Our most recent Mancipia, which was mailed last week, featured an article I wrote called “Where Have the Real Men Gone.” The piece was originally posted on this web site. A gentleman who read the newsletter, and who calls himself … Continue reading
Category: Current Issues in the Church
Is Pope Francis Liberal or Conservative?
Thanks to a friend who emailed me this morning, I’ve just read Selwyn Duke’s article at American Thinker, “Is Pope Francis Liberal or Conservative?” I heartily recommend it. While many of his doctrinal observations in that piece are “elementary” to … Continue reading
ND Theology Prof Publishes Book Denying Persecution of Early Christians
Here’s a clip from Candida Moss’ book: The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom “The Sunday school narrative of a church of martyrs, of Christians huddled in catacombs out of fear, meeting in secret to avoid … Continue reading
It is Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio, Pope Francis
Rocco Palmo compares the new Pope to John Paul I. Well, I am sure there are some similarities, humble origins being one. Here we have a Jesuit who, as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, uses public transportation to get to his … Continue reading
Cdl Sodano Refers to ‘World Order’ in Homily of Mass Opening Conclave
The Moynihan Letters: In English: “the last pontiffs have been artificers of very many beneficial initiatives, toward individuals, toward peoples, toward the international community, promoting peace, justice, the world order.” But, in the official text as distributed by the Vatican, … Continue reading
Catholic School Teachers Must Sign Loyalty to Church Teaching Doc.
UCANews: The Ides of March has taken on new meaning in the Santa Rosa, Calif., diocese, where teachers and administrators have until March 15 to sign a letter of intent to renew their contracts for the 2013-2014 school year. The … Continue reading
An Insignificant Number of Femi-Progressivists Get Attention
Note that the report does not give numbers. This leads us to assume that the demonstrations which took place were not very large. We will change our headline when numbers in the millions are reliably documented. Judging from the one … Continue reading
178 Christian Homes Torched / Shahbaz Bhatti Memorial Vandalized
Lahore,India AsiaNews: The memorial dedicated to Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s Catholic minister of Minority Affairs murdered in 2011, was vandalised in broad daylight last Saturday. More on this here.
The Holy Ghost, the Conclave, and the Papacy
As I was speaking to a couple of friendly Catholic teachers while traveling recently, the subject of the imminent conclave came up. When I expressed the need to pray for the cardinals to elect a worthy candidate, one of the … Continue reading
Five Cardinals Still Have Not Arrived in Rome
Catholic Online: Five cardinals who are part of the papal conclave to select Pope Benedict’s successor are running behind. They have yet to join their contemporaries at the Vatican, and many have begun to speculate as to the delays. Read … Continue reading
Benedict ‘Completely Altered the Concept of the Papacy’?
According to the AP’s Nicole Winfield, the Benedict XVI “has completely altered the concept of the papacy” by his abdication. The full quote: Another topic facing the cardinals is the reason they’re here in the first place: Benedict’s resignation and … Continue reading
Yes: They DO Have to Become Catholic!
Michael Voris takes Fox News’ clerical commentator, Fr. Morris, to task for his indifferentist remarks on air. This is a good profession of the dogma, no salvation outside the Church. “If the comment made by Fr. Morris on Fox News … Continue reading
Pope Issues Letter Restoring and Toughening Some Norms for Papal Election
The Oath of Obedience has been reinstated and the ipso facto excommunication, latae sententiae, has been restored as penalty for any elector “or technician” (there are two in the conclave) who violates the oath of secrecy during and forever after the … Continue reading
College of Cardinals to Be Briefed on Full ‘Vatileaks’ Report?
Catholic Culture: The commission of 3 cardinals who investigated the “Vatileaks” scandal will be asked by Pope Benedict XVI to share their findings with the full College of Cardinals, an Italian journalist reports. Read more here.