1Peter5, Michael Hichborn: For the last several weeks, the Lepanto Institute has been investigating and reporting on a heretical priestly organization called the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP). This organization promotes women’s ordination to the diaconate (with eyes … Continue reading
Category: Heresies and Errors
Female Deacons on Rome’s Study List? Didn’t Pope John Paul Settle That for Good?
Pope John Paul II defined that “priestly ordination” can only be conferred on men (baptized of course). “Wherefore, in order that all doubt may be removed regarding a matter of great importance, a matter which pertains to the Church’s divine … Continue reading
Liberal German ‘Liturgists’ Object to Private Masses, Adoration of Sacrament and Processions
LifeSite News, Peter Kwasniewski : In an article entitled “Private Mass Does Not Fit with a Contemporary Understanding of Eucharist” (first published in German at katholisch.de), three tired old “liturgists” from Bonn, Erfurt, and Münster are thundering from their academic “cathedras” against … Continue reading
Confronting the Third Globalism
Catholics who support President Trump have had two main reasons for doing so. 1) He is the most pro-life president the U.S. has had since the Supreme Court legalized the murder of pre-born babies in 1973. 2) He has not … Continue reading
Learning Difficult Lessons in Catholic Europe
The juxtaposition of two news stories I read today provides much food for thought. The first piece was “Bishop Cancels Nicene Creed to Avoid Offending Non-Catholics” at Church Militant; the second, “Cardinal: Spain faces ‘true emergency for our future’” at … Continue reading
Megachurch Preacher Affirms Real Presence of Jesus in Eucharist
ChurchMilitant, Jules Gomes: A star evangelical preacher has shocked Protestants after preaching on the Real Presence of Jesus in Holy Communion and rejecting the exclusively symbolic interpretation of the Eucharist. “I didn’t know that for the first 1,500 years of church history everyone saw it [the … Continue reading
Some Modern Fallacies (Why Philosophy #XIX)
How many times have you read an article or watched the news and have been frustrated by what was an obviously incorrect argument, but you were at a loss as to what it was or how to reply? Well, wonder … Continue reading
Handy Guide to Common Fallacies
(Summarized by Br. Lawrence Mary M.I.C.M., Tert., from Logic by Fr. Bittle, Chapter XXI) Fallacies in Language Equivocation Simple Equivocation—words used in different meanings. Illicit Transition—change of supposition Example: The intellect is the eye of the soul; but the eye … Continue reading
German Bishops Plan to ‘Reassess’ Catholic Moral Teaching
That means they want change it. CNA: The German bishops’ conference has committed to “newly assessing” the universal Church’s teaching on homosexuality, sexual morality in general, as well as the sacraments of ordination and marriage. The commitment comes at the … Continue reading
‘Enhance the Ecumenical Dimension . . . in the Realm of Interreligious Dialogue’
Wonderful! The Catholic Church is not one of the 350 members of the World Council of Churches. The Orthodox are members; in fact, they are the only members that are churches. Without the Holy Eucharist there cannot be a “church.” … Continue reading
Italian Bishops Agency’s Prayer to Mother Earth
Catholic Culture:Missio, the pastoral agency of the Italian Episcopal Conference, published a prayer to Pachamama in an April 2019 publication devoted to the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. The prayer, described as a “prayer … Continue reading
They Just Don’t Give Up: From Evolution to ETs
This is worse than the idle word. It is not a “Catholic Attitude” as author Tom Hoopes slleges in his piece. Aleteia, Tom Hoopes: What if we’re not alone in the universe? What if there are other intelligent beings with … Continue reading