The errors of Russia, one of which is Communism, are spreading more rapidly than ever, infiltrating the Church itself. LifeSiteNews: From interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider: This is ultimately neo-Communist and Marxist because the ideology of Marx wants to abolish every … Continue reading
Category: Current Issues in the Church
China RIP: Half of Bishop’s 94 Years Spent in Jail and Labor Camps
The Telegraph: Cosmas Shi Enxiang was ordained as a priest in 1947, two years before Chairman Mao’s Communist Party seized power and set about jailing Christian leaders, driving out missionaries and dismantling or destroying churches. Bishop Shi’s troubles began in 1954, … Continue reading
Scandal! Heresy! And Grace!
When considering the multiple scandals and heresies besetting the Church in our time, three Biblical verses come immediately to mind: “And whosoever shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me; it were better for him that a … Continue reading
‘Overwhelming Majority’ at Bishops’ Synod Against Communion for Remarried Divorcees
Rorate Caeli: Urgent news from inside the Synod hall today: URGENT ++ OVERWHELMING majority against communion to “remarried divorcees, according to #Synod sources++ https://t.co/RHlM10cUOK More here.
Kardinal Marx Leads His National Church More and More into Schism
Well, that was predictable: German Cardinal Reinhard Marx supports Kasper proposal at Synod. Never trust the “theologies of the genitive.” They all stink. Here we have the latest frontier: “The Theology of Luv.” With particular references to the Second Vatican Council, … Continue reading
Cardinal Marx’s Pro-Kasperian Remarks at Synod
CNA: After years of both direct and indirect remarks on the subject, German Cardinal Reinhard Marx issued his most direct statement yet in favor of offering Communion to the divorced-and-remarried. More on this here.
The New Church of the ‘Inviolable Conscience’
Quotes from Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich’s Synodal Press Releases: “I think we have to make sure that we don’t pigeonhole one group as though they’re not part of the human family, so there’s a different set of rules for them.” “In … Continue reading
Warning of Polish Archbishop: Change in Sacramental Discipline Will Compromise Doctrine
Rorate Caeli: Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki: “Practically all are repeating that there will be no doctrinal change, but this is understood in different ways. For if you add to this first group that disciplinary changes are possible, this means, in practice, that … Continue reading
Synod Wrapup
While we were busy with our conference, the Synod continued, and continues still. What is capturing a lot of attention now is the Holy Father’s speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s institution of the … Continue reading
Our Conference Has Ended. It Went Well. Thank you.
Many thank yous are in order for the good outcome of our recent conference. First, we must thank those who attended, without whom it would not have happened. Second, we must thank our speakers, all of whom thoughtfully addressed the … Continue reading
Romanian Doctor’s Beautiful, Strong Synod Intervention
(Voice of the Family) The following intervention was made by Dr. Anca-Maria Cernea, President of the Association of Catholic Doctors of Bucharest (Romania), at the Ordinary Synod on the Family on Friday. Your Holiness, Synod Fathers, Brothers and Sisters, I … Continue reading
Applying Democratic Centralism to the Catholic Church
Josef Pieper once memorably said to me in a conversation in the library of his home: “You find the most precious truths in unlikely places.” (And he often manifested the implications of that insight, in his attentive receptivity and buoyant … Continue reading
Kazakh Archbishop Smells Smoke of Satan at Synod
Catholic Culture: The archbishop of Astana identified the smoke of Satan with “the proposal to admit to Holy Communion those who are divorced and living in new civil unions; the affirmation that cohabitation is a union which may have in … Continue reading
Cardinal Sarah Urges Synod to Reject Liberal Agenda
Condemning liberal Western ideologues in the same breath as his denunciations of ISIS and Boko Haram, Cardinal Robert Sarah, from a truly poor African Church in Guinea, stands as a very Catholic bastion against the doctrinal evolutionism and moral turpitude of the … Continue reading
When the Hierarchy Embraces Situation Ethics
The ever-insightful Professor Roberto de Mattei, asking the question, “Is there still a sense of sin among the Synod Fathers?” eloquently critiques the progressivist position of the liberal agitants. It is historicism, sociology parading as theology, and a revival of the condemned … Continue reading