Credo ut Intelligam, Erick Ybarra; Ben Shapiro recently had Bishop Robert Barron on his show. You can watch the full interview here. I want to draw our attention to one very specific question posed to the Bishop. Shapiro : “I’m a Jew. … Continue reading
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: “[Pope Benedict XVI]:The missionaries of the 16th century were convinced that the unbaptized person is lost forever. After the [Second Vatican] Council, this conviction was definitely abandoned. The result was a two-sided, deep crisis. Without this attentiveness to … Continue reading
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI gave an unusually critical and rare interview with the Italian newspaper Avvenire, underscoring the damage to the Church’s missionary life that followed in the wake of Vatican II and the subsequent weakening of the Church’s teaching … Continue reading
AsiaNews: The Second Vatican Council’s Declaration Nostra Aetate, which this year marks its 50th anniversary, “is a definitive ‘yes’ to the Jewish roots of Christianity and irrevocable no to anti-Semitism”. Pope Francis recalled this in his address to participants at the … Continue reading
This is the second time that Pope Francis has insisted on the impossibility of being a follower of Christ while rejecting the Church. The first time was less than a year ago and we posted the relevant sermon on our … Continue reading
Brother André Marie introduced me to the Called to Communion: Reformation Meets Rome website this morning. The writers for the site are all young scholars who have converted to the Catholic Faith during the past decade. One of them, Tom … Continue reading
I wonder sometimes why conservative Catholic thinkers like Dr. Mirus find the literal sense of the dogma, No Salvation Outside the Church, so distasteful. They have no problem giving an “uncertain sound” on their trumpets by giving non-Catholics a hope … Continue reading
First published in 1984, and more recently updated, Brother Leonard Mary’s analytical commentary and reference book, The Church of Salvation, is back in print. As a loyal and original disciple of Father Feeney, and, actually, of all the members of … Continue reading
It’s now official, what had previously been suspected. What is interesting is that this move demonstrates that the primary issue the Vatican has with the SSPX is “doctrinal.” And what stand will the Society take on the fundamental dogma, extra … Continue reading
Why, yes, I’m a Catholic. I thought you knew. I haven’t mentioned it explicitly before because I’ve gathered from various remarks you’ve made that you’re not too fond of the Church, and I haven’t wanted our friendship to be endangered … Continue reading
Anyone familiar with the history of the Church knows that not all of the Pontiffs were holy men, and that several were negligent in their duties, especially in their supreme duty to keep inviolate the depositum fidei which was given … Continue reading
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