magazine 30 Days featured a very striking cover designed by Romano Sicillani. Michelangelo’s famous painting from the Sistine Chapel, the Fall and Expulsion … Continue reading
Salvation in the Psalms
Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in the way, and opened to us the scriptures? (Luke 24:22.) This is what the two disciples on the way to Emmaus were saying to each other, after hearing the … Continue reading
Orestes Brownson on Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus
(From Brownson’s Quarterly Review for April, 1874) Editor’s Introduction: Orestes A. Brownson (1803-1876) will always be remembered as one of the most prolific American converts to the Catholic Church. Brownson had already achieved notoriety as an essayist and lecturer when … Continue reading